Re: [PATCH][next] ALSA: 6fire: Fix undefined behavior bug in struct comm_runtime

From: Kees Cook
Date: Fri Sep 29 2023 - 13:27:47 EST


On Fri, Sep 29, 2023 at 05:59:22PM +0200, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:
> `struct urb` is a flexible structure, which means that it contains a
> flexible-array member at the bottom. This could potentially lead to an
> overwrite of the objects following `receiver` in `struct comm_runtime`,
> among them some function pointers.
>
> Fix this by placing the declaration of object `receiver` at the end of
> `struct comm_runtime`.
>
> Fixes: ddb6b5a96437 ("ALSA: 6fire: fix DMA issues with URB transfer_buffer usage")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@xxxxxxxxxx>

Should these mention -Wflex-array-member-not-at-end ?

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

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