Re: [PATCH] io_uring: Replace 0-length array with flexible array

[Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Wed, Jan 04, 2023 at 07:37:48PM -0800, Kees Cook wrote:
> Zero-length arrays are deprecated[1]. Replace struct io_uring_buf_ring's
> "bufs" with a flexible array member. (How is the size of this array
> verified?) Detected with GCC 13, using -fstrict-flex-arrays=3:
> 
> In function 'io_ring_buffer_select',
>     inlined from 'io_buffer_select' at io_uring/kbuf.c:183:10:
> io_uring/kbuf.c:141:23: warning: array subscript 255 is outside the bounds of an interior zero-length array 'struct io_uring_buf[0]' [-Wzero-length-bounds]
>   141 |                 buf = &br->bufs[head];
>       |                       ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> In file included from include/linux/io_uring.h:7,
>                  from io_uring/kbuf.c:10:
> include/uapi/linux/io_uring.h: In function 'io_buffer_select':
> include/uapi/linux/io_uring.h:628:41: note: while referencing 'bufs'
>   628 |                 struct io_uring_buf     bufs[0];
>       |                                         ^~~~
> 
> [1] https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#zero-length-and-one-element-arrays
> 
> Fixes: c7fb19428d67 ("io_uring: add support for ring mapped supplied buffers")
> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
> Cc: Pavel Begunkov <asml.silence@gmail.com>
> Cc: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@kernel.org>
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org

Build problem aside, why is this a stable kernel issue?

thanks,

greg k-h