Re: [PATCH 4/5] Makefile: Enable -Warray-bounds

From: Kees Cook
Date: Wed Feb 02 2022 - 22:03:42 EST


On Wed, Feb 02, 2022 at 03:33:11PM -0800, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> On 2/2/22 12:56, Kees Cook wrote:
> > On Wed, Feb 02, 2022 at 08:09:03AM -0800, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> > > xtensa:allmodconfig:
> > > --------------
> > > Error log:
> > > In file included from include/linux/uaccess.h:11,
> > > from include/linux/sched/task.h:11,
> > > from arch/xtensa/kernel/process.c:21:
> > > arch/xtensa/kernel/process.c: In function 'copy_thread':
> > > arch/xtensa/kernel/process.c:262:52: error: array subscript 53 is above array bounds of 'long unsigned int[16]'
> >
> > I assume this is a weird cast. I will also check this one out.
> >
>
> int callinc = (regs->areg[0] >> 30) & 3;
> int caller_ars = XCHAL_NUM_AREGS - callinc * 4;
> put_user(regs->areg[caller_ars+1],
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> (unsigned __user*)(usp - 12));
>
> I think the problem is that XCHAL_NUM_AREGS can be up to 64,
> but the size of struct pt_regs->areg[] is fixed to 16.

Yeah, that's what I found too. The comment about pt_regs::areg seems to
hint that things treat pt_regs differently. I've asked on the xtensa list:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-hardening/202202021501.DA6594BFC@keescook/

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Kees Cook