From: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
To: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>,
Andreas Dilger <adilger.kernel@dilger.ca>,
Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>,
"Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@kernel.org>
Cc: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>, Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>,
linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [RESEND PATCH v2] ext4: Annotate struct fname with __counted_by()
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 19:22:57 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20241112182257.172746-2-thorsten.blum@linux.dev> (raw)
Add the __counted_by compiler attribute to the flexible array member
name to improve access bounds-checking via CONFIG_UBSAN_BOUNDS and
CONFIG_FORTIFY_SOURCE.
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
---
Changes in v2:
- Split the patch into two separate patches as suggested by Greg KH
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241104234214.8094-2-thorsten.blum@linux.dev/
---
fs/ext4/dir.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/fs/ext4/dir.c b/fs/ext4/dir.c
index ef6a3c8f3a9a..233479647f1b 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/dir.c
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ struct fname {
__u32 inode;
__u8 name_len;
__u8 file_type;
- char name[];
+ char name[] __counted_by(name_len);
};
/*
--
2.47.0
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