[PATCH] net: Convert proto_ops::getname to sockaddr_storage

[Marc Kleine-Budde]

On 16.12.2024 18:34:28, Kees Cook wrote:
> The proto_ops::getname callback was long ago backed by sockaddr_storage,
> but the replacement of it for sockaddr was never done. Plumb it through
> all the getname() callbacks, adjust prototypes, and fix casts.
> 
> There are a few cases where the backing object is _not_ a sockaddr_storage
> and converting it looks painful. In those cases, they use a cast to
> struct sockaddr_storage. They appear well bounds-checked, so the risk
> is no worse that we have currently.
> 
> Other casts to sockaddr are removed, though to avoid spilling this
> change into BPF (which becomes a much larger set of changes), cast the
> sockaddr_storage instances there to sockaddr for the time being.
> 
> In theory this could be split up into per-caller patches that add more
> casts that all later get removed, but it seemed like there are few
> enough callers that it seems feasible to do this in a single patch. Most
> conversions are mechanical, so review should be fairly easy. (Famous
> last words.)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees at kernel.org>
> ---
>  net/can/isotp.c                               |  3 +-
>  net/can/j1939/socket.c                        |  2 +-
>  net/can/raw.c                                 |  2 +-

Acked-by: Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl at pengutronix.de> # for net/can

regards,
Marc

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