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tftp.h: rework layout to work with fortification
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The current tftp structure does not work when fortification is enabled.
Starting with gcc-4.5, more size checking was added to trigger these.
Older versions just didn't have enough information, so they returned -1
as the sizes.

First, the tu_stuff field is declared as 1 byte (when it's really an
arbitrary length C string), so attempting to strcpy() with it results
in crashes.  This fails with _FORTIFY_SOURCE=1.

Second, even if we change that to [0] (since gcc does not allow flexible
array members in an union), gcc is not smart enough to see that they are
two overlapping flexible arrays (tu_stuff and tu_data), so it will still
trigger an abort with _FORTIFY_SOURCE=2.  This is because it thinks that
tu_stuff is 0 bytes and tu_data comes after it.

Talking to upstream gcc, they don't seem terribly inclined to fix the
2nd issue, but even if they did, we still have plenty of 4.5 and 4.6
installs that would hit problems.

So, let's re-order with a few more anonymous structs & unions so that
the fields are laid out with a zero-length array always as the last
field.  This seems to fix things with gcc-4.6, and the tftp-hpa pkg
continues to build & work.

URL: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tftp-hpa/+bug/691345
URL: https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/28103
URL: https://bugs.gentoo.org/357083
URL: http://gcc.gnu.org/PR52944
Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <[email protected]>
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2012-05-08 Mike Frysinger <[email protected]>

* inet/arpa/tftp.h (struct tftphdr): Rename th_u to th_u1. Add
a struct th_u2 inside the union, and move tu_block/tu_code into
a new th_u3 union of tu_block/tu_code inside of that. Move
th_data[1] into the th_u2 as tu_data[0]. Change tu_stuff[1] to
tu_stuff[0]. Add a new tu_padding[4] to keep sizeof() the same.
(th_block): Change to th_u1.th_u2.th_u3.tu_block.
(th_code): Change to th_u1.th_u2.th_u3.tu_code.
(th_stuff): Change to th_u1.tu_stuff.
(th_data): Define.
(th_msg): Change to th_u1.th_u2.tu_data.

2012-05-07 David S. Miller <[email protected]>

* sysdeps/sparc/fpu/libm-test-ulps: Update.
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struct tftphdr {
short th_opcode; /* packet type */
union {
unsigned short tu_block; /* block # */
short tu_code; /* error code */
char tu_stuff[1]; /* request packet stuff */
} __attribute__ ((__packed__)) th_u;
char th_data[1]; /* data or error string */
char tu_padding[3]; /* sizeof() compat */
struct {
union {
unsigned short tu_block; /* block # */
short tu_code; /* error code */
} __attribute__ ((__packed__)) th_u3;
char tu_data[0]; /* data or error string */
} __attribute__ ((__packed__)) th_u2;
char tu_stuff[0]; /* request packet stuff */
} __attribute__ ((__packed__)) th_u1;
} __attribute__ ((__packed__));

#define th_block th_u.tu_block
#define th_code th_u.tu_code
#define th_stuff th_u.tu_stuff
#define th_msg th_data
#define th_block th_u1.th_u2.th_u3.tu_block
#define th_code th_u1.th_u2.th_u3.tu_code
#define th_stuff th_u1.tu_stuff
#define th_data th_u1.th_u2.tu_data
#define th_msg th_u1.th_u2.tu_data

/*
* Error codes.
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