[PATCH v2] mtd: sa1100: avoid VLA in sa1100_setup_mtd

From: Boris Brezillon
Date: Mon Nov 05 2018 - 02:58:52 EST


Enabling -Wvla found another variable-length array with randconfig
testing:

drivers/mtd/maps/sa1100-flash.c: In function 'sa1100_setup_mtd':
drivers/mtd/maps/sa1100-flash.c:224:10: error: ISO C90 forbids variable length array 'cdev' [-Werror=vla]

Dynamically allocate the cdev array passed to mtd_concat_create()
instead of using a VLA.

Reported-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Olof Johansson <olof@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v2:
- Allocate cdev dynamically instead of having a fixed-size array

Hello,

I'm planning to queue this patch to the mtd/fixes PR. Arnd, Kees, feel
free to add your R-b.

Regards,

Boris
---
drivers/mtd/maps/sa1100-flash.c | 10 +++++++++-
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/mtd/maps/sa1100-flash.c b/drivers/mtd/maps/sa1100-flash.c
index 784c6e1a0391..fd5fe12d7461 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/maps/sa1100-flash.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/maps/sa1100-flash.c
@@ -221,7 +221,14 @@ static struct sa_info *sa1100_setup_mtd(struct platform_device *pdev,
info->mtd = info->subdev[0].mtd;
ret = 0;
} else if (info->num_subdev > 1) {
- struct mtd_info *cdev[nr];
+ struct mtd_info **cdev;
+
+ cdev = kmalloc_array(nr, sizeof(*cdev), GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!cdev) {
+ ret = -ENOMEM;
+ goto err;
+ }
+
/*
* We detected multiple devices. Concatenate them together.
*/
@@ -230,6 +237,7 @@ static struct sa_info *sa1100_setup_mtd(struct platform_device *pdev,

info->mtd = mtd_concat_create(cdev, info->num_subdev,
plat->name);
+ kfree(cdev);
if (info->mtd == NULL) {
ret = -ENXIO;
goto err;
--
2.17.1