Re: [PATCH] net: ipv6: rpl_iptunnel: Replace 0-length arrays with flexible arrays

[Gustavo A. R. Silva]

On Thu, Jan 05, 2023 at 02:15:37PM -0800, Kees Cook wrote:
> Zero-length arrays are deprecated[1]. Replace struct ipv6_rpl_sr_hdr's
> "segments" union of 0-length arrays with flexible arrays. Detected with
> GCC 13, using -fstrict-flex-arrays=3:
> 
> In function 'rpl_validate_srh',
>     inlined from 'rpl_build_state' at ../net/ipv6/rpl_iptunnel.c:96:7:
> ../net/ipv6/rpl_iptunnel.c:60:28: warning: array subscript <unknown> is outside array bounds of 'struct in6_addr[0]' [-Warray-bounds=]
>    60 |         if (ipv6_addr_type(&srh->rpl_segaddr[srh->segments_left - 1]) &
>       |                            ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> In file included from ../include/net/rpl.h:12,
>                  from ../net/ipv6/rpl_iptunnel.c:13:
> ../include/uapi/linux/rpl.h: In function 'rpl_build_state':
> ../include/uapi/linux/rpl.h:40:33: note: while referencing 'addr'
>    40 |                 struct in6_addr addr[0];
>       |                                 ^~~~
> 
> [1] https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#zero-length-and-one-element-arrays
> 
> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Hideaki YOSHIFUJI <yoshfuji@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks!
--
Gustavo

> ---
>  include/uapi/linux/rpl.h | 4 ++--
>  net/ipv6/rpl_iptunnel.c  | 2 +-
>  2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/rpl.h b/include/uapi/linux/rpl.h
> index 708adddf9f13..7c8970e5b84b 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/rpl.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/rpl.h
> @@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ struct ipv6_rpl_sr_hdr {
>  #endif
>  
>  	union {
> -		struct in6_addr addr[0];
> -		__u8 data[0];
> +		__DECLARE_FLEX_ARRAY(struct in6_addr, addr);
> +		__DECLARE_FLEX_ARRAY(__u8, data);
>  	} segments;
>  } __attribute__((packed));
>  
> diff --git a/net/ipv6/rpl_iptunnel.c b/net/ipv6/rpl_iptunnel.c
> index ff691d9f4a04..b1c028df686e 100644
> --- a/net/ipv6/rpl_iptunnel.c
> +++ b/net/ipv6/rpl_iptunnel.c
> @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
>  #include <net/rpl.h>
>  
>  struct rpl_iptunnel_encap {
> -	struct ipv6_rpl_sr_hdr srh[0];
> +	DECLARE_FLEX_ARRAY(struct ipv6_rpl_sr_hdr, srh);
>  };
>  
>  struct rpl_lwt {
> -- 
> 2.34.1
>