Re: [PATCH v2] KVM: x86: Replace 0-length arrays with flexible arrays

From: Kees Cook
Date: Thu Jan 19 2023 - 18:21:22 EST


On Thu, Jan 19, 2023 at 08:48:52PM +0000, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Jan 2023 11:59:09 -0800, Kees Cook wrote:
> > Zero-length arrays are deprecated[1]. Replace struct kvm_nested_state's
> > "data" union 0-length arrays with flexible arrays. (How are the
> > sizes of these arrays verified?) Detected with GCC 13, using
> > -fstrict-flex-arrays=3:
> >
> > arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c: In function 'svm_get_nested_state':
> > arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c:1536:17: error: array subscript 0 is outside array bounds of 'struct kvm_svm_nested_state_data[0]' [-Werror=array-bounds=]
> > 1536 | &user_kvm_nested_state->data.svm[0];
> > | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > In file included from include/uapi/linux/kvm.h:15,
> > from include/linux/kvm_host.h:40,
> > from arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c:18:
> > arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h:511:50: note: while referencing 'svm'
> > 511 | struct kvm_svm_nested_state_data svm[0];
> > | ^~~
> >
> > [...]
>
> Applied to kvm-x86 misc, thanks! Based on the linux-next complaint, I assume
> you (temporarily?) applied this to your tree as well. Holler if I've confused
> you :-)

Thanks! I've removed it from my tree.

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Kees Cook