linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] s390/netiucv: Fix return type of netiucv

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Message-ID: <202211021209.8BAB0ABFCE@keescook>
Date:   Wed, 2 Nov 2022 12:09:54 -0700
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>
Cc:     Alexandra Winter <wintera@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Wenjia Zhang <wenjia@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Heiko Carstens <hca@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Vasily Gorbik <gor@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Sven Schnelle <svens@...ux.ibm.com>,
        linux-s390@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        Tom Rix <trix@...hat.com>,
        Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com>, llvm@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, patches@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] s390/netiucv: Fix return type of netiucv_tx()

On Wed, Nov 02, 2022 at 09:32:51AM -0700, Nathan Chancellor wrote:
> With clang's kernel control flow integrity (kCFI, CONFIG_CFI_CLANG),
> indirect call targets are validated against the expected function
> pointer prototype to make sure the call target is valid to help mitigate
> ROP attacks. If they are not identical, there is a failure at run time,
> which manifests as either a kernel panic or thread getting killed. A
> proposed warning in clang aims to catch these at compile time, which
> reveals:
> 
>   drivers/s390/net/netiucv.c:1854:21: error: incompatible function pointer types initializing 'netdev_tx_t (*)(struct sk_buff *, struct net_device *)' (aka 'enum netdev_tx (*)(struct sk_buff *, struct net_device *)') with an expression of type 'int (struct sk_buff *, struct net_device *)' [-Werror,-Wincompatible-function-pointer-types-strict]
>           .ndo_start_xmit         = netiucv_tx,
>                                     ^~~~~~~~~~
> 
> ->ndo_start_xmit() in 'struct net_device_ops' expects a return type of
> 'netdev_tx_t', not 'int'. Adjust the return type of netiucv_tx() to
> match the prototype's to resolve the warning and potential CFI failure,
> should s390 select ARCH_SUPPORTS_CFI_CLANG in the future.
> 
> Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/1750
> Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>

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Kees Cook