linux-hardening - Re: [PATCH v2 1/5] string.h: add array-wrappers for (v)memdup

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Date:   Mon, 18 Sep 2023 11:13:48 +0200
From:   Philipp Stanner <pstanner@...hat.com>
To:     Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...aro.org>
Cc:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andy@...nel.org>,
        Eric Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
        Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>,
        David Disseldorp <ddiss@...e.de>,
        Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>,
        Siddh Raman Pant <code@...dh.me>,
        Nick Alcock <nick.alcock@...cle.com>,
        Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@...ux.intel.com>,
        Maxime Ripard <mripard@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>,
        David Airlie <airlied@...il.com>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>, Zack Rusin <zackr@...are.com>,
        VMware Graphics Reviewers 
        <linux-graphics-maintainer@...are.com>,
        dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kexec@...ts.infradead.org, linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org,
        David Airlie <airlied@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/5] string.h: add array-wrappers for (v)memdup_user()

On Sat, 2023-09-16 at 17:32 +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 08, 2023 at 09:59:40PM +0200, Philipp Stanner wrote:
> > +static inline void *memdup_array_user(const void __user *src,
> > size_t n, size_t size)
> > +{
> > +       size_t nbytes;
> > +
> > +       if (unlikely(check_mul_overflow(n, size, &nbytes)))
> > +               return ERR_PTR(-EOVERFLOW);
> 
> No need for an unlikely() because check_mul_overflow() already has
> one
> inside.

ACK. I overlooked that as it was hidden in the callstack.


>   I feel like -ENOMEM is more traditional but I doubt
> anyone/userspace
> cares.

I agree with Andy here. We're not allocating, so -ENOMEM makes no sense
IMO.


P.

> 
> > +
> > +       return memdup_user(src, nbytes);
> > +}
> 
> regards,
> dan carpenter
>