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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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