Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: s390/netiucv: Fix return type of netiucv_tx() With clang's kernel control flow integrity (kCFI, CONFIG_CFI_CLANG), indirect call targets are validated against the expected function pointer prototype to make sure the call target is valid to help mitigate ROP attacks. If they are not identical, there is a failure at run time, which manifests as either a kernel panic or thread getting killed. A proposed warning in clang aims to catch these at compile time, which reveals: drivers/s390/net/netiucv.c:1854:21: error: incompatible function pointer types initializing 'netdev_tx_t (*)(struct sk_buff *, struct net_device *)' (aka 'enum netdev_tx (*)(struct sk_buff *, struct net_device *)') with an expression of type 'int (struct sk_buff *, struct net_device *)' [-Werror,-Wincompatible-function-pointer-types-strict] .ndo_start_xmit = netiucv_tx, ^~~~~~~~~~ ->ndo_start_xmit() in 'struct net_device_ops' expects a return type of 'netdev_tx_t', not 'int'. Adjust the return type of netiucv_tx() to match the prototype's to resolve the warning and potential CFI failure, should s390 select ARCH_SUPPORTS_CFI_CLANG in the future. Additionally, while in the area, remove a comment block that is no longer relevant.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
Linux Linux
Default version status: unaffected
dc1f8bf68b311b1537cb65893430b6796118498a to < f13d870fce90f01cf930bfaffecc8185ae0be21caffecteddc1f8bf68b311b1537cb65893430b6796118498a to < eccc88c0efe407e579291792ad07a7dedc0f63f0affecteddc1f8bf68b311b1537cb65893430b6796118498a to < 85d392710275355425df8618ccbebbc336f5acc5affecteddc1f8bf68b311b1537cb65893430b6796118498a to < 4bee3c75d5bf7c2b5dc0b520410eb40449e5da31affecteddc1f8bf68b311b1537cb65893430b6796118498a to < 3ac0217ca9186c2f9af9a0113a331a42aa847894affecteddc1f8bf68b311b1537cb65893430b6796118498a to < dfbf0122ea1b9b3e73fa22c8ff6bd888935c54fcaffecteddc1f8bf68b311b1537cb65893430b6796118498a to < e7a849f740e3576e79cba403697e916f4c3a6f12affecteddc1f8bf68b311b1537cb65893430b6796118498a to < d034fa43af92fc46a81d882f46d9cc3e4ffdbbccaffecteddc1f8bf68b311b1537cb65893430b6796118498a to < 88d86d18d7cf7e9137c95f9d212bb9fff8a1b4beaffected
Linux Linux
Default version status: affected
2.6.32affected0 to < 2.6.32unaffected4.9.337 to ≤ 4.9.*unaffected4.14.303 to ≤ 4.14.*unaffected4.19.270 to ≤ 4.19.*unaffected5.4.229 to ≤ 5.4.*unaffected5.10.163 to ≤ 5.10.*unaffected5.15.86 to ≤ 5.15.*unaffected6.0.16 to ≤ 6.0.*unaffected6.1.2 to ≤ 6.1.*unaffected6.2 to ≤ *unaffected
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f13d870fce90f01cf930bfaffecc8185ae0be21c ↗
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eccc88c0efe407e579291792ad07a7dedc0f63f0 ↗
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/85d392710275355425df8618ccbebbc336f5acc5 ↗
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4bee3c75d5bf7c2b5dc0b520410eb40449e5da31 ↗
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ac0217ca9186c2f9af9a0113a331a42aa847894 ↗
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dfbf0122ea1b9b3e73fa22c8ff6bd888935c54fc ↗
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e7a849f740e3576e79cba403697e916f4c3a6f12 ↗
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d034fa43af92fc46a81d882f46d9cc3e4ffdbbcc ↗
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88d86d18d7cf7e9137c95f9d212bb9fff8a1b4be ↗