linux-hardening - Re: [PATCH] hwmon: Annotate struct gsc_hwmon_platform_data with __counted

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Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2023 10:31:14 -0600
From: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavo@...eddedor.com>
To: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, Tim Harvey <tharvey@...eworks.com>
Cc: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>,
 Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>, Tom Rix <trix@...hat.com>,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, llvm@...ts.linux.dev,
 linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] hwmon: Annotate struct gsc_hwmon_platform_data with
 __counted_by



On 9/22/23 11:50, Kees Cook wrote:
> Prepare for the coming implementation by GCC and Clang of the __counted_by
> attribute. Flexible array members annotated with __counted_by can have
> their accesses bounds-checked at run-time checking via CONFIG_UBSAN_BOUNDS
> (for array indexing) and CONFIG_FORTIFY_SOURCE (for strcpy/memcpy-family
> functions).
> 
> As found with Coccinelle[1], add __counted_by for struct gsc_hwmon_platform_data.
> 
> [1] https://github.com/kees/kernel-tools/blob/trunk/coccinelle/examples/counted_by.cocci
> 
> Cc: Tim Harvey <tharvey@...eworks.com>
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>

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

Thanks
-- 
Gustavo

> ---
>   include/linux/platform_data/gsc_hwmon.h | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/platform_data/gsc_hwmon.h b/include/linux/platform_data/gsc_hwmon.h
> index f2781aa7eff8..70e8a6bec0f6 100644
> --- a/include/linux/platform_data/gsc_hwmon.h
> +++ b/include/linux/platform_data/gsc_hwmon.h
> @@ -40,6 +40,6 @@ struct gsc_hwmon_platform_data {
>   	unsigned int resolution;
>   	unsigned int vreference;
>   	unsigned int fan_base;
> -	struct gsc_hwmon_channel channels[];
> +	struct gsc_hwmon_channel channels[] __counted_by(nchannels);
>   };
>   #endif