Re: [PATCH] wifi: brcmfmac: Replace 1-element arrays with flexible arrays

From: Kalle Valo
Date: Wed Sep 13 2023 - 07:01:27 EST


Juerg Haefliger <juerg.haefliger@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Wed, 13 Sep 2023 11:58:07 +0300
> Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Juerg Haefliger <juerg.haefliger@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>
>> > Since commit 2d47c6956ab3 ("ubsan: Tighten UBSAN_BOUNDS on GCC"),
>> > UBSAN_BOUNDS no longer pretends 1-element arrays are unbounded. Walking
>> > 'element' and 'channel_list' will trigger warnings, so make them proper
>> > flexible arrays.
>> >
>> > False positive warnings were:
>> >
>> > UBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c:6984:20
>> > index 1 is out of range for type '__le32 [1]'
>> >
>> > UBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c:1126:27
>> > index 1 is out of range for type '__le16 [1]'
>> >
>> > for these lines of code:
>> >
>> > 6884 ch.chspec = (u16)le32_to_cpu(list->element[i]);
>> >
>> > 1126 params_le->channel_list[i] = cpu_to_le16(chanspec);
>> >
>> > Signed-off-by: Juerg Haefliger <juerg.haefliger@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> Should this be queued for v6.6?
>
> I would think so. It's a problem since 6.5. Which reminds me that I should
> have added:
>
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # 6.5+

I can add that during commit.

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