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kunit: test_dev_action: Correctly cast 'priv' pointer to long*
authorFlorian Schmaus <florian.schmaus@codasip.com>
Fri, 17 Oct 2025 09:28:14 +0000 (11:28 +0200)
committerShuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>
Mon, 20 Oct 2025 19:08:05 +0000 (13:08 -0600)
The previous implementation incorrectly assumed the original type of
'priv' was void**, leading to an unnecessary and misleading
cast. Correct the cast of the 'priv' pointer in test_dev_action() to
its actual type, long*, removing an unnecessary cast.

As an additional benefit, this fixes an out-of-bounds CHERI fault on
hardware with architectural capabilities. The original implementation
tried to store a capability-sized pointer using the priv
pointer. However, the priv pointer's capability only granted access to
the memory region of its original long type, leading to a bounds
violation since the size of a long is smaller than the size of a
capability. This change ensures that the pointer usage respects the
capabilities' bounds.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251017092814.80022-1-florian.schmaus@codasip.com
Fixes: d03c720e03bd ("kunit: Add APIs for managing devices")
Reviewed-by: David Gow <davidgow@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Florian Schmaus <florian.schmaus@codasip.com>
Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>
lib/kunit/kunit-test.c

index 8c01eabd4eaf286de218fad25b5622f7805446a6..63130a48e23712e6030bcc86f42e8276a3935716 100644 (file)
@@ -739,7 +739,7 @@ static struct kunit_case kunit_current_test_cases[] = {
 
 static void test_dev_action(void *priv)
 {
-       *(void **)priv = (void *)1;
+       *(long *)priv = 1;
 }
 
 static void kunit_device_test(struct kunit *test)