Re: [PATCH] fscrypt: Replace 1-element array with flexible array

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On May 22, 2023 4:02:06 PM PDT, Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>On Mon, May 22, 2023 at 02:39:28PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
>> In the future, we can add annotations for the flexible array member
>> "encrypted_path" to have a size determined by the "len" member.
>
>That seems unlikely, as 'struct fscrypt_symlink_data' is an on-disk data
>structure.  The "len" field does not necessarily use CPU endianness, and before
>being validated it might be greater than the size of the allocated space.

Oh yes, good point.

>I agree that it should use a flex array (and thanks for catching this one that I
>had forgotten about...), but the above explanation seems wrong.

Shall I spin a v2?


-- 
Kees Cook




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