Re: [PATCH] ARM: ixp4xx: Replace 0-length arrays with flexible arrays

From: Kees Cook
Date: Thu Jan 12 2023 - 17:54:18 EST


On Sun, Jan 08, 2023 at 12:58:37AM +0100, Linus Walleij wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 5, 2023 at 10:57 PM Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Zero-length arrays are deprecated[1]. Replace npe_load_firmware's
> > union of 0-length arrays with flexible arrays. Detected with GCC 13,
> > using -fstrict-flex-arrays=3:
> >
> > drivers/soc/ixp4xx/ixp4xx-npe.c: In function 'npe_load_firmware':
> > drivers/soc/ixp4xx/ixp4xx-npe.c:570:60: warning: array subscript i is outside array bounds of 'u32[0]' {aka 'unsigned int[]'} [-Warray-bounds=]
> > 570 | image->data[i] = swab32(image->data[i]);
> > include/uapi/linux/swab.h:115:54: note: in definition of macro '__swab32'
> > 115 | #define __swab32(x) (__u32)__builtin_bswap32((__u32)(x))
> > | ^
> > drivers/soc/ixp4xx/ixp4xx-npe.c:570:42: note: in expansion of macro 'swab32'
> > 570 | image->data[i] = swab32(image->data[i]);
> > | ^~~~~~
> > drivers/soc/ixp4xx/ixp4xx-npe.c:522:29: note: while referencing 'data'
> > 522 | u32 data[0];
> > | ^~~~
> >
> > [1] https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#zero-length-and-one-element-arrays
> >
> > Cc: Krzysztof Halasa <khalasa@xxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Looks good to me:
> Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks!

> Do you need me to funnel this to the SoC tree or do you have
> some quickpath for fixes like this?

I'll take it via my tree if unless you'd rather it go through yours.
Most maintainers take these directly, but some don't want to. I'm
flexible! :)

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Kees Cook