Re: [PATCH] qemu_fw_cfg: Make fw_cfg_rev_attr a proper kobj_attribute

[Kees Cook]

On Fri, Apr 02, 2021 at 08:42:07AM +0200, Sedat Dilek wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 25, 2021 at 10:25 PM Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, 11 Feb 2021 12:42:58 -0700, Nathan Chancellor wrote:
> > > fw_cfg_showrev() is called by an indirect call in kobj_attr_show(),
> > > which violates clang's CFI checking because fw_cfg_showrev()'s second
> > > parameter is 'struct attribute', whereas the ->show() member of 'struct
> > > kobj_structure' expects the second parameter to be of type 'struct
> > > kobj_attribute'.
> > >
> > > $ cat /sys/firmware/qemu_fw_cfg/rev
> > > 3
> > >
> > > [...]
> >
> > Applied to kspp/cfi/cleanups, thanks!
> >
> > [1/1] qemu_fw_cfg: Make fw_cfg_rev_attr a proper kobj_attribute
> >       https://git.kernel.org/kees/c/f5c4679d6c49
> >
> 
> I have queued this up in my custom patchset
> (for-5.12/kspp-cfi-cleanups-20210225).
> 
> What is the plan to get this upstream?

I haven't sent it to Linus yet -- I was expecting to batch more of these
and send them for v5.13. (But if the kvm folks snag it, that's good
too.)

-Kees

> 
> Feel free to add my:
> 
> Tested-by: Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@gmail.com>
> 
> - Sedat -

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Kees Cook