linux-kernel - Re: [patch] vfio: make an array larger

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Date:	Wed, 04 Nov 2015 08:40:19 -0800
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>,
	Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@...hat.com>
Cc:	Frank Blaschka <frank.blaschka@...ibm.com>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch] vfio: make an array larger

On Wed, 2015-11-04 at 16:26 +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> Smatch complains about a possible out of bounds error:
> 
> 	drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_config.c:1241 vfio_cap_init()
> 	error: buffer overflow 'pci_cap_length' 20 <= 20
> 
> Fix this by making the array larger.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_config.c b/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_config.c
[]
> @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
>   *   0: Removed from the user visible capability list
>   *   FF: Variable length
>   */
> -static u8 pci_cap_length[] = {
> +static u8 pci_cap_length[PCI_CAP_ID_MAX + 1] = {
> 	[PCI_CAP_ID_BASIC]	= PCI_STD_HEADER_SIZEOF, /* pci config header */
> 	[PCI_CAP_ID_PM]		= PCI_PM_SIZEOF,
> 	[PCI_CAP_ID_AGP]	= PCI_AGP_SIZEOF,

Doesn't the same thing happen with pci_ext_cap_length?
Both array declarations might be better as const.

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