On 7/24/19 1:54 AM, kbuild test robot wrote:
> From: kbuild test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> net/bridge/br_multicast.c:999:8-14: ERROR: application of sizeof to pointer
>
> sizeof when applied to a pointer typed expression gives the size of
> the pointer
>
> Generated by: scripts/coccinelle/misc/noderef.cocci
>
> Fixes: 17c91348ed8b ("Use-after-free in br_multicast_rcv")
> CC: Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: kbuild test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> url: https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commits/Nikolay-Aleksandrov/net-bridge-mcast-fix-possible-uses-of-stale-pointers/20190702-083354
>
> br_multicast.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> --- a/net/bridge/br_multicast.c
> +++ b/net/bridge/br_multicast.c
> @@ -996,7 +996,7 @@ static int br_ip6_multicast_mld2_report(
> return -EINVAL;
>
> _nsrcs = skb_header_pointer(skb, nsrcs_offset,
> - sizeof(_nsrcs), &__nsrcs);
> + sizeof(*_nsrcs), &__nsrcs);
> if (!_nsrcs)
> return -EINVAL;
>
>
This must be quite old, I already sent a proper patch without this error.
This one was sent just for testing, hence the TEST in $subject.
[PATCH TEST] net: bridge: mcast: fix possible uses of stale pointers
Thanks,
Nik
