From: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> [ Upstream commit e9a40e1585d792751d3a122392695e5a53032809 ] Do not cast to "unsigned char", as this needlessly creates type problems when attempting builds without -Wno-pointer-sign[1]. The intent of the cast is to drop possible "const" types. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAHk-=wgz3Uba8w7kdXhsqR1qvfemYL+OFQdefJnkeqXG8qZ_pA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Fixes: 3009f891bb9f ("fortify: Allow strlen() and strnlen() to pass compile-time known lengths") Cc: linux-hardening@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/fortify-string.h | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/include/linux/fortify-string.h b/include/linux/fortify-string.h index 1067a8450826..5001a11258e4 100644 --- a/include/linux/fortify-string.h +++ b/include/linux/fortify-string.h @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ void __write_overflow_field(size_t avail, size_t wanted) __compiletime_warning(" #define __compiletime_strlen(p) \ ({ \ - unsigned char *__p = (unsigned char *)(p); \ + char *__p = (char *)(p); \ size_t __ret = SIZE_MAX; \ size_t __p_size = __member_size(p); \ if (__p_size != SIZE_MAX && \ -- 2.35.1
