Re: [PATCH v2 22/63] HID: cp2112: Use struct_group() for memcpy() region

[Jiri Kosina]

On Tue, 17 Aug 2021, Kees Cook wrote:

> In preparation for FORTIFY_SOURCE performing compile-time and run-time
> field bounds checking for memcpy(), memmove(), and memset(), avoid
> intentionally writing across neighboring fields.
> 
> Use struct_group() in struct cp2112_string_report around members report,
> length, type, and string, so they can be referenced together. This will
> allow memcpy() and sizeof() to more easily reason about sizes, improve
> readability, and avoid future warnings about writing beyond the end of
> report.
> 
> "pahole" shows no size nor member offset changes to struct
> cp2112_string_report.  "objdump -d" shows no meaningful object
> code changes (i.e. only source line number induced differences.)
> 
> Cc: Jiri Kosina <jikos@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-input@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Applied, thanks.

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Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs