Re: [next:akpm 18/86] kernel/sys.c:1287:10: warning: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a cast

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On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 9:56 AM, Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> FYI, there are new compile warnings show up in
>
> tree:   git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git akpm
> head:   04b956faad392f46c9a234962a9990196b8e48fc
> commit: b8763455880e371a81b07599bc66ae94f96dc6d6 [18/86] kernel/sys.c: fix stack memory content leak via UNAME26
> config: mn10300-asb2364_defconfig # make ARCH=mn10300 asb2364_defconfig
>
> All warnings:
>
> kernel/sys.c: In function 'override_release':
> kernel/sys.c:1287:10: warning: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a cast [enabled by default]

Hrm, I don't see this on my builds. Is this check specific to mn10300
in some way?

> vim +1287 kernel/sys.c
>
> be27425d Andi Kleen     2011-08-19  1271
> be27425d Andi Kleen     2011-08-19  1272        if (current->personality & UNAME26) {
> b8763455 Kees Cook      2012-10-12  1273                const char *rest = UTS_RELEASE;
> b8763455 Kees Cook      2012-10-12  1274                char buf[65] = { 0 };
> be27425d Andi Kleen     2011-08-19  1275                int ndots = 0;
> be27425d Andi Kleen     2011-08-19  1276                unsigned v;
> b8763455 Kees Cook      2012-10-12  1277                size_t copy;
> be27425d Andi Kleen     2011-08-19  1278
> be27425d Andi Kleen     2011-08-19  1279                while (*rest) {
> be27425d Andi Kleen     2011-08-19  1280                        if (*rest == '.' && ++ndots >= 3)
> be27425d Andi Kleen     2011-08-19  1281                                break;
> be27425d Andi Kleen     2011-08-19  1282                        if (!isdigit(*rest) && *rest != '.')
> be27425d Andi Kleen     2011-08-19  1283                                break;
> be27425d Andi Kleen     2011-08-19  1284                        rest++;
> be27425d Andi Kleen     2011-08-19  1285                }
> be27425d Andi Kleen     2011-08-19  1286                v = ((LINUX_VERSION_CODE >> 8) & 0xff) + 40;
> b8763455 Kees Cook      2012-10-12 @1287                copy = min(sizeof(buf), max_t(size_t, 1, len));

Should I change this to min_t(size_t, sizeof(buf), max_t(size_t, 1, len)) ?

Thanks!

-Kees

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Kees Cook
Chrome OS Security
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