linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drm/fsl-dcu: Fix return type of fsl_dcu_drm_connector_mode

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Date:   Thu, 17 Nov 2022 15:19:23 -0800
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>
Cc:     Stefan Agner <stefan@...er.ch>, Alison Wang <alison.wang@....com>,
        dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.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] drm/fsl-dcu: Fix return type of
 fsl_dcu_drm_connector_mode_valid()

On Mon, Nov 14, 2022 at 03:03:05PM -0700, Nathan Chancellor wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> On Wed, Nov 02, 2022 at 08:42:15AM -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/gpu/drm/fsl-dcu/fsl_dcu_drm_rgb.c:74:16: error: incompatible function pointer types initializing 'enum drm_mode_status (*)(struct drm_connector *, struct drm_display_mode *)' with an expression of type 'int (struct drm_connector *, struct drm_display_mode *)' [-Werror,-Wincompatible-function-pointer-types-strict]
> >           .mode_valid = fsl_dcu_drm_connector_mode_valid,
> >                         ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >   1 error generated.
> > 
> > ->mode_valid() in 'struct drm_connector_helper_funcs' expects a return
> > type of 'enum drm_mode_status', not 'int'. Adjust the return type of
> > fsl_dcu_drm_connector_mode_valid() to match the prototype's to resolve
> > the warning and CFI failure.
> > 
> > Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/1750
> > Reported-by: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>
> > ---
> >  drivers/gpu/drm/fsl-dcu/fsl_dcu_drm_rgb.c | 5 +++--
> >  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/fsl-dcu/fsl_dcu_drm_rgb.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/fsl-dcu/fsl_dcu_drm_rgb.c
> > index 4d4a715b429d..2c2b92324a2e 100644
> > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/fsl-dcu/fsl_dcu_drm_rgb.c
> > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/fsl-dcu/fsl_dcu_drm_rgb.c
> > @@ -60,8 +60,9 @@ static int fsl_dcu_drm_connector_get_modes(struct drm_connector *connector)
> >  	return drm_panel_get_modes(fsl_connector->panel, connector);
> >  }
> >  
> > -static int fsl_dcu_drm_connector_mode_valid(struct drm_connector *connector,
> > -					    struct drm_display_mode *mode)
> > +static enum drm_mode_status
> > +fsl_dcu_drm_connector_mode_valid(struct drm_connector *connector,
> > +				 struct drm_display_mode *mode)
> >  {
> >  	if (mode->hdisplay & 0xf)
> >  		return MODE_ERROR;
> > 
> > base-commit: 9abf2313adc1ca1b6180c508c25f22f9395cc780
> > -- 
> > 2.38.1
> > 
> > 
> 
> Could someone please pick this up so that it makes 6.2? We would like
> to try and get this warning turned on so that it can catch more
> potential run time issues at compile time but that can only happen when
> all the warnings are fixed.

I'll pick this up tomorrow if no one else snags it. :)

-- 
Kees Cook