On Wed, Aug 14, 2024 at 12:35:28PM +0200, Ilya Maximets wrote:
> memcpy() is allowed to make alignment assumptions based on the argument
> type.  We have to cast before using it to avoid misaligned reads:
> 
>   lib/netdev-linux.c:6738:41: runtime error: load of misaligned address
>     0x51b000008db4 for type 'const struct rpl_rtnl_link_stats64 *',
>     which requires 8 byte alignment
>   0x51b000008db4: note: pointer points here
>   cc 00 17 00 01 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00
>               ^
>    0 0xad2d8 in get_stats_via_netlink lib/netdev-linux.c:6738:17
>    1 0x9dcce in netdev_linux_get_stats lib/netdev-linux.c:2293:13
>    2 0xee5b8 in netdev_get_stats lib/netdev.c:1722:16
>    3 0xc07ad in iface_refresh_stats vswitchd/bridge.c:2795:5
>    4 0xbf4fc in iface_create vswitchd/bridge.c:2274:5
>    5 0xbf4fc in bridge_add_ports__ vswitchd/bridge.c:1225:21
>    6 0x989fc in bridge_add_ports vswitchd/bridge.c:1236:5
>    7 0x989fc in bridge_reconfigure vswitchd/bridge.c:952:9
>    8 0x9102a in bridge_run vswitchd/bridge.c:3439:9
>    9 0xc8976 in main vswitchd/ovs-vswitchd.c:137:9
>   10 0x2a1c9 in __libc_start_call_main
>   11 0x2a28a in __libc_start_main
>   12 0xb3ff4 in _start (vswitchd/ovs-vswitchd+0x734ff4)
> 
> Reported by Clang 18 with UBsan on Ubuntu 24.04.
> 
> Fixes: c8c49a9db9f2 ("netdev-linux: Properly access 32-bit aligned 
> rtnl_link_stats64 structs.")
> Signed-off-by: Ilya Maximets <[email protected]>

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <[email protected]>

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