Re: [PATCH][next] cifs: smb2pdu.h: Replace zero-length array with flexible-array member

From: Steve French
Date: Mon Mar 09 2020 - 17:41:58 EST


merged into cifs-2.6.git for-next

On Mon, Mar 9, 2020 at 11:04 AM Gustavo A. R. Silva
<gustavo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> The current codebase makes use of the zero-length array language
> extension to the C90 standard, but the preferred mechanism to declare
> variable-length types such as these ones is a flexible array member[1][2],
> introduced in C99:
>
> struct foo {
> int stuff;
> struct boo array[];
> };
>
> By making use of the mechanism above, we will get a compiler warning
> in case the flexible array does not occur last in the structure, which
> will help us prevent some kind of undefined behavior bugs from being
> inadvertently introduced[3] to the codebase from now on.
>
> Also, notice that, dynamic memory allocations won't be affected by
> this change:
>
> "Flexible array members have incomplete type, and so the sizeof operator
> may not be applied. As a quirk of the original implementation of
> zero-length arrays, sizeof evaluates to zero."[1]
>
> This issue was found with the help of Coccinelle.
>
> [1] https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Zero-Length.html
> [2] https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/21
> [3] commit 76497732932f ("cxgb3/l2t: Fix undefined behaviour")
>
> Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> fs/cifs/smb2pdu.h | 38 +++++++++++++++++++-------------------
> 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.h b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.h
> index ad14b8505b4d..817bc0531536 100644
> --- a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.h
> +++ b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.h
> @@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ struct smb2_symlink_err_rsp {
> __le16 PrintNameOffset;
> __le16 PrintNameLength;
> __le32 Flags;
> - __u8 PathBuffer[0];
> + __u8 PathBuffer[];
> } __packed;
>
> /* SMB 3.1.1 and later dialects. See MS-SMB2 section 2.2.2.1 */
> @@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ struct share_redirect_error_context_rsp {
> __le16 Flags;
> __le16 TargetType;
> __le32 IPAddrCount;
> - struct move_dst_ipaddr IpAddrMoveList[0];
> + struct move_dst_ipaddr IpAddrMoveList[];
> /* __u8 ResourceName[] */ /* Name of share as counted Unicode string */
> } __packed;
>
> @@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ struct smb2_netname_neg_context {
> __le16 ContextType; /* 0x100 */
> __le16 DataLength;
> __le32 Reserved;
> - __le16 NetName[0]; /* hostname of target converted to UCS-2 */
> + __le16 NetName[]; /* hostname of target converted to UCS-2 */
> } __packed;
>
> #define POSIX_CTXT_DATA_LEN 16
> @@ -421,13 +421,13 @@ struct tree_connect_contexts {
> __le16 ContextType;
> __le16 DataLength;
> __le32 Reserved;
> - __u8 Data[0];
> + __u8 Data[];
> } __packed;
>
> /* Remoted identity tree connect context structures - see MS-SMB2 2.2.9.2.1 */
> struct smb3_blob_data {
> __le16 BlobSize;
> - __u8 BlobData[0];
> + __u8 BlobData[];
> } __packed;
>
> /* Valid values for Attr */
> @@ -477,14 +477,14 @@ struct remoted_identity_tcon_context {
> __le16 DeviceGroups; /* offset to SID_ARRAY_DATA struct */
> __le16 UserClaims; /* offset to BLOB_DATA struct */
> __le16 DeviceClaims; /* offset to BLOB_DATA struct */
> - __u8 TicketInfo[0]; /* variable length buf - remoted identity data */
> + __u8 TicketInfo[]; /* variable length buf - remoted identity data */
> } __packed;
>
> struct smb2_tree_connect_req_extension {
> __le32 TreeConnectContextOffset;
> __le16 TreeConnectContextCount;
> __u8 Reserved[10];
> - __u8 PathName[0]; /* variable sized array */
