linux-hardening - Re: [PATCH v3 0/3] RDMA/mana_ib: Add flex array to struct mana_cfg_rx_steer_req

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Message-ID: <20240408110730.GE8764@unreal>
Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2024 14:07:30 +0300
From: Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>
To: Erick Archer <erick.archer@...look.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc: Long Li <longli@...rosoft.com>, Ajay Sharma <sharmaajay@...rosoft.com>,
	"K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@...rosoft.com>,
	Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>,
	Wei Liu <wei.liu@...nel.org>, Dexuan Cui <decui@...rosoft.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
	"Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>,
	Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>,
	Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
	Bill Wendling <morbo@...gle.com>,
	Justin Stitt <justinstitt@...gle.com>,
	Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>,
	Shradha Gupta <shradhagupta@...ux.microsoft.com>,
	Konstantin Taranov <kotaranov@...rosoft.com>,
	linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org, linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org, llvm@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/3] RDMA/mana_ib: Add flex array to struct
 mana_cfg_rx_steer_req_v2

On Sat, Apr 06, 2024 at 04:23:34PM +0200, Erick Archer wrote:
> The "struct mana_cfg_rx_steer_req_v2" uses a dynamically sized set of
> trailing elements. Specifically, it uses a "mana_handle_t" array. So,
> use the preferred way in the kernel declaring a flexible array [1].
> 
> At the same time, 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 via
> CONFIG_UBSAN_BOUNDS (for array indexing) and CONFIG_FORTