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

From: Kees Cook
Date: Fri Sep 29 2023 - 13:29:32 EST


On Fri, Sep 29, 2023 at 06:06:32PM +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 `out_urb` in `struct midi_runtime`,
> among them a function pointer.
>
> Fix this by placing the declaration of object `out_urb` at the end of
> `struct midi_runtime`.
>
> Fixes: c6d43ba816d1 ("ALSA: usb/6fire - Driver for TerraTec DMX 6Fire USB")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@xxxxxxxxxx>

Another good find. :)

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

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