linux-hardening - Re: [PATCH] wifi: brcmfmac: Adjust n_channels usage for __counted

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Date: Thu,  1 Feb 2024 10:04:55 +0000 (UTC)
From: Kalle Valo <kvalo@...nel.org>
To: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc: Arend van Spriel <aspriel@...il.com>, Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
 Franky Lin <franky.lin@...adcom.com>,
 Hante Meuleman <hante.meuleman@...adcom.com>,
 Chi-hsien Lin <chi-hsien.lin@...ineon.com>, Ian Lin <ian.lin@...ineon.com>,
 Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@...el.com>,
 Wright Feng <wright.feng@...ress.com>, Hector Martin <marcan@...can.st>,
 linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, brcm80211-dev-list.pdl@...adcom.com,
 "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>,
 Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
 Jisoo Jang <jisoo.jang@...sei.ac.kr>, Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>,
 Aloka Dixit <quic_alokad@...cinc.com>, John Keeping <john@...ping.me.uk>,
 Jeff Johnson <quic_jjohnson@...cinc.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] wifi: brcmfmac: Adjust n_channels usage for __counted_by

Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> wrote:

> After commit e3eac9f32ec0 ("wifi: cfg80211: Annotate struct
> cfg80211_scan_request with __counted_by"), the compiler may enforce
> dynamic array indexing of req->channels to stay below n_channels. As a
> result, n_channels needs to be increased _before_ accessing the newly
> added array index. Increment it first, then use "i" for the prior index.
> Solves this warning in the coming GCC that has __counted_by support:
> 
> ../drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c: In function 'brcmf_internal_escan_add_info':
> ../drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c:3783:46: warning: operation on 'req->
> n_channels' may be undefined [-Wsequence-point]
>  3783 |                 req->channels[req->n_channels++] = chan;
>       |                               ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~
> 
> Fixes: e3eac9f32ec0 ("wifi: cfg80211: Annotate struct cfg80211_scan_request with __counted_by")
> Cc: Arend van Spriel <aspriel@...il.com>
> Cc: Franky Lin <franky.lin@...adcom.com>
> Cc: Hante Meuleman <hante.meuleman@...adcom.com>
> Cc: Kalle Valo <kvalo@...nel.org>
> Cc: Chi-hsien Lin <chi-hsien.lin@...ineon.com>
> Cc: Ian Lin <ian.lin@...ineon.com>
> Cc: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@...el.com>
> Cc: Wright Feng <wright.feng@...ress.com>
> Cc: Hector Martin <marcan@...can.st>
> Cc: linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: brcm80211-dev-list.pdl@...adcom.com
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
> Reviewed-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>
> Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
> Reviewed-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@...nel.org>

I'm planning to queue this for wireless tree. Arend, ack?

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