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Subject: Re: [fortify]  728833277d:
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Hi Gustavo,

On Wed, Sep 07, 2022 at 08:39:19AM +0100, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 07, 2022 at 01:42:16PM +0800, kernel test robot wrote:
> 
> Hi!
> 
> > 
> > Hi Kees Cook,
> > 
> > the patch "[PATCH 1/2] fortify: Add run-time WARN for cross-field memcpy()"
> > raises a persistent WARNING as below report in our tests.
> > 
> > according to commit message, we understand this is kind of expected. but
> > we don't have enough knowledge if it reveals a real issue in kernel source
> > code and what the next step could be.
> > 
> > so we still report FYI.
> > 
> > if you think it's unnecessary for us to make out this kind of report, please
> > let us know. we will consider how to refine our report rules. Thanks a lot!
> > 
> > below is the full report.
> 
> It seems that the idea is to continue reporting these warnings, as they
> help us identify the places that need to be audited and determine how to
> refactor the code (in case it's a false positive), or how to properly fix
> it (in case it's an actual bug).

thanks a lot! very glad our report is helpful :)

> 
> In this case, it seems that the issue was already addressed by this patch:
> 
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-hardening/20220903043749.3102675-1-keescook@chromium.org/
> 
> Thanks
> --
> Gustavo