Re: [PATCH][next] udf: Fix -Wstringop-overflow warnings

From: Kees Cook
Date: Wed Jul 12 2023 - 15:05:41 EST


On Wed, Jul 12, 2023 at 12:25:45PM -0600, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:
> Use unsigned type in call to macro mint_t(). This avoids confusing the
> compiler about possible negative values that would cause the value in
> _len_ to wrap around.
>
> Fixes the following -Wstringop-warnings seen when building ARM
> architecture with allyesconfig (GCC 13):
> fs/udf/directory.c: In function 'udf_copy_fi':
> include/linux/fortify-string.h:57:33: warning: '__builtin_memcpy' specified bound between 2147483648 and 4294967295 exceeds maximum object size 2147483647 [-Wstringop-overflow=]
> 57 | #define __underlying_memcpy __builtin_memcpy
> | ^
> include/linux/fortify-string.h:648:9: note: in expansion of macro '__underlying_memcpy'
> 648 | __underlying_##op(p, q, __fortify_size); \
> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
> include/linux/fortify-string.h:693:26: note: in expansion of macro '__fortify_memcpy_chk'
> 693 | #define memcpy(p, q, s) __fortify_memcpy_chk(p, q, s, \
> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> fs/udf/directory.c:99:9: note: in expansion of macro 'memcpy'
> 99 | memcpy(&iter->fi, iter->bh[0]->b_data + off, len);
> | ^~~~~~
> include/linux/fortify-string.h:57:33: warning: '__builtin_memcpy' specified bound between 2147483648 and 4294967295 exceeds maximum object size 2147483647 [-Wstringop-overflow=]
> 57 | #define __underlying_memcpy __builtin_memcpy
> | ^
> include/linux/fortify-string.h:648:9: note: in expansion of macro '__underlying_memcpy'
> 648 | __underlying_##op(p, q, __fortify_size); \
> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
> include/linux/fortify-string.h:693:26: note: in expansion of macro '__fortify_memcpy_chk'
> 693 | #define memcpy(p, q, s) __fortify_memcpy_chk(p, q, s, \
> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> fs/udf/directory.c:99:9: note: in expansion of macro 'memcpy'
> 99 | memcpy(&iter->fi, iter->bh[0]->b_data + off, len);
> | ^~~~~~
> AR fs/udf/built-in.a
>
> This helps with the ongoing efforts to globally enable
> -Wstringop-overflow.
>
> Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/329
> Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> fs/udf/directory.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/udf/directory.c b/fs/udf/directory.c
> index 1c775e072b2f..93153665eb37 100644
> --- a/fs/udf/directory.c
> +++ b/fs/udf/directory.c
> @@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ static int udf_copy_fi(struct udf_fileident_iter *iter)
> }
>
> off = iter->pos & (blksize - 1);
> - len = min_t(int, sizeof(struct fileIdentDesc), blksize - off);
> + len = min_t(u32, sizeof(struct fileIdentDesc), blksize - off);
> memcpy(&iter->fi, iter->bh[0]->b_data + off, len);
> if (len < sizeof(struct fileIdentDesc))
> memcpy((char *)(&iter->fi) + len, iter->bh[1]->b_data,

len is u32, "off" can't be less than blksize, so this all looks correct
to me. Thanks!

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

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Kees Cook