linux-hardening - Re: [PATCH v2] vmcore: replace strncpy with strscpy

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Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2024 12:07:46 +0800
From: Baoquan He <bhe@...hat.com>
To: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@...gle.com>
Cc: akpm@...ux-foundation.org, Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>,
	Dave Young <dyoung@...hat.com>, kexec@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] vmcore: replace strncpy with strscpy_pad

On 04/01/24 at 06:39pm, Justin Stitt wrote:
> strncpy() is in the process of being replaced as it is deprecated [1].
> We should move towards safer and less ambiguous string interfaces.
> 
> Looking at vmcoredd_header's definition:
> |	struct vmcoredd_header {
> |		__u32 n_namesz; /* Name size */
> |		__u32 n_descsz; /* Content size */
> |		__u32 n_type;   /* NT_VMCOREDD */
> |		__u8 name[8];   /* LINUX\0\0\0 */
> |		__u8 dump_name[VMCOREDD_MAX_NAME_BYTES]; /* Device dump's name */
> |	};
> ... we see that @name wants to be NUL-padded.
> 
> We're copying data->dump_name which is defined as:
> |	char dump_name[VMCOREDD_MAX_NAME_BYTES]; /* Unique name of the dump */
> ... which shares the same size as vdd_hdr->dump_name. Let's make sure we
> NUL-pad this as well.
> 
> Use strscpy_pad() which NUL-terminates and NUL-pads its destination
> buffers. Specifically, use the new 2-argument version of strscpy_pad
> introduced in Commit e6584c3964f2f ("string: Allow 2-argument
> strscpy()").
> 
> Link: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#strncpy-on-nul-terminated-strings [1]
> Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/90
> Cc: linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@...gle.com>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - don't mark buffers as __nonstring, instead use a string API (thanks Kees)
> - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240327-strncpy-fs-proc-vmcore-c-v1-1-e025ed08b1b0@google.com
> ---
> Note: build-tested only.
> 
> Found with: $ rg "strncpy\("
> ---
>  fs/proc/vmcore.c | 5 ++---
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/proc/vmcore.c b/fs/proc/vmcore.c
> index 1fb213f379a5..5d08d4d159d3 100644
> --- a/fs/proc/vmcore.c
> +++ b/fs/proc/vmcore.c
> @@ -1370,9 +1370,8 @@ static void vmcoredd_write_header(void *buf, struct vmcoredd_data *data,
>  	vdd_hdr->n_descsz = size + sizeof(vdd_hdr->dump_name);
>  	vdd_hdr->n_type = NT_VMCOREDD;
>  
> -	strncpy((char *)vdd_hdr->name, VMCOREDD_NOTE_NAME,
> -		sizeof(vdd_hdr->name));
> -	memcpy(vdd_hdr->dump_name, data->dump_name, sizeof(vdd_hdr->dump_name));
> +	strscpy_pad(vdd_hdr->name, VMCOREDD_NOTE_NAME);
> +	strscpy_pad(vdd_hdr->dump_name, data->dump_name);

LGTM, thx

Acked-by: Baoquan He <bhe@...hat.com>