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net: pppoe: avoid zero-length arrays in struct pppoe_hdr
authorEric Woudstra <ericwouds@gmail.com>
Tue, 24 Feb 2026 15:50:30 +0000 (16:50 +0100)
committerJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Thu, 26 Feb 2026 03:25:08 +0000 (19:25 -0800)
commit7717fbb14028be5735acb911aeb7553b7c662418
tree442fd021ae60fd99c48ec242e5a7277176dd3f6c
parent8debe7a22309497f42fb963494833b9abd446328
net: pppoe: avoid zero-length arrays in struct pppoe_hdr

Jakub Kicinski reported following issue in upcoming patches:

W=1 C=1 GCC build gives us:

net/bridge/netfilter/nf_conntrack_bridge.c: note: in included file (through
../include/linux/if_pppox.h, ../include/uapi/linux/netfilter_bridge.h,
../include/linux/netfilter_bridge.h): include/uapi/linux/if_pppox.h:
153:29: warning: array of flexible structures

sparse doesn't like that hdr has a zero-length array which overlaps
proto. The kernel code doesn't currently need those arrays.

PPPoE connection is functional after applying this patch.

Reviewed-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@blackwall.org>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Eric Woudstra <ericwouds@gmail.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260224155030.106918-1-ericwouds@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
drivers/net/ppp/pppoe.c
include/uapi/linux/if_pppox.h