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efi_loader: capsule: fix SIZEOF_MISMATCH warning

Message ID 20210122014327.20589-1-takahiro.akashi@linaro.org
State Accepted, archived
Delegated to: Heinrich Schuchardt
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Series efi_loader: capsule: fix SIZEOF_MISMATCH warning | expand

Commit Message

AKASHI Takahiro Jan. 22, 2021, 1:43 a.m. UTC
CID 316361 says:
> Passing argument "count * 8UL /* sizeof (*files) */" to
> function "dlmalloc" and then casting the return value to "u16 **" is
> suspicious. In this particular case "sizeof (u16 **)" happens to be equal
> to "sizeof (u16 *)", but this is not a portable assumption.
> > 767         tmp_files = malloc(count * sizeof(*files));

The change in this patch fixes the ambiguity.

Signed-off-by: AKASHI Takahiro <takahiro.akashi@linaro.org>
Fixes: CID 316361
---
 lib/efi_loader/efi_capsule.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Comments

Heinrich Schuchardt Jan. 22, 2021, 5:45 a.m. UTC | #1
On 1/22/21 2:43 AM, AKASHI Takahiro wrote:
> CID 316361 says:
>> Passing argument "count * 8UL /* sizeof (*files) */" to
>> function "dlmalloc" and then casting the return value to "u16 **" is
>> suspicious. In this particular case "sizeof (u16 **)" happens to be equal
>> to "sizeof (u16 *)", but this is not a portable assumption.
>>> 767         tmp_files = malloc(count * sizeof(*files));
>
> The change in this patch fixes the ambiguity.
>
> Signed-off-by: AKASHI Takahiro <takahiro.akashi@linaro.org>
> Fixes: CID 316361

Reviewed-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

> ---
>   lib/efi_loader/efi_capsule.c | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/lib/efi_loader/efi_capsule.c b/lib/efi_loader/efi_capsule.c
> index dad1b0fcf7c0..95413c50f89a 100644
> --- a/lib/efi_loader/efi_capsule.c
> +++ b/lib/efi_loader/efi_capsule.c
> @@ -764,7 +764,7 @@ static efi_status_t efi_capsule_scan_dir(u16 ***files, unsigned int *num)
>   		goto err;
>
>   	/* make a list */
> -	tmp_files = malloc(count * sizeof(*files));
> +	tmp_files = malloc(count * sizeof(tmp_files[0]));
>   	if (!tmp_files) {
>   		ret = EFI_OUT_OF_RESOURCES;
>   		goto err;
>
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Patch

diff --git a/lib/efi_loader/efi_capsule.c b/lib/efi_loader/efi_capsule.c
index dad1b0fcf7c0..95413c50f89a 100644
--- a/lib/efi_loader/efi_capsule.c
+++ b/lib/efi_loader/efi_capsule.c
@@ -764,7 +764,7 @@  static efi_status_t efi_capsule_scan_dir(u16 ***files, unsigned int *num)
 		goto err;
 
 	/* make a list */
-	tmp_files = malloc(count * sizeof(*files));
+	tmp_files = malloc(count * sizeof(tmp_files[0]));
 	if (!tmp_files) {
 		ret = EFI_OUT_OF_RESOURCES;
 		goto err;