fb5f6a0e80
In preparation for FORTIFY_SOURCE performing compile-time and run-time
field bounds checking for memset(), avoid intentionally writing across
neighboring fields.
Use memset_after() so memset() doesn't get confused about writing
beyond the destination member that is intended to be the starting point
of zeroing through the end of the struct.
Additionally fix the common helper, ieee80211_tx_info_clear_status(),
which was not clearing ack_signal, but the open-coded versions
did. Johannes Berg points out this bug was introduced by commit
e3e1a0bcb3 ("mac80211: reduce IEEE80211_TX_MAX_RATES") but was harmless.
Also drops the associated unneeded BUILD_BUG_ON()s, and adds a note to
carl9170 about usage.
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Tested-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@gmail.com> [both CARL9170+P54USB on real HW]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211118203839.1289276-1-keescook@chromium.org
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.