linux-hardening - Re: [PATCH][next] udf: Fix undefined behavior bug in struct udf_fileident

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Message-ID: <20231003092643.yw5zrzthbylgy5vr@quack3>
Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2023 11:26:43 +0200
From: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
To: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>
Cc: Jan Kara <jack@...e.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][next] udf: Fix undefined behavior bug in struct
 udf_fileident_iter

On Mon 02-10-23 18:14:26, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:
> `struct fileIdentDesc` is a flexible structure, which means that it
> contains a flexible-array member at the bottom. This could potentially
> lead to an overwrite of the objects following `fi` in `struct
> udf_fileident_iter` at run-time.
> 
> Fix this by placing the declaration of object `fi` at the end of
> `struct udf_fileident_iter`.
> 
> -Wflex-array-member-not-at-end is coming in GCC-14, and we are getting
> ready to enable it globally.
> 
> Fixes: d16076d9b684 ("udf: New directory iteration code")
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@...nel.org>

Thanks for the patch! This is in fact harmless since we never use the
impUse field. But I agree it is confusing so I'll merge attached fix
instead.

								Honza
-- 
Jan Kara <jack@...e.com>
SUSE Labs, CR

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