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net/e1000: add check for filter mask range

PATCH Applied Stephen Hemminger 3 participants 3 messages Nov 14, 2025 – Nov 17, 2025 Network drivers

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PATCH 1/1 net/e1000: add check for filter mask range

Gcc-16 complains about possible reference outside of array when managing flex filter. This is a false positive because the filter length can never be that long, but compiler can't detect that. Add guard rail check to only loop over possible array.

../drivers/net/intel/e1000/igb_ethdev.c:4265:23: note: at offset 152 into destination object of size 176 allocated by ‘rte_zmalloc’

 4265 |         flex_filter = rte_zmalloc("e1000_flex_filter",
      |                       ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 4266 |                         sizeof(struct e1000_flex_filter), 0);
      |                         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
../drivers/net/intel/e1000/igb_ethdev.c:4280:50: warning: writing 64 bytes into a region of size 0 [-Wstringop-overflow=]
 4280 |                 flex_filter->filter_info.mask[i] = mask;
      |                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~
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 drivers/net/intel/e1000/igb_ethdev.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
drivers/net/intel/e1000/igb_ethdev.c +2 -1
index f4e2a6442e..66988cd90d 100644
@@ -4270,7 +4270,8 @@ eth_igb_add_del_flex_filter(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 	flex_filter->filter_info.len = filter->len;
 	flex_filter->filter_info.priority = filter->priority;
 	memcpy(flex_filter->filter_info.dwords, filter->bytes, filter->len);
-	for (i = 0; i < RTE_ALIGN(filter->len, CHAR_BIT) / CHAR_BIT; i++) {
+	for (i = 0; i < RTE_ALIGN(filter->len, CHAR_BIT) / CHAR_BIT
+		     && i < E1000_FLEX_FILTERS_MASK_SIZE; i++) {
 		mask = 0;
 		/* reverse bits in flex filter's mask*/
 		for (shift = 0; shift < CHAR_BIT; shift++) {
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Quoted 14 lines · Stephen Hemminger

Gcc-16 complains about possible reference outside of array when managing flex filter. This is a false positive because the filter length can never be that long, but compiler can't detect that. Add guard rail check to only loop over possible array.

../drivers/net/intel/e1000/igb_ethdev.c:4265:23: note: at offset 152 into destination object of size 176 allocated by ‘rte_zmalloc’

  4265 |         flex_filter = rte_zmalloc("e1000_flex_filter",
       |                       ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  4266 |                         sizeof(struct e1000_flex_filter), 0);
       |                         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
../drivers/net/intel/e1000/igb_ethdev.c:4280:50: warning: writing 64 bytes into a region of size 0 [-Wstringop-overflow=]
  4280 |                 flex_filter->filter_info.mask[i] = mask;
       |                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~
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Anatoly
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Quoted 15 lines · Anatoly
Quoted 14 lines · Stephen Hemminger

Gcc-16 complains about possible reference outside of array when managing flex filter. This is a false positive because the filter length can never be that long, but compiler can't detect that. Add guard rail check to only loop over possible array.

../drivers/net/intel/e1000/igb_ethdev.c:4265:23: note: at offset 152 into destination object of size 176 allocated by ‘rte_zmalloc’

  4265 |         flex_filter = rte_zmalloc("e1000_flex_filter",
       |                       ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  4266 |                         sizeof(struct e1000_flex_filter), 0);
       |                         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
../drivers/net/intel/e1000/igb_ethdev.c:4280:50: warning: writing 64 bytes into a region of size 0 [-Wstringop-overflow=]
  4280 |                 flex_filter->filter_info.mask[i] = mask;
       |                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~
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Applied to dpdk-next-net-intel. [With the "&&" moved to previous line to keep checkpatch happy]

/Bruce