Re: [PATCH] smb: avoid field overflow warning

From: Namjae Jeon
Date: Fri Jun 16 2023 - 10:40:20 EST


2023-06-16 18:07 GMT+09:00, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxxxx>:
> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
Hi Arnd,

>
> clang warns about a possible field overflow in a memcpy:
>
> In file included from fs/smb/server/smb_common.c:7:
> include/linux/fortify-string.h:583:4: error: call to
> '__write_overflow_field' declared with 'warning' attribute: detected write
> beyond size of field (1st parameter); maybe use struct_group()?
> [-Werror,-Wattribute-warning]
> __write_overflow_field(p_size_field, size);
>
> It appears to interpret the "&out[baselen + 4]" as referring to a single
> byte of the character array, while the equivalen "out + baselen + 4" is
> seen as an offset into the array.
>
> I don't see that kind of warning elsewhere, so just go with the simple
> rework.
>
> Fixes: e2f34481b24db ("cifsd: add server-side procedures for SMB3")
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
> fs/smb/server/smb_common.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/smb/server/smb_common.c b/fs/smb/server/smb_common.c
> index a7e81067bc991..e3273fa640b07 100644
> --- a/fs/smb/server/smb_common.c
> +++ b/fs/smb/server/smb_common.c
> @@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ int ksmbd_extract_shortname(struct ksmbd_conn *conn,
> const char *longname,
> out[baselen + 3] = PERIOD;
>
> if (dot_present)
> - memcpy(&out[baselen + 4], extension, 4);
> + memcpy(out + baselen + 4, extension, 1);
Is there any reason to change copy bytes from 4 bytes to 1 byte?

Thanks!
> else
> out[baselen + 4] = '\0';
> smbConvertToUTF16((__le16 *)shortname, out, PATH_MAX,
> --
> 2.39.2
>
>