Re: [PATCH] uaccess: Add minimum bounds check on kernel buffer size

From: Arnd Bergmann
Date: Fri Feb 03 2023 - 17:01:39 EST


On Fri, Feb 3, 2023, at 22:23, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 3, 2023, at 20:35, Kees Cook wrote:
>> While there is logic about the difference between ksize and usize,
>> copy_struct_from_user() didn't check the size of the destination buffer
>> (when it was known) against ksize. Add this check so there is an upper
>> bounds check on the possible memset() call, otherwise lower bounds
>> checks made by callers will trigger bounds warnings under -Warray-bounds.
>> Seen under GCC 13:
>>
>> In function 'copy_struct_from_user',
>> inlined from 'iommufd_fops_ioctl' at
>> ../drivers/iommu/iommufd/main.c:333:8:
>> ../include/linux/fortify-string.h:59:33: warning: '__builtin_memset'
>> offset [57, 4294967294] is out of the bounds [0, 56] of object 'buf'
>> with type 'union ucmd_buffer' [-Warray-bounds=]
>> 59 | #define __underlying_memset __builtin_memset
>> | ^
>> ../include/linux/fortify-string.h:453:9: note: in expansion of macro
>> '__underlying_memset'
>> 453 | __underlying_memset(p, c, __fortify_size); \
>> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> ../include/linux/fortify-string.h:461:25: note: in expansion of macro
>> '__fortify_memset_chk'
>> 461 | #define memset(p, c, s) __fortify_memset_chk(p, c, s, \
>> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> ../include/linux/uaccess.h:334:17: note: in expansion of macro 'memset'
>> 334 | memset(dst + size, 0, rest);
>> | ^~~~~~
>> ../drivers/iommu/iommufd/main.c: In function 'iommufd_fops_ioctl':
>> ../drivers/iommu/iommufd/main.c:311:27: note: 'buf' declared here
>> 311 | union ucmd_buffer buf;
>> | ^~~
>>
>
> Hi Kees,
>
> I started building with gcc-13.0.1 myself but ran into a lot of
> other -Warray-bounds warnings in randconfig builds, so I ended up
> turning it off once more with CONFIG_CC_NO_ARRAY_BOUNDS in order
> to keep building without warnings.
>
> Is there anything else I need to do to get to the point of
> just addressing actual issues instead of false positives?
> Do you already have a patch series for fixing the others?

For reference, I just tried it out again and within half an hour I found
about 30 unique warnings, which is way less than I had remembered,
though some of these just show up a lot:

arch/arm/include/asm/io.h:113:9: error: array subscript 0 is outside array bounds of 'void[0]' [-Werror=array-bounds=]
arch/arm/include/asm/io.h:95:9: error: array subscript 0 is outside array bounds of 'void[0]' [-Werror=array-bounds=]
arch/arm/include/asm/memory.h:311:22: error: array subscript -1 is outside array bounds of 'char[2147483647]' [-Werror=array-bounds=]
arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c:228:56: error: array subscript -1 is outside array bounds of 'char[]' [-Werror=array-bounds=]
arch/x86/include/asm/io.h:56:3: error: array subscript 0 is outside array bounds of 'void[0]' [-Werror=array-bounds=]
drivers/cpufreq/brcmstb-avs-cpufreq.c:449:28: error: array subscript 5 is outside array bounds of 'void[60]' [-Werror=array-bounds=]
drivers/dma/dw-axi-dmac/dw-axi-dmac-platform.c:329:46: error: array subscript 0 is outside array bounds of 'struct virt_dma_desc[24403223]' [-Werror=array-bounds=]
drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvif/outp.c:140:9: error: array subscript 'unsigned char[16][0]' is partly outside array bounds of 'u8[15]' {aka 'unsigned char[15]'} [-Werror=array-bounds=]
drivers/hwmon/lm85.c:1110:26: error: array subscript [0, 31] is outside array bounds of 'struct lm85_autofan[3]' [-Werror=array-bounds=]
drivers/infiniband/core/user_mad.c:564:50: error: array subscript 'struct ib_rmpp_mad[0]' is partly outside array bounds of 'unsigned char[140]' [-Werror=array-bounds=]
drivers/infiniband/core/user_mad.c:566:42: error: array subscript 'struct ib_rmpp_mad[0]' is partly outside array bounds of 'unsigned char[140]' [-Werror=array-bounds=]
drivers/infiniband/core/user_mad.c:618:25: error: array subscript 'struct ib_rmpp_mad[0]' is partly outside array bounds of 'unsigned char[140]' [-Werror=array-bounds=]
drivers/infiniband/core/user_mad.c:622:44: error: array subscript 'struct ib_rmpp_mad[0]' is partly outside array bounds of 'unsigned char[140]' [-Werror=array-bounds=]
drivers/media/tuners/mxl5005s.c:3429:72: error: array subscript 32 is above array bounds of 'u16[25]' {aka 'short unsigned int[25]'} [-Werror=array-bounds=]
drivers/media/tuners/mxl5005s.c:3448:70: error: array subscript 32 is above array bounds of 'u16[25]' {aka 'short unsigned int[25]'} [-Werror=array-bounds=]
drivers/spi/spi-imx.c:1687:34: error: array subscript 0 is outside array bounds of 'const bool[0]' {aka 'const _Bool[]'} [-Werror=array-bounds=]
drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_xmit.c:949:40: error: array subscript 4 is outside array bounds of 'void[448]' [-Werror=array-bounds=]
drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_xmit.c:950:39: error: array subscript 4 is outside array bounds of 'void[448]' [-Werror=array-bounds=]
drivers/thermal/hisi_thermal.c:430:21: error: array subscript 1 is outside array bounds of 'void[20]' [-Werror=array-bounds=]
drivers/thermal/hisi_thermal.c:431:21: error: array subscript 1 is outside array bounds of 'void[20]' [-Werror=array-bounds=]
drivers/thermal/hisi_thermal.c:432:21: error: array subscript 1 is outside array bounds of 'void[20]' [-Werror=array-bounds=]
drivers/usb/host/xhci-mvebu.c:37:28: error: array subscript [0, 89478485] is outside array bounds of 'const struct mbus_dram_window[0]' [-Werror=array-bounds=]
drivers/usb/storage/ene_ub6250.c:1050:44: error: array subscript 'struct ms_bootblock_idi[0]' is partly outside array bounds of 'unsigned char[512]' [-Werror=array-bounds=]
fs/btrfs/sysfs.c:636:13: error: array subscript -18 is outside array bounds of 'struct kobject[59652323]' [-Werror=array-bounds=]
fs/crypto/fname.c:506:33: error: array subscript 'struct fscrypt_nokey_name[0]' is partly outside array bounds of 'unsigned char[189]' [-Werror=array-bounds=]
include/linux/fortify-string.h:25:34: error: array subscript 0 is outside array bounds of 'const char[0]' [-Werror=array-bounds=]
include/linux/fortify-string.h:57:33: error: array subscript 'unsigned char[16][0]' is partly outside array bounds of 'u8[15]' {aka 'unsigned char[15]'} [-Werror=array-bounds=]
net/socket.c:651:21: error: array subscript -1 is outside array bounds of 'struct inode[3016128]' [-Werror=array-bounds=]
net/socket.c:652:26: error: array subscript -1 is outside array bounds of 'struct inode[3016128]' [-Werror=array-bounds=]

If you like, I can run this for a while longer to get to something close to
a complete list.

Arnd