Re: [PATCH 1/6] Convert virtio_console to struct_size

From: Kees Cook
Date: Thu Jun 07 2018 - 16:43:16 EST


On Thu, Jun 7, 2018 at 12:29 PM, Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 7, 2018 at 7:57 AM, Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> From: Matthew Wilcox <mawilcox@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox <mawilcox@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> drivers/char/virtio_console.c | 3 +--
>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/char/virtio_console.c b/drivers/char/virtio_console.c
>> index 21085515814f..4bf7c06c2343 100644
>> --- a/drivers/char/virtio_console.c
>> +++ b/drivers/char/virtio_console.c
>> @@ -433,8 +433,7 @@ static struct port_buffer *alloc_buf(struct virtio_device *vdev, size_t buf_size
>> * Allocate buffer and the sg list. The sg list array is allocated
>> * directly after the port_buffer struct.
>> */
>> - buf = kmalloc(sizeof(*buf) + sizeof(struct scatterlist) * pages,
>> - GFP_KERNEL);
>> + buf = kmalloc(struct_size(buf, sg, pages), GFP_KERNEL);
>> if (!buf)
>> goto fail;
>
> I feel like this one should have been caught by Coccinelle... maybe
> the transitive case got missed? Regardless, I'll figure out how to
> improve the script and/or take these.

Oh, duh. Got it: "struct scatterlist" is not an expression, it's a
type. I'll adjust the script, catch stragglers, and incorporate your
patches. :)

Thanks!

-Kees

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Kees Cook
Pixel Security