| Message ID | 20200507185351.GA14519@embeddedor (mailing list archive) |
|---|---|
| State | New, archived |
| Headers | show |
| Series | ima: Replace zero-length array with flexible-array | expand |
diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima.h b/security/integrity/ima/ima.h index 64317d95363e..da4246ee7e35 100644 --- a/security/integrity/ima/ima.h +++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima.h @@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ struct ima_template_entry { u8 digest[TPM_DIGEST_SIZE]; /* sha1 or md5 measurement hash */ struct ima_template_desc *template_desc; /* template descriptor */ u32 template_data_len; - struct ima_field_data template_data[0]; /* template related data */ + struct ima_field_data template_data[]; /* template related data */ }; struct ima_queue_entry {
The current codebase makes use of the zero-length array language extension to the C90 standard, but the preferred mechanism to declare variable-length types such as these ones is a flexible array member[1][2], introduced in C99: struct foo { int stuff; struct boo array[]; }; By making use of the mechanism above, we will get a compiler warning in case the flexible array does not occur last in the structure, which will help us prevent some kind of undefined behavior bugs from being inadvertently introduced[3] to the codebase from now on. Also, notice that, dynamic memory allocations won't be affected by this change: "Flexible array members have incomplete type, and so the sizeof operator may not be applied. As a quirk of the original implementation of zero-length arrays, sizeof evaluates to zero."[1] sizeof(flexible-array-member) triggers a warning because flexible array members have incomplete type[1]. There are some instances of code in which the sizeof operator is being incorrectly/erroneously applied to zero-length arrays and the result is zero. Such instances may be hiding some bugs. So, this work (flexible-array member conversions) will also help to get completely rid of those sorts of issues. This issue was found with the help of Coccinelle. [1] https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Zero-Length.html [2] https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/21 [3] commit 76497732932f ("cxgb3/l2t: Fix undefined behaviour") Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@kernel.org> --- security/integrity/ima/ima.h | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)