Re: [PATCH 19/82] fs: Refactor intentional wrap-around calculation

From: Jan Kara
Date: Tue Jan 23 2024 - 13:01:49 EST


On Mon 22-01-24 16:26:54, Kees Cook wrote:
> In an effort to separate intentional arithmetic wrap-around from
> unexpected wrap-around, we need to refactor places that depend on this
> kind of math. One of the most common code patterns of this is:
>
> VAR + value < VAR
>
> Notably, this is considered "undefined behavior" for signed and pointer
> types, which the kernel works around by using the -fno-strict-overflow
> option in the build[1] (which used to just be -fwrapv). Regardless, we
> want to get the kernel source to the position where we can meaningfully
> instrument arithmetic wrap-around conditions and catch them when they
> are unexpected, regardless of whether they are signed[2], unsigned[3],
> or pointer[4] types.
>
> Refactor open-coded unsigned wrap-around addition test to use
> check_add_overflow(), retaining the result for later usage (which removes
> the redundant open-coded addition). This paves the way to enabling the
> wrap-around sanitizers in the future.
>
> Link: https://git.kernel.org/linus/68df3755e383e6fecf2354a67b08f92f18536594 [1]
> Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/26 [2]
> Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/27 [3]
> Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/344 [4]
> Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Looks good. Feel free to add:

Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>

Honza

> ---
> fs/read_write.c | 8 +++++---
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/read_write.c b/fs/read_write.c
> index d4c036e82b6c..e24b94a8937d 100644
> --- a/fs/read_write.c
> +++ b/fs/read_write.c
> @@ -1417,6 +1417,7 @@ static int generic_copy_file_checks(struct file *file_in, loff_t pos_in,
> struct inode *inode_out = file_inode(file_out);
> uint64_t count = *req_count;
> loff_t size_in;
> + loff_t sum_in, sum_out;
> int ret;
>
> ret = generic_file_rw_checks(file_in, file_out);
> @@ -1451,7 +1452,8 @@ static int generic_copy_file_checks(struct file *file_in, loff_t pos_in,
> return -ETXTBSY;
>
> /* Ensure offsets don't wrap. */
> - if (pos_in + count < pos_in || pos_out + count < pos_out)
> + if (check_add_overflow(pos_in, count, &sum_in) ||
> + check_add_overflow(pos_out, count, &sum_out))
> return -EOVERFLOW;
>
> /* Shorten the copy to EOF */
> @@ -1467,8 +1469,8 @@ static int generic_copy_file_checks(struct file *file_in, loff_t pos_in,
>
> /* Don't allow overlapped copying within the same file. */
> if (inode_in == inode_out &&
> - pos_out + count > pos_in &&
> - pos_out < pos_in + count)
> + sum_out > pos_in &&
> + pos_out < sum_in)
> return -EINVAL;
>
> *req_count = count;
> --
> 2.34.1
>
--
Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxxx>
SUSE Labs, CR