Thread (152 messages) 152 messages, 21 authors, 2021-08-13

Re: [PATCH 24/64] staging: wlan-ng: Use struct_group() for memcpy() region

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Date: 2021-07-28 05:45:53
Also in: dri-devel, linux-block, linux-hardening, linux-kbuild, linux-wireless, lkml, netdev

On Tue, Jul 27, 2021 at 01:58:15PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
In preparation for FORTIFY_SOURCE performing compile-time and run-time
field bounds checking for memcpy(), memmove(), and memset(), avoid
intentionally writing across neighboring fields.

Use struct_group() in struct hfa384x_tx_frame around members
frame_control, duration_id, address[1-4], and sequence_control, so they
can be referenced together. This will allow memcpy() and sizeof() to
more easily reason about sizes, improve readability, and avoid future
warnings about writing beyond the end of frame_control.

"pahole" shows no size nor member offset changes to struct
hfa384x_tx_frame. "objdump -d" shows no meaningful object code changes
(i.e. only source line number induced differences.)

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <redacted>
---
 drivers/staging/wlan-ng/hfa384x.h     | 16 +++++++++-------
 drivers/staging/wlan-ng/hfa384x_usb.c |  4 +++-
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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