linux-hardening - Re: [PATCH v2] driver core: Add __alloc

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Date:   Sat, 29 Oct 2022 09:54:15 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc:     Rasmus Villemoes <rasmus.villemoes@...vas.dk>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>, Nishanth Menon <nm@...com>,
        Michael Kelley <mikelley@...rosoft.com>,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        Won Chung <wonchung@...gle.com>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] driver core: Add __alloc_size hint to devm allocators

On Sat, Oct 29, 2022 at 12:47:34AM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> Mark the devm_*alloc()-family of allocations with appropriate
> __alloc_size()/__realloc_size() hints so the compiler can attempt to
> reason about buffer lengths from allocations.
> 
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> Cc: Rasmus Villemoes <rasmus.villemoes@...vas.dk>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> Cc: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>
> Cc: Nishanth Menon <nm@...com>
> Cc: Michael Kelley <mikelley@...rosoft.com>
> Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
> Cc: Won Chung <wonchung@...gle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
> ---
> I'm hoping to carry this via the hardening tree so I can add a
> KUnit test that depends on it...
> v2: use __realloc_size instead of __alloc_size
> v1: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-hardening/20221018073430.never.551-kees@kernel.org/
> ---
>  include/linux/device.h | 7 ++++---
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 

Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>