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List:       linux-hardening
Subject:    [PATCH 6.1 0594/1146] fortify: Do not cast to "unsigned char"
From:       Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh () linuxfoundation ! org>
Date:       2022-12-28 14:35:33
Message-ID: 20221228144346.305005394 () linuxfoundation ! org
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From: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>

[ Upstream commit e9a40e1585d792751d3a122392695e5a53032809 ]

Do not cast to "unsigned char", as this needlessly creates type problems
when attempting builds without -Wno-pointer-sign[1]. The intent of the
cast is to drop possible "const" types.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAHk-=wgz3Uba8w7kdXhsqR1qvfemYL+OFQdefJnkeqXG8qZ_pA@mail.gmail.com/

Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Fixes: 3009f891bb9f ("fortify: Allow strlen() and strnlen() to pass compile-time known lengths")
Cc: linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
 include/linux/fortify-string.h | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/fortify-string.h b/include/linux/fortify-string.h
index 1067a8450826..5001a11258e4 100644
--- a/include/linux/fortify-string.h
+++ b/include/linux/fortify-string.h
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ void __write_overflow_field(size_t avail, size_t wanted) __compiletime_warning("
 
 #define __compiletime_strlen(p)					\
 ({								\
-	unsigned char *__p = (unsigned char *)(p);		\
+	char *__p = (char *)(p);				\
 	size_t __ret = SIZE_MAX;				\
 	size_t __p_size = __member_size(p);			\
 	if (__p_size != SIZE_MAX &&				\
-- 
2.35.1



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