Re: [PATCH] clk: clk-loongson2: Fix memory corruption bug in struct loongson2_clk_provider

[Stephen Boyd <sboyd@kernel.org>]

Quoting Gustavo A. R. Silva (2024-11-14 14:49:21)
> Some heap space is allocated for the flexible structure `struct
> clk_hw_onecell_data` and its flexible-array member `hws` through
> the composite structure `struct loongson2_clk_provider` in function
> `loongson2_clk_probe()`, as shown below:
> 
> 289         struct loongson2_clk_provider *clp;
>         ...
> 296         for (p = data; p->name; p++)
> 297                 clks_num++;
> 298
> 299         clp = devm_kzalloc(dev, struct_size(clp, clk_data.hws, clks_num),
> 300                            GFP_KERNEL);
> 
> Then some data is written into the flexible array:
> 
> 350                 clp->clk_data.hws[p->id] = hw;
> 
> This corrupts `clk_lock`, which is the spinlock variable immediately
> following the `clk_data` member in `struct loongson2_clk_provider`:
> 
> struct loongson2_clk_provider {
>         void __iomem *base;
>         struct device *dev;
>         struct clk_hw_onecell_data clk_data;
>         spinlock_t clk_lock;    /* protect access to DIV registers */
> };
> 
> The problem is that the flexible structure is currently placed in the
> middle of `struct loongson2_clk_provider` instead of at the end.
> 
> Fix this by moving `struct clk_hw_onecell_data clk_data;` to the end of
> `struct loongson2_clk_provider`. Also, add a code comment to help
> prevent this from happening again in case new members are added to the
> structure in the future.
> 
> This change also fixes the following -Wflex-array-member-not-at-end
> warning:
> 
> drivers/clk/clk-loongson2.c:32:36: warning: structure containing a flexible array member is not at the end of another structure [-Wflex-array-member-not-at-end]
> 
> Fixes: 9796ec0bd04b ("clk: clk-loongson2: Refactor driver for adding new platforms")
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@kernel.org>
> ---

Applied to clk-next