Re: [PATCH v2] ACPICA: Replace fake flexible arrays with flexible array members

[Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>]

On February 12, 2023 4:35:46 PM PST, Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>On Fri, Jan 27, 2023 at 11:16:25AM -0800, Kees Cook wrote:
>> One-element arrays (and multi-element arrays being treated as
>> dynamically sized) are deprecated[1] and are being replaced with
>> flexible array members in support of the ongoing efforts to tighten the
>> FORTIFY_SOURCE routines on memcpy(), correctly instrument array indexing
>> with UBSAN_BOUNDS, and to globally enable -fstrict-flex-arrays=3.
>> 
>> Replace one-element array with flexible-array member in struct
>> acpi_resource_extended_irq. Replace 4-byte fixed-size array with 4-byte
>> padding in a union with a flexible-array member in struct
>> acpi_pci_routing_table.
>> 
>> This results in no differences in binary output.
>> 
>> Link: https://github.com/acpica/acpica/pull/813
>> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
>> Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
>
>This patch results in boot failures of 32-bit images.

Weird -- I didn't see any binary differences. I'll investigate. What compiler and arch?

-Kees

>Reverting it fixes the problem.
>
>On the failing boot tests, I see messages such as
>
>ACPI: \_SB_.GSIA: Enabled at IRQ 117440528
>ERROR: Unable to locate IOAPIC for GSI 117440528
>ahci 0000:00:1f.2: PCI INT A: failed to register GSI
>
>ACPI: \_SB_.GSIG: Enabled at IRQ 117440534
>ERROR: Unable to locate IOAPIC for GSI 117440534
>8139cp 0000:00:02.0: PCI INT A: failed to register GSI
>
>Given that 117440534 == 0x7000016, that looks quite suspicious.
>Indeed, after reverting this patch, the messages are different.

Yeah, seems like a high byte not getting cleared. Hmm.

>
>ACPI: \_SB_.GSIA: Enabled at IRQ 16
>ahci 0000:00:1f.2: AHCI 0001.0000 32 slots 6 ports 1.5 Gbps 0x3f impl SATA mode
>
>ACPI: \_SB_.GSIG: Enabled at IRQ 22
>8139cp 0000:00:02.0 eth0: RTL-8139C+ at 0xd0804000, 52:54:00:12:34:56, IRQ 22
>
>Guenter


-- 
Kees Cook