Re: [PATCH] lkdtm: cfi: Fix type width for masking PAC bits

From: Randy Dunlap
Date: Wed Apr 27 2022 - 18:39:24 EST




On 4/26/22 17:12, Kees Cook wrote:
> The masking for PAC bits wasn't handling 32-bit architectures correctly.
> Replace the u64 cast with uintptr_t.
>
> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reported-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAMuHMdVz-J-1ZQ08u0bsQihDkcRmEPrtX5B_oRJ+Ns5jrasnUw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Fixes: 2e53b877dc12 ("lkdtm: Add CFI_BACKWARD to test ROP mitigations")
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Tested-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
fwiw
Thanks.

> ---
> drivers/misc/lkdtm/cfi.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/misc/lkdtm/cfi.c b/drivers/misc/lkdtm/cfi.c
> index 804965a480b7..666a7f4bc137 100644
> --- a/drivers/misc/lkdtm/cfi.c
> +++ b/drivers/misc/lkdtm/cfi.c
> @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ static void lkdtm_CFI_FORWARD_PROTO(void)
> #endif
>
> #define no_pac_addr(addr) \
> - ((__force __typeof__(addr))((__force u64)(addr) | PAGE_OFFSET))
> + ((__force __typeof__(addr))((uintptr_t)(addr) | PAGE_OFFSET))
>
> /* The ultimate ROP gadget. */
> static noinline __no_ret_protection

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~Randy