* [PATCH] firewire: core: add __counted_by_ptr to struct fw_packet
@ 2026-09-25 21:09 Bill Wendling
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From: Bill Wendling @ 2026-09-25 21:09 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Takashi Sakamoto
Cc: Kees Cook, Gustavo A. R. Silva, linux1394-devel, linux-kernel,
linux-hardening, Bill Wendling, codemender-patching+linux
In 'struct fw_packet', the 'payload' field points to a buffer of size
'payload_length' bytes. To enable compiler bounds checking (via KASAN
and __builtin_dynamic_object_size), add the '__counted_by_ptr' attribute
to the 'payload' pointer, associated with the 'payload_length' count.
A thorough analysis of all allocation and initialization points for
'struct fw_packet' was conducted. The pointer and its length are
assigned together.
Because the count field is always correctly initialized before the
pointer is accessed, the '__counted_by_ptr' attribute is fully safe and
will not cause runtime false positives or panics.
Cc: codemender-patching+linux@google.com
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Bill Wendling <morbo@google.com>
---
include/linux/firewire.h | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/firewire.h b/include/linux/firewire.h
index fd35a6570cd8..9f313b47a694 100644
--- a/include/linux/firewire.h
+++ b/include/linux/firewire.h
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ struct fw_packet {
int generation;
u32 header[4];
size_t header_length;
- void *payload;
+ void *payload __counted_by_ptr(payload_length);
size_t payload_length;
dma_addr_t payload_bus;
bool payload_mapped;
--
2.56.0.rc1.315.gc6ed9934b7-goog
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