linux/scripts/coccinelle
Jacob Keller e754948125 coccinelle: semantic patch to check for potential struct_size calls
include/linux/overflow.h includes helper macros intended for calculating
sizes of allocations. These macros prevent accidental overflow by
saturating at SIZE_MAX.

In general when calculating such sizes use of the macros is preferred. Add
a semantic patch which can detect code patterns which can be replaced by
struct_size.

Note that I set the confidence to medium because this patch doesn't make an
attempt to ensure that the relevant array is actually a flexible array. The
struct_size macro does specifically require a flexible array. In many cases
the detected code could be refactored to a flexible array, but this is not
always possible (such as if there are multiple over-allocations).

Signed-off-by: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@intel.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230227202428.3657443-1-jacob.e.keller@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
2024-02-29 13:38:01 -08:00
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api coccinelle: Add rules to find str_plural() replacements 2024-02-29 13:38:01 -08:00
free update Coccinelle URL 2022-08-07 21:30:36 +02:00
iterators update Coccinelle URL 2022-08-07 21:30:36 +02:00
locks update Coccinelle URL 2022-08-07 21:30:36 +02:00
misc coccinelle: semantic patch to check for potential struct_size calls 2024-02-29 13:38:01 -08:00
null update Coccinelle URL 2022-08-07 21:30:36 +02:00
tests update Coccinelle URL 2022-08-07 21:30:36 +02:00