[PATCH v8 net-next 01/15] net: pppoe: avoid zero-length arrays in struct pppoe_hdr
Nikolay Aleksandrov
razor at blackwall.org
Wed Mar 5 00:21:33 PST 2025
On 2/28/25 22:15, Eric Woudstra wrote:
> Jakub Kicinski suggested following patch:
>
> W=1 C=1 GCC build gives us:
>
> net/bridge/netfilter/nf_conntrack_bridge.c: note: in included file (through
> ../include/linux/if_pppox.h, ../include/uapi/linux/netfilter_bridge.h,
> ../include/linux/netfilter_bridge.h): include/uapi/linux/if_pppox.h:
> 153:29: warning: array of flexible structures
>
> It doesn't like that hdr has a zero-length array which overlaps proto.
> The kernel code doesn't currently need those arrays.
>
> PPPoE connection is functional after applying this patch.
>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Woudstra <ericwouds at gmail.com>
> ---
> drivers/net/ppp/pppoe.c | 2 +-
> include/uapi/linux/if_pppox.h | 4 ++++
> 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
Reviewed-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor at blackwall.org>
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