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From: Florian Schmaus <florian.schmaus@codasip.com>
To: Brendan Higgins <brendan.higgins@linux.dev>,
	David Gow <davidgow@google.com>, Rae Moar <rmoar@google.com>
Cc: linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org, kunit-dev@googlegroups.com,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Florian Schmaus <florian.schmaus@codasip.com>
Subject: [PATCH] kunit: test_dev_action: Correctly cast 'priv' pointer to long*
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2025 09:23:03 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251015072303.81266-1-florian.schmaus@codasip.com> (raw)

The previous implementation incorrectly assumed the original type of
'priv' was void**, leading to an unnecessary and misleading
cast. Correct the cast of the 'priv' pointer in test_dev_action() to
its actual type, long*, removing an unnecessary cast.

As an additional benefit, this fixes an out-of-bounds CHERI fault on
hardware with architectural capabilities. The original implementation
tried to store a capability-sized pointer using the 'priv'
pointer. However, the 'priv' pointer's capability only granted access
to the memory region of its original long type, leading to a bounds
violation since the size of a long is smaller than the size of a
capability. This change ensures that the pointer usage respects the
capabilities' bounds.

Signed-off-by: Florian Schmaus <florian.schmaus@codasip.com>
---
 lib/kunit/kunit-test.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/kunit/kunit-test.c b/lib/kunit/kunit-test.c
index 8c01eabd4eaf..957b67818489 100644
--- a/lib/kunit/kunit-test.c
+++ b/lib/kunit/kunit-test.c
@@ -739,7 +739,7 @@ static struct kunit_case kunit_current_test_cases[] = {
 
 static void test_dev_action(void *priv)
 {
-	*(void **)priv = (void *)1;
+	*(long*)priv = 1;
 }
 
 static void kunit_device_test(struct kunit *test)
-- 
2.51.0


             reply	other threads:[~2025-10-15  7:23 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-10-15  7:23 Florian Schmaus [this message]
2025-10-17  5:08 ` [PATCH] kunit: test_dev_action: Correctly cast 'priv' pointer to long* David Gow

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