linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] video: mmp: Annotate struct mmp_path with __counted

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Message-ID: <f1aa9b5a-6867-6000-8f3c-9a15eb216961@embeddedor.com>
Date:   Sat, 23 Sep 2023 10:33:29 -0600
From:   "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavo@...eddedor.com>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, Helge Deller <deller@....de>
Cc:     linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        Tom Rix <trix@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        llvm@...ts.linux.dev, linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] video: mmp: Annotate struct mmp_path with __counted_by



On 9/22/23 11:51, Kees Cook wrote:
> Prepare for the coming implementation by GCC and Clang of the __counted_by
> attribute. Flexible array members annotated with __counted_by can have
> their accesses bounds-checked at run-time checking via CONFIG_UBSAN_BOUNDS
> (for array indexing) and CONFIG_FORTIFY_SOURCE (for strcpy/memcpy-family
> functions).
> 
> As found with Coccinelle[1], add __counted_by for struct mmp_path.
> 
> [1] https://github.com/kees/kernel-tools/blob/trunk/coccinelle/examples/counted_by.cocci
> 
> Cc: Helge Deller <deller@....de>
> Cc: linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>

Reviewed-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@...nel.org>

Thanks
-- 
Gustavo

> ---
>   include/video/mmp_disp.h | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/video/mmp_disp.h b/include/video/mmp_disp.h
> index 77252cb46361..a722dcbf5073 100644
> --- a/include/video/mmp_disp.h
> +++ b/include/video/mmp_disp.h
> @@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ struct mmp_path {
>   
>   	/* layers */
>   	int overlay_num;
> -	struct mmp_overlay overlays[];
> +	struct mmp_overlay overlays[] __counted_by(overlay_num);
>   };
>   
>   extern struct mmp_path *mmp_get_path(const char *name);