Do not cast pointers of signed integers to pointers of unsigned integers
and vice versa.
It should currently not be an issue since they hold SELinux boolean
values which should only contain either 0's or 1's, which should have
the same representation.
Reported by sparse:
security/selinux/selinuxfs.c:1485:30: warning: incorrect type in assignment (different signedness)
security/selinux/selinuxfs.c:1485:30: expected unsigned int *
security/selinux/selinuxfs.c:1485:30: got int *[addressable] values
security/selinux/selinuxfs.c:1402:48: warning: incorrect type in argument 3 (different signedness)
security/selinux/selinuxfs.c:1402:48: expected int *values
security/selinux/selinuxfs.c:1402:48: got unsigned int *bool_pending_values
Signed-off-by: Christian Göttsche <[email protected]>
---
Previous patch proposal: https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/selinux/patch/[email protected]/
---
security/selinux/selinuxfs.c | 10 +++++-----
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/security/selinux/selinuxfs.c b/security/selinux/selinuxfs.c
index 8fcdd494af27..f0b1aafd67aa 100644
--- a/security/selinux/selinuxfs.c
+++ b/security/selinux/selinuxfs.c
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ struct selinux_fs_info {
struct dentry *bool_dir;
unsigned int bool_num;
char **bool_pending_names;
- unsigned int *bool_pending_values;
+ int *bool_pending_values;
struct dentry *class_dir;
unsigned long last_class_ino;
bool policy_opened;
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ static const struct file_operations sel_policyvers_ops = {
/* declaration for sel_write_load */
static int sel_make_bools(struct selinux_policy *newpolicy, struct dentry *bool_dir,
unsigned int *bool_num, char ***bool_pending_names,
- unsigned int **bool_pending_values);
+ int **bool_pending_values);
static int sel_make_classes(struct selinux_policy *newpolicy,
struct dentry *class_dir,
unsigned long *last_class_ino);
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ static const struct file_operations sel_policy_ops = {
};
static void sel_remove_old_bool_data(unsigned int bool_num, char **bool_names,
- unsigned int *bool_values)
+ int *bool_values)
{
u32 i;
@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ static int sel_make_policy_nodes(struct selinux_fs_info *fsi,
struct dentry *tmp_parent, *tmp_bool_dir, *tmp_class_dir, *old_dentry;
unsigned int tmp_bool_num, old_bool_num;
char **tmp_bool_names, **old_bool_names;
- unsigned int *tmp_bool_values, *old_bool_values;
+ int *tmp_bool_values, *old_bool_values;
unsigned long tmp_ino = fsi->last_ino; /* Don't increment last_ino in this function */
tmp_parent = sel_make_disconnected_dir(fsi->sb, &tmp_ino);
@@ -1423,7 +1423,7 @@ static void sel_remove_entries(struct dentry *de)
static int sel_make_bools(struct selinux_policy *newpolicy, struct dentry *bool_dir,
unsigned int *bool_num, char ***bool_pending_names,
- unsigned int **bool_pending_values)
+ int **bool_pending_values)
{
int ret;
ssize_t len;
--
2.37.2
On Tue, Aug 30, 2022 at 11:45 AM Christian Göttsche
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Do not cast pointers of signed integers to pointers of unsigned integers
> and vice versa.
>
> It should currently not be an issue since they hold SELinux boolean
> values which should only contain either 0's or 1's, which should have
> the same representation.
>
> Reported by sparse:
>
> security/selinux/selinuxfs.c:1485:30: warning: incorrect type in assignment (different signedness)
> security/selinux/selinuxfs.c:1485:30: expected unsigned int *
> security/selinux/selinuxfs.c:1485:30: got int *[addressable] values
> security/selinux/selinuxfs.c:1402:48: warning: incorrect type in argument 3 (different signedness)
> security/selinux/selinuxfs.c:1402:48: expected int *values
> security/selinux/selinuxfs.c:1402:48: got unsigned int *bool_pending_values
>
> Signed-off-by: Christian Göttsche <[email protected]>
> ---
> Previous patch proposal: https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/selinux/patch/[email protected]/
> ---
> security/selinux/selinuxfs.c | 10 +++++-----
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
Merged into selinux/next, thanks!
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