Re: [PATCH] r8152: Avoid memcpy() over-reading of ETH_SS_STATS

[Andrew Lunn]

On Wed, Jun 16, 2021 at 10:02:43PM +0200, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 16, 2021 at 12:53:03PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> > In preparation for FORTIFY_SOURCE performing compile-time and run-time
> > field bounds checking for memcpy(), memmove(), and memset(), avoid
> > intentionally reading across neighboring array fields.
> > 
> > The memcpy() is copying the entire structure, not just the first array.
> > Adjust the source argument so the compiler can do appropriate bounds
> > checking.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  drivers/net/usb/r8152.c | 2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/r8152.c b/drivers/net/usb/r8152.c
> > index 85039e17f4cd..5f08720bf1c9 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/usb/r8152.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/usb/r8152.c
> > @@ -8678,7 +8678,7 @@ static void rtl8152_get_strings(struct net_device *dev, u32 stringset, u8 *data)
> >  {
> >  	switch (stringset) {
> >  	case ETH_SS_STATS:
> > -		memcpy(data, *rtl8152_gstrings, sizeof(rtl8152_gstrings));
> > +		memcpy(data, rtl8152_gstrings, sizeof(rtl8152_gstrings));
> >  		break;
> 
> Is this correct? The call is supposed to return all the statistic
> strings, which would be the entire structure.

Ah! now i think i get it.

Although *rtl8152_gstrings == rtl8152_gstrings in terms of addresses,
the compiler sees that *rtl8152_gstrings is sizeof(ETH_GSTRING_LEN),
but we are copying sizeof(rtl8152_gstrings), so it will issue a
warning. So you remove the * to indicate we are interesting in the
whole structure of arrays.

      Andrew