> + __u8 PathName[]; /* variable sized array */
> /* followed by array of TreeConnectContexts */
> } __packed;
>
> @@ -689,7 +689,7 @@ struct smb2_create_req {
> __le16 NameLength;
> __le32 CreateContextsOffset;
> __le32 CreateContextsLength;
> - __u8 Buffer[0];
> + __u8 Buffer[];
> } __packed;
>
> /*
> @@ -727,7 +727,7 @@ struct create_context {
> __le16 Reserved;
> __le16 DataOffset;
> __le32 DataLength;
> - __u8 Buffer[0];
> + __u8 Buffer[];
> } __packed;
>
> #define SMB2_LEASE_READ_CACHING_HE 0x01
> @@ -869,7 +869,7 @@ struct crt_sd_ctxt {
> struct resume_key_req {
> char ResumeKey[COPY_CHUNK_RES_KEY_SIZE];
> __le32 ContextLength; /* MBZ */
> - char Context[0]; /* ignored, Windows sets to 4 bytes of zero */
> + char Context[]; /* ignored, Windows sets to 4 bytes of zero */
> } __packed;
>
> /* this goes in the ioctl buffer when doing a copychunk request */
> @@ -931,7 +931,7 @@ struct reparse_data_buffer {
> __le32 ReparseTag;
> __le16 ReparseDataLength;
> __u16 Reserved;
> - __u8 DataBuffer[0]; /* Variable Length */
> + __u8 DataBuffer[]; /* Variable Length */
> } __packed;
>
> struct reparse_guid_data_buffer {
> @@ -939,7 +939,7 @@ struct reparse_guid_data_buffer {
> __le16 ReparseDataLength;
> __u16 Reserved;
> __u8 ReparseGuid[16];
> - __u8 DataBuffer[0]; /* Variable Length */
> + __u8 DataBuffer[]; /* Variable Length */
> } __packed;
>
> struct reparse_mount_point_data_buffer {
> @@ -950,7 +950,7 @@ struct reparse_mount_point_data_buffer {
> __le16 SubstituteNameLength;
> __le16 PrintNameOffset;
> __le16 PrintNameLength;
> - __u8 PathBuffer[0]; /* Variable Length */
> + __u8 PathBuffer[]; /* Variable Length */
> } __packed;
>
> #define SYMLINK_FLAG_RELATIVE 0x00000001
> @@ -964,7 +964,7 @@ struct reparse_symlink_data_buffer {
> __le16 PrintNameOffset;
> __le16 PrintNameLength;
> __le32 Flags;
> - __u8 PathBuffer[0]; /* Variable Length */
> + __u8 PathBuffer[]; /* Variable Length */
> } __packed;
>
> /* See MS-FSCC 2.1.2.6 and cifspdu.h for struct reparse_posix_data */
> @@ -1066,7 +1066,7 @@ struct smb2_ioctl_req {
> __le32 MaxOutputResponse;
> __le32 Flags;
> __u32 Reserved2;
> - __u8 Buffer[0];
> + __u8 Buffer[];
> } __packed;
>
> struct smb2_ioctl_rsp {
> @@ -1469,7 +1469,7 @@ struct smb3_fs_vol_info {
> __le32 VolumeLabelLength; /* includes trailing null */
> __u8 SupportsObjects; /* True if eg like NTFS, supports objects */
> __u8 Reserved;
> - __u8 VolumeLabel[0]; /* variable len */
> + __u8 VolumeLabel[]; /* variable len */
> } __packed;
>
> /* partial list of QUERY INFO levels */
> @@ -1531,7 +1531,7 @@ struct smb2_file_rename_info { /* encoding of request for level 10 */
> __u8 Reserved[7];
> __u64 RootDirectory; /* MBZ for network operations (why says spec?) */
> __le32 FileNameLength;
> - char FileName[0]; /* New name to be assigned */
> + char FileName[]; /* New name to be assigned */
> } __packed; /* level 10 Set */
>
> struct smb2_file_link_info { /* encoding of request for level 11 */
> @@ -1540,7 +1540,7 @@ struct smb2_file_link_info { /* encoding of request for level 11 */
> __u8 Reserved[7];
> __u64 RootDirectory; /* MBZ for network operations (why says spec?) */
> __le32 FileNameLength;
> - char FileName[0]; /* Name to be assigned to new link */
> + char FileName[]; /* Name to be assigned to new link */
> } __packed; /* level 11 Set */
>
> struct smb2_file_full_ea_info { /* encoding of response for level 15 */
> @@ -1548,7 +1548,7 @@ struct smb2_file_full_ea_info { /* encoding of response for level 15 */
> __u8 flags;
> __u8 ea_name_length;
> __le16 ea_value_length;
> - char ea_data[0]; /* \0 terminated name plus value */
> + char ea_data[]; /* \0 terminated name plus value */
> } __packed; /* level 15 Set */
>
> /*
> --
> 2.25.0
>


--
Thanks,

Steve