netdev - Re: [PATCH 05/36] usercopy: WARN() on slab cache usercopy region violations

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Date:   Wed, 10 Jan 2018 12:14:07 -0800
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     Christopher Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 05/36] usercopy: WARN() on slab cache usercopy region violations

On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 10:31 AM, Christopher Lameter <cl@...ux.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 9 Jan 2018, Kees Cook wrote:
>
>> @@ -3823,11 +3825,9 @@ int __check_heap_object(const void *ptr, unsigned long n, struct page *page,
>
> Could we do the check in mm_slab_common.c for all allocators and just have
> a small function in each allocators that give you the metadata needed for
> the object?

That could be done, but there would still need to be some
implementation-specific checks in the per-implementation side (e.g.
red-zone, etc). I'll work up a patch and see if it's less ugly than
what I've currently got. :)

>> + * carefully audit the whitelist range).
>> + */
>>  int report_usercopy(const char *name, const char *detail, bool to_user,
>>                   unsigned long offset, unsigned long len)
>>  {
>
> Should this not be added earlier?

This seemed like the best place to add this since it's where the WARN
is being added, so it's a bit more help for anyone looking at the
code.

-Kees

-- 
Kees Cook
Pixel Security