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From: Kalle Valo <kvalo@kernel.org>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org>
Cc: "Kees Cook" <keescook@chromium.org>,
	"Christian Lamparter" <chunkeey@googlemail.com>,
	"Johannes Berg" <johannes.berg@intel.com>,
	linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org,
	"Toke Høiland-Jørgensen" <toke@toke.dk>,
	linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, "Arnd Bergmann" <arnd@arndb.de>,
	"Colin Ian King" <colin.i.king@gmail.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] [RESEND] wifi: carl9170: re-fix fortified-memset warning
Date: Thu,  4 Apr 2024 10:10:00 +0000 (UTC)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <171222539868.1806092.7724292391480667322.kvalo@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20240328135509.3755090-2-arnd@kernel.org>

Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org> wrote:

> The carl9170_tx_release() function sometimes triggers a fortified-memset
> warning in my randconfig builds:
> 
> In file included from include/linux/string.h:254,
>                  from drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/tx.c:40:
> In function 'fortify_memset_chk',
>     inlined from 'carl9170_tx_release' at drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/tx.c:283:2,
>     inlined from 'kref_put' at include/linux/kref.h:65:3,
>     inlined from 'carl9170_tx_put_skb' at drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/tx.c:342:9:
> include/linux/fortify-string.h:493:25: error: call to '__write_overflow_field' declared with attribute warning: detected write beyond size of field (1st parameter); maybe use struct_group()? [-Werror=attribute-warning]
>   493 |                         __write_overflow_field(p_size_field, size);
> 
> Kees previously tried to avoid this by using memset_after(), but it seems
> this does not fully address the problem. I noticed that the memset_after()
> here is done on a different part of the union (status) than the original
> cast was from (rate_driver_data), which may confuse the compiler.
> 
> Unfortunately, the memset_after() trick does not work on driver_rates[]
> because that is part of an anonymous struct, and I could not get
> struct_group() to do this either. Using two separate memset() calls
> on the two members does address the warning though.
> 
> Fixes: fb5f6a0e8063b ("mac80211: Use memset_after() to clear tx status")
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20230623152443.2296825-1-arnd@kernel.org/
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
> Acked-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <quic_kvalo@quicinc.com>

2 patches applied to ath-next branch of ath.git, thanks.

066afafc10c9 wifi: carl9170: re-fix fortified-memset warning
61752ac69b69 wifi: ath9k: work around memset overflow warning

-- 
https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/patch/20240328135509.3755090-2-arnd@kernel.org/

https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches


  parent reply	other threads:[~2024-04-04 10:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-03-28 13:55 [PATCH 0/2] wifi: ath: false-positive fortified-memset warnings Arnd Bergmann
2024-03-28 13:55 ` [PATCH 1/2] [RESEND] wifi: carl9170: re-fix fortified-memset warning Arnd Bergmann
2024-03-28 21:51   ` Kees Cook
2024-03-29 12:56   ` Christian Lamparter
2024-04-04 10:10   ` Kalle Valo [this message]
2024-03-28 13:55 ` [PATCH 2/2] wifi: ath9k: work around memset overflow warning Arnd Bergmann
2024-03-28 21:14   ` Toke Høiland-Jørgensen
2024-03-28 21:50   ` Kees Cook

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