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SubjectRe: [PATCH] drm/sti: Fix return type of sti_{dvo,hda,hdmi}_connector_mode_valid()
On Wed, Nov 02, 2022 at 08:56:23AM -0700, Nathan Chancellor wrote:
> With clang's kernel control flow integrity (kCFI, CONFIG_CFI_CLANG),
> indirect call targets are validated against the expected function
> pointer prototype to make sure the call target is valid to help mitigate
> ROP attacks. If they are not identical, there is a failure at run time,
> which manifests as either a kernel panic or thread getting killed. A
> proposed warning in clang aims to catch these at compile time, which
> reveals:
>
> drivers/gpu/drm/sti/sti_hda.c:637:16: error: incompatible function pointer types initializing 'enum drm_mode_status (*)(struct drm_connector *, struct drm_display_mode *)' with an expression of type 'int (struct drm_connector *, struct drm_display_mode *)' [-Werror,-Wincompatible-function-pointer-types-strict]
> .mode_valid = sti_hda_connector_mode_valid,
> ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> drivers/gpu/drm/sti/sti_dvo.c:376:16: error: incompatible function pointer types initializing 'enum drm_mode_status (*)(struct drm_connector *, struct drm_display_mode *)' with an expression of type 'int (struct drm_connector *, struct drm_display_mode *)' [-Werror,-Wincompatible-function-pointer-types-strict]
> .mode_valid = sti_dvo_connector_mode_valid,
> ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> drivers/gpu/drm/sti/sti_hdmi.c:1035:16: error: incompatible function pointer types initializing 'enum drm_mode_status (*)(struct drm_connector *, struct drm_display_mode *)' with an expression of type 'int (struct drm_connector *, struct drm_display_mode *)' [-Werror,-Wincompatible-function-pointer-types-strict]
> .mode_valid = sti_hdmi_connector_mode_valid,
> ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> ->mode_valid() in 'struct drm_connector_helper_funcs' expects a return
> type of 'enum drm_mode_status', not 'int'. Adjust the return type of
> sti_{dvo,hda,hdmi}_connector_mode_valid() to match the prototype's to
> resolve the warning and CFI failure.
>
> Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/1750
> Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>

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Kees Cook

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