linux-kernel - Re: [next] wifi: hostap: Add __counted_by for struct prism2_download_data and use struct

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Message-ID: <169701602833.2760941.2948588134703156601.kvalo@kernel.org>
Date:   Wed, 11 Oct 2023 09:20:30 +0000 (UTC)
From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@...nel.org>
To:     "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>,
        linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [next] wifi: hostap: Add __counted_by for struct
 prism2_download_data and use struct_size()

"Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org> 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 via CONFIG_UBSAN_BOUNDS (for
> array indexing) and CONFIG_FORTIFY_SOURCE (for strcpy/memcpy-family
> functions).
> 
> While there, use struct_size() helper, instead of the open-coded
> version, to calculate the size for the allocation of the whole
> flexible structure, including of course, the flexible-array member.
> 
> This code was found with the help of Coccinelle, and audited and
> fixed manually.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@...nel.org>
> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>

Patch applied to wireless-next.git, thanks.

5cf47dc14158 wifi: hostap: Add __counted_by for struct prism2_download_data and use struct_size()

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