From 59cf0a9339ca4b0226e9b4329dfb0a5b8b0b9bc2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kees Cook Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2018 15:51:48 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] ipc/shm.c: use ERR_CAST() for shm_lock() error return This uses ERR_CAST() instead of an open-coded cast, as it is casting across structure pointers, which upsets __randomize_layout: ipc/shm.c: In function `shm_lock': ipc/shm.c:209:9: note: randstruct: casting between randomized structure pointer types (ssa): `struct shmid_kernel' and `struct kern_ipc_perm' return (void *)ipcp; ^~~~~~~~~~~~ Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180919180722.GA15073@beast Fixes: 82061c57ce93 ("ipc: drop ipc_lock()") Signed-off-by: Kees Cook Cc: Davidlohr Bueso Cc: Manfred Spraul Cc: Arnd Bergmann Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- ipc/shm.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/ipc/shm.c b/ipc/shm.c index 4cd402e4cfeb..1c65fb357395 100644 --- a/ipc/shm.c +++ b/ipc/shm.c @@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ static inline struct shmid_kernel *shm_lock(struct ipc_namespace *ns, int id) * Callers of shm_lock() must validate the status of the returned ipc * object pointer and error out as appropriate. */ - return (void *)ipcp; + return ERR_CAST(ipcp); } static inline void shm_lock_by_ptr(struct shmid_kernel *ipcp)