Re: [PATCH] fs/affs: struct affs_head: Replace 1-element array with flexible array

From: Gustavo A. R. Silva
Date: Wed Jul 10 2024 - 19:26:30 EST




On 10/07/24 16:57, Kees Cook wrote:
AFFS uses struct affs_head's "table" array as a flexible array. Switch
this to a proper flexible array[1]. There are no sizeof() uses; struct
affs_head is only ever uses via direct casts. No binary output
differences were found after this change.

Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/79 [1]
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees@xxxxxxxxxx>

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

Thanks
--
Gustavo

---
Cc: David Sterba <dsterba@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
fs/affs/amigaffs.h | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/affs/amigaffs.h b/fs/affs/amigaffs.h
index 5509fbc98bc0..09dc23a644df 100644
--- a/fs/affs/amigaffs.h
+++ b/fs/affs/amigaffs.h
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ struct affs_head {
__be32 spare1;
__be32 first_data;
__be32 checksum;
- __be32 table[1];
+ __be32 table[];
};
struct affs_tail {