Re: [PATCH net-next 2/3] virtchnl: fix fake 1-elem arrays in structures allocated as `nents + 1`

[Kees Cook]

On Fri, Jul 28, 2023 at 05:52:06PM +0200, Alexander Lobakin wrote:
> There are five virtchnl structures, which are allocated and checked in
> the code as `nents + 1`, meaning that they always have memory for one
> excessive element regardless of their actual number. This comes from
> that their sizeof() includes space for 1 element and then they get
> allocated via struct_size() or its open-coded equivalents, passing
> the actual number of elements.
> Expand virtchnl_struct_size() to handle such structures and replace
> those 1-elem arrays with proper flex ones. Also fix several places
> which open-code %IAVF_VIRTCHNL_VF_RESOURCE_SIZE. Finally, let the
> virtchnl_ether_addr_list size be computed automatically when there's
> no enough space for the whole list, otherwise we have to open-code
> reverse struct_size() logics.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Lobakin <aleksander.lobakin@xxxxxxxxx>

I remain a fan of _Generic uses. :)

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

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Kees Cook