Re: [PATCH][next] afs: Add __counted_by for struct afs_acl and use struct_size()

From: Kees Cook
Date: Thu Nov 30 2023 - 17:00:31 EST


On Tue, 10 Oct 2023 06:59:44 -0600, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:
> Prepare for the coming implementation by GCC and Clang of the __counted_by
> attribute. Flexible array members annotated with __counted_by can have
> their accesses bounds-checked at run-time via CONFIG_UBSAN_BOUNDS (for
> array indexing) and CONFIG_FORTIFY_SOURCE (for strcpy/memcpy-family
> functions).
>
> While there, use struct_size() helper, instead of the open-coded
> version, to calculate the size for the allocation of the whole
> flexible structure, including of course, the flexible-array member.
>
> [...]

Applied to for-next/hardening, thanks!

[1/1] afs: Add __counted_by for struct afs_acl and use struct_size()
https://git.kernel.org/kees/c/7403e688f0c0

Take care,

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Kees Cook