Re: [PATCH][next] iio: hw_consumer: Use struct_size() helper in kzalloc()

From: Jonathan Cameron
Date: Sat Jan 22 2022 - 11:56:27 EST


On Thu, 20 Jan 2022 15:33:14 -0800
Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Thu, Jan 20, 2022 at 04:52:43PM -0600, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:
> > Make use of the struct_size() helper instead of an open-coded version,
> > in order to avoid any potential type mistakes or integer overflows that,
> > in the worst scenario, could lead to heap overflows.
> >
> > Also, address the following sparse warnings:
> > drivers/iio/buffer/industrialio-hw-consumer.c:63:23: warning: using sizeof on a flexible structure
> >
> > Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/174
> > Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Looks good to me.
>
> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
Good thing to tidy up, but I'm a little curious why I'm not
seeing these reports with latest sparse?
Ah. Found it via the report linked
CF='-Wflexible-array-sizeof'

Probably worth mentioned that in the patch descriptions. I've added it
to this one.

I'm still setting the sparse report even with this patch.

What am I missing?

Jonathan