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SubjectRe: [PATCH] KVM: x86: Replace 0-length arrays with flexible arrays
On Thu, Jan 05, 2023, Kees Cook wrote:
> Zero-length arrays are deprecated[1]. Replace struct kvm_nested_state's
> "data" union 0-length arrays with flexible arrays. (How are the
> sizes of these arrays verified?)

It's not really interpreted as an array, it's a mandatory single-entry "array".

if (copy_from_user(vmcs12, user_vmx_nested_state->vmcs12, sizeof(*vmcs12)))
return -EFAULT;

> Detected with GCC 13, using -fstrict-flex-arrays=3:
>
> arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c: In function 'svm_get_nested_state':
> arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c:1536:17: error: array subscript 0 is outside array bounds of 'struct kvm_svm_nested_state_data[0]' [-Werror=array-bounds=]
> 1536 | &user_kvm_nested_state->data.svm[0];
> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> In file included from include/uapi/linux/kvm.h:15,
> from include/linux/kvm_host.h:40,
> from arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c:18:
> arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h:511:50: note: while referencing 'svm'
> 511 | struct kvm_svm_nested_state_data svm[0];
> | ^~~
>
> [1] https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#zero-length-and-one-element-arrays
>
> Cc: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
> Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
> Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
> Cc: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@kernel.org>
> Cc: x86@kernel.org
> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
> Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
> ---

Nit on the comment aside,

Reviewed-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>

> arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h | 6 +++---
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h
> index e48deab8901d..8ec3dfd641b0 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h
> @@ -502,13 +502,13 @@ struct kvm_nested_state {
> } hdr;
>
> /*
> - * Define data region as 0 bytes to preserve backwards-compatability
> + * Define union of flexible arrays to preserve backwards-compatability

I think I'd actually prefer the "as 0 bytes" comment. The important part is that
the size of "data" be zero, how that happens is immaterial.

> * to old definition of kvm_nested_state in order to avoid changing
> * KVM_{GET,PUT}_NESTED_STATE ioctl values.
> */
> union {
> - struct kvm_vmx_nested_state_data vmx[0];
> - struct kvm_svm_nested_state_data svm[0];
> + __DECLARE_FLEX_ARRAY(struct kvm_vmx_nested_state_data, vmx);
> + __DECLARE_FLEX_ARRAY(struct kvm_svm_nested_state_data, svm);
> } data;
> };
>
> --
> 2.34.1
>

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