include/linux/fortify-string.h:267:25: warning: call to '__write_overflow_field' declared with attribute warning: detected write beyond size of field (1st parameter); maybe use struct_group()?

[kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>]

Hi Kees,

FYI, the error/warning still remains.

tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master
head:   a19944809fe9942e6a96292490717904d0690c21
commit: f68f2ff91512c199ec24883001245912afc17873 fortify: Detect struct member overflows in memcpy() at compile-time
date:   9 weeks ago
config: arm-randconfig-r012-20220414 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20220414/202204142318.vDqjjSFn-lkp@intel.com/config)
compiler: arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc (GCC) 11.2.0
reproduce (this is a W=1 build):
        wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/intel/lkp-tests/master/sbin/make.cross -O ~/bin/make.cross
        chmod +x ~/bin/make.cross
        # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f68f2ff91512c199ec24883001245912afc17873
        git remote add linus https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
        git fetch --no-tags linus master
        git checkout f68f2ff91512c199ec24883001245912afc17873
        # save the config file to linux build tree
        mkdir build_dir
        COMPILER_INSTALL_PATH=$HOME/0day COMPILER=gcc-11.2.0 make.cross O=build_dir ARCH=arm SHELL=/bin/bash drivers/usb/serial/

If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag as appropriate
Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>

All warnings (new ones prefixed by >>):

   In file included from include/linux/string.h:253,
                    from include/linux/bitmap.h:11,
                    from include/linux/cpumask.h:12,
                    from include/linux/smp.h:13,
                    from include/linux/lockdep.h:14,
                    from include/linux/spinlock.h:62,
                    from include/linux/mmzone.h:8,
                    from include/linux/gfp.h:6,
                    from include/linux/slab.h:15,
                    from drivers/usb/serial/whiteheat.c:17:
   In function 'fortify_memcpy_chk',
       inlined from 'firm_send_command' at drivers/usb/serial/whiteheat.c:587:4:
>> include/linux/fortify-string.h:267:25: warning: call to '__write_overflow_field' declared with attribute warning: detected write beyond size of field (1st parameter); maybe use struct_group()? [-Wattribute-warning]
     267 |                         __write_overflow_field(p_size_field, size);
         |                         ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


vim +/__write_overflow_field +267 include/linux/fortify-string.h

   213	
   214	/*
   215	 * To make sure the compiler can enforce protection against buffer overflows,
   216	 * memcpy(), memmove(), and memset() must not be used beyond individual
   217	 * struct members. If you need to copy across multiple members, please use
   218	 * struct_group() to create a named mirror of an anonymous struct union.
   219	 * (e.g. see struct sk_buff.) Read overflow checking is currently only
   220	 * done when a write overflow is also present, or when building with W=1.
   221	 *
   222	 * Mitigation coverage matrix
   223	 *					Bounds checking at:
   224	 *					+-------+-------+-------+-------+
   225	 *					| Compile time  |   Run time    |
   226	 * memcpy() argument sizes:		| write | read  | write | read  |
   227	 *        dest     source   length      +-------+-------+-------+-------+
   228	 * memcpy(known,   known,   constant)	|   y   |   y   |  n/a  |  n/a  |
   229	 * memcpy(known,   unknown, constant)	|   y   |   n   |  n/a  |   V   |
   230	 * memcpy(known,   known,   dynamic)	|   n   |   n   |   B   |   B   |
   231	 * memcpy(known,   unknown, dynamic)	|   n   |   n   |   B   |   V   |
   232	 * memcpy(unknown, known,   constant)	|   n   |   y   |   V   |  n/a  |
   233	 * memcpy(unknown, unknown, constant)	|   n   |   n   |   V   |   V   |
   234	 * memcpy(unknown, known,   dynamic)	|   n   |   n   |   V   |   B   |
   235	 * memcpy(unknown, unknown, dynamic)	|   n   |   n   |   V   |   V   |
   236	 *					+-------+-------+-------+-------+
   237	 *
   238	 * y = perform deterministic compile-time bounds checking
   239	 * n = cannot perform deterministic compile-time bounds checking
   240	 * n/a = no run-time bounds checking needed since compile-time deterministic
   241	 * B = can perform run-time bounds checking (currently unimplemented)
   242	 * V = vulnerable to run-time overflow (will need refactoring to solve)
   243	 *
   244	 */
   245	__FORTIFY_INLINE void fortify_memcpy_chk(__kernel_size_t size,
   246						 const size_t p_size,
   247						 const size_t q_size,
   248						 const size_t p_size_field,
   249						 const size_t q_size_field,
   250						 const char *func)
   251	{
   252		if (__builtin_constant_p(size)) {
   253			/*
   254			 * Length argument is a constant expression, so we
   255			 * can perform compile-time bounds checking where
   256			 * buffer sizes are known.
   257			 */
   258	
   259			/* Error when size is larger than enclosing struct. */
   260			if (p_size > p_size_field && p_size < size)
   261				__write_overflow();
   262			if (q_size > q_size_field && q_size < size)
   263				__read_overflow2();
   264	
   265			/* Warn when write size argument larger than dest field. */
   266			if (p_size_field < size)
 > 267				__write_overflow_field(p_size_field, size);
   268			/*
   269			 * Warn for source field over-read when building with W=1
   270			 * or when an over-write happened, so both can be fixed at
   271			 * the same time.
   272			 */
   273			if ((IS_ENABLED(KBUILD_EXTRA_WARN1) || p_size_field < size) &&
   274			    q_size_field < size)
   275				__read_overflow2_field(q_size_field, size);
   276		}
   277		/*
   278		 * At this point, length argument may not be a constant expression,
   279		 * so run-time bounds checking can be done where buffer sizes are
   280		 * known. (This is not an "else" because the above checks may only
   281		 * be compile-time warnings, and we want to still warn for run-time
   282		 * overflows.)
   283		 */
   284	
   285		/*
   286		 * Always stop accesses beyond the struct that contains the
   287		 * field, when the buffer's remaining size is known.
   288		 * (The -1 test is to optimize away checks where the buffer
   289		 * lengths are unknown.)
   290		 */
   291		if ((p_size != (size_t)(-1) && p_size < size) ||
   292		    (q_size != (size_t)(-1) && q_size < size))
   293			fortify_panic(func);
   294	}
   295	

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