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Message-ID: <ZQ8Z80fUaQO/oPWt@work>
Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2023 11:01:39 -0600
From: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>
To: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>, linux-modules@...r.kernel.org,
	Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>,
	Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
	Tom Rix <trix@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	llvm@...ts.linux.dev, linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] module: Annotate struct module_notes_attrs with
 __counted_by

On Fri, Sep 22, 2023 at 10:52:53AM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> Prepare for the coming implementation by GCC and Clang of the __counted_by
> attribute. Flexible array members annotated with __counted_by can have
> their accesses bounds-checked at run-time checking via CONFIG_UBSAN_BOUNDS
> (for array indexing) and CONFIG_FORTIFY_SOURCE (for strcpy/memcpy-family
> functions).
> 
> As found with Coccinelle[1], add __counted_by for struct module_notes_attrs.
> 
> [1] https://github.com/kees/kernel-tools/blob/trunk/coccinelle/examples/counted_by.cocci
> 
> Cc: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>
> Cc: linux-modules@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>

Reviewed-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@...nel.org>

Thanks
--
Gustavo

> ---
>  kernel/module/sysfs.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/module/sysfs.c b/kernel/module/sysfs.c
> index c921bf044050..d964167c6658 100644
> --- a/kernel/module/sysfs.c
> +++ b/kernel/module/sysfs.c
> @@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ static void remove_sect_attrs(struct module *mod)
>  struct module_notes_attrs {
>  	struct kobject *dir;
>  	unsigned int notes;
> -	struct bin_attribute attrs[];
> +	struct bin_attribute attrs[] __counted_by(notes);
>  };
>  
>  static ssize_t module_notes_read(struct file *filp, struct kobject *kobj,
> -- 
> 2.34.1
> 
> 

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