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[rtw-next] wifi: rtw89: fw: cast mfw_hdr pointer from address of zeroth byte of firmware->data

Message ID 20250325025424.14079-1-pkshih@realtek.com
State New
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Series [rtw-next] wifi: rtw89: fw: cast mfw_hdr pointer from address of zeroth byte of firmware->data | expand

Commit Message

Ping-Ke Shih March 25, 2025, 2:54 a.m. UTC
The firmware->size is validated before using firmware->data, but Coverity
still reports:
  Downcasting "firmware->data" from "u8 const *" to "struct rtw89_mfw_hdr"
  implies that the data that this pointer points to is tainted."

Using &firmware->data[0] to avoid the warning. No change logic at all.

Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1494046 ("Untrusted loop bound")
Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1544385 ("Untrusted array index read")

Signed-off-by: Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@realtek.com>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/fw.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
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diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/fw.c b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/fw.c
index 8643b17866f8..c1d1e9ec08db 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/fw.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/fw.c
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@  const struct rtw89_mfw_hdr *rtw89_mfw_get_hdr_ptr(struct rtw89_dev *rtwdev,
 	if (sizeof(*mfw_hdr) > firmware->size)
 		return NULL;
 
-	mfw_hdr = (const struct rtw89_mfw_hdr *)firmware->data;
+	mfw_hdr = (const struct rtw89_mfw_hdr *)&firmware->data[0];
 
 	if (mfw_hdr->sig != RTW89_MFW_SIG)
 		return NULL;