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Erick Archer
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When a struct containing a flexible array is included in another struct,
and there is a member after the struct-with-flex-array, there is a
possibility of memory overlap. These cases must be audited [1]. See:
struct inner {
...
int flex[];
};
struct outer {
...
struct inner header;
int overlap;
...
};
This is the scenario for the "struct audio_apbridgea_hdr" structure
that is included in the following "struct audio_apbridgea_*_request"
structures:
struct audio_apbridgea_set_config_request
struct audio_apbridgea_register_cport_request
struct audio_apbridgea_unregister_cport_request
struct audio_apbridgea_set_tx_data_size_request
struct audio_apbridgea_prepare_tx_request
struct audio_apbridgea_start_tx_request
struct audio_apbridgea_stop_tx_request
struct audio_apbridgea_shutdown_tx_request
struct audio_apbridgea_set_rx_data_size_request
struct audio_apbridgea_prepare_rx_request
struct audio_apbridgea_start_rx_request
struct audio_apbridgea_stop_rx_request
struct audio_apbridgea_shutdown_rx_request
The pattern is like the one shown below:
struct audio_apbridgea_hdr {
...
__u8 data[];
} __packed;
struct audio_apbridgea_*_request {
struct audio_apbridgea_hdr hdr;
...
} __packed;
In this case, the trailing flexible array can be removed because it is
never used.
Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/202 [1]
Signed-off-by: Erick Archer <erick.archer@gmx.com>
Reviewed-by: Alex Elder <elder@linaro.org>
Acked-by: Mark Greer <mgreer@animalcreek.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240217154758.7965-1-erick.archer@gmx.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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