linux-hardening - Re: [PATCH 77/82] virtio: Refactor intentional wrap-around test

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Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2024 20:33:56 +0100
From: Eugenio Perez Martin <eperezma@...hat.com>
To: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc: linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org, "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>, 
	Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>, Xuan Zhuo <xuanzhuo@...ux.alibaba.com>, 
	virtualization@...ts.linux.dev, "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>, 
	Bill Wendling <morbo@...gle.com>, Justin Stitt <justinstitt@...gle.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 77/82] virtio: Refactor intentional wrap-around test

On Tue, Jan 23, 2024 at 2:28 AM Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> wrote:
>
> In an effort to separate intentional arithmetic wrap-around from
> unexpected wrap-around, we need to refactor places that depend on this
> kind of math. One of the most common code patterns of this is:
>
>         VAR + value < VAR
>
> Notably, this is considered "undefined behavior" for signed and pointer
> types, which the kernel works around by using the -fno-strict-overflow
> option in the build[1] (which used to just be -fwrapv). Regardless, we
> want to get the kernel source to the position where we can meaningfully
> instrument arithmetic wrap-around conditions and catch them when they
> are unexpected, regardless of whether they are signed[2], unsigned[3],
> or pointer[4] types.
>
> Refactor open-coded wrap-around addition test to use add_would_overflow().
> This paves the way to enabling the wrap-around sanitizers in the future.
>
> Link: https://git.kernel.org/linus/68df3755e383e6fecf2354a67b08f92f18536594 [1]
> Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/26 [2]
> Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/27 [3]
> Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/344 [4]
> Cc: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
> Cc: Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
> Cc: Xuan Zhuo <xuanzhuo@...ux.alibaba.com>
> Cc: virtualization@...ts.linux.dev
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>

Reviewed-by: Eugenio Pérez <eperezma@...hat.com>

> ---
>  drivers/virtio/virtio_pci_modern_dev.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci_modern_dev.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci_modern_dev.c
> index 0d3dbfaf4b23..710d3bd45b4f 100644
> --- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci_modern_dev.c
> +++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci_modern_dev.c
> @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ vp_modern_map_capability(struct virtio_pci_modern_device *mdev, int off,
>
>         length -= start;
>
> -       if (start + offset < offset) {
> +       if (add_would_overflow(offset, start)) {
>                 dev_err(&dev->dev,
>                         "virtio_pci: map wrap-around %u+%u\n",
>                         start, offset);
> @@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ vp_modern_map_capability(struct virtio_pci_modern_device *mdev, int off,
>         if (len)
>                 *len = length;
>
> -       if (minlen + offset < minlen ||
> +       if (add_would_overflow(minlen, offset) ||
>             minlen + offset > pci_resource_len(dev, bar)) {
>                 dev_err(&dev->dev,
>                         "virtio_pci: map virtio %zu@%u "
> --
> 2.34.1
>
>