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Message-ID: <202307281551.D894AA39@keescook>
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2023 15:57:45 -0700
From: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
"Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>,
linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
linux-mips@...r.kernel.org, linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org,
linux-parisc@...r.kernel.org, linux-sh@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Build regressions/improvements in v6.5-rc3
On Mon, Jul 24, 2023 at 02:43:02PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On Mon, 24 Jul 2023, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > JFYI, when comparing v6.5-rc3[1] to v6.5-rc2[3], the summaries are:
> > - build errors: +5/-0
>
> + /kisskb/src/include/linux/fortify-string.h: error: call to '__write_overflow_field' declared with attribute warning: detected write beyond size of field (1st parameter); maybe use struct_group()? [-Werror=attribute-warning]: => 583:25, 493:25
>
> mips-gcc13/mips-allmodconfig
>
> Full context:
>
> In function 'fortify_memset_chk',
> inlined from 'memset_io' at /kisskb/src/arch/mips/include/asm/io.h:486:2,
> inlined from 'build_auth_frame' at /kisskb/src/drivers/net/wireless/legacy/ray_cs.c:2697:2:
> /kisskb/src/include/linux/fortify-string.h:493:25: error: call to '__write_overflow_field' declared with attribute warning: detected write beyond size of field (1st parameter); maybe use struct_group()? [-Werror=attribute-warning]
> 493 | __write_overflow_field(p_size_field, size);
> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> In function 'fortify_memcpy_chk',
> inlined from 'memcpy_toio' at /kisskb/src/arch/mips/include/asm/io.h:494:2,
> inlined from 'translate_frame' at /kisskb/src/drivers/net/wireless/legacy/ray_cs.c:955:3,
> inlined from 'ray_hw_xmit.constprop' at /kisskb/src/drivers/net/wireless/legacy/ray_cs.c:912:12:
> /kisskb/src/include/linux/fortify-string.h:583:25: error: call to '__write_overflow_field' declared with attribute warning: detected write beyond size of field (1st parameter); maybe use struct_group()? [-Werror=attribute-warning]
> 583 | __write_overflow_field(p_size_field, size);
> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Single-element flexible array abuse in drivers/net/wireless/legacy/rayctl.h:tx_msg.var
^^^^
is this line from you or is there a tool outputting this? Because, yes,
very true:
struct tx_msg {
struct tib_structure tib;
struct phy_header phy;
struct mac_header mac;
UCHAR var[1];
};
I'll send a patch.
--
Kees Cook
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