"Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Prepare for the coming implementation by GCC and Clang of the __counted_by > attribute. Flexible array members annotated with __counted_by can have > their accesses bounds-checked at run-time via CONFIG_UBSAN_BOUNDS (for > array indexing) and CONFIG_FORTIFY_SOURCE (for strcpy/memcpy-family > functions). > > While there, use struct_size() helper, instead of the open-coded > version, to calculate the size for the allocation of the whole > flexible structure, including of course, the flexible-array member. > > This code was found with the help of Coccinelle, and audited and > fixed manually. > > Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@xxxxxxxxxx> > Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Patch applied to wireless-next.git, thanks. 5cf47dc14158 wifi: hostap: Add __counted_by for struct prism2_download_data and use struct_size() -- https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/patch/ZSRXXvWMMkm7qqRW@work/ https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches
