[PATCH v5 2/2] x86/boot: Warn on future overlapping memcpy() use

From: Kees Cook
Date: Mon May 02 2016 - 18:51:41 EST


If an overlapping memcpy() is ever attempted, we should at least report
it, in case it might lead to problems, so it could be changed to a
memmove() call instead.

Suggested-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/boot/compressed/string.c | 16 +++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/string.c b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/string.c
index faa4dc7dc66b..cea140ce6b42 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/string.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/string.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
#include "../string.c"

#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
-void *memcpy(void *dest, const void *src, size_t n)
+static void *__memcpy(void *dest, const void *src, size_t n)
{
int d0, d1, d2;
asm volatile(
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ void *memcpy(void *dest, const void *src, size_t n)
return dest;
}
#else
-void *memcpy(void *dest, const void *src, size_t n)
+static void *__memcpy(void *dest, const void *src, size_t n)
{
long d0, d1, d2;
asm volatile(
@@ -55,10 +55,20 @@ void *memmove(void *dest, const void *src, size_t n)
const unsigned char *s = src;

if (d <= s || d - s >= n)
- return memcpy(dest, src, n);
+ return __memcpy(dest, src, n);

while (n-- > 0)
d[n] = s[n];

return dest;
}
+
+/* Detect and warn about potential overlaps, but handle them with memmove. */
+void *memcpy(void *dest, const void *src, size_t n)
+{
+ if (dest > src && dest - src < n) {
+ warn("Avoiding potentially unsafe overlapping memcpy()!");
+ return memmove(dest, src, n);
+ }
+ return __memcpy(dest, src, n);
+}
--
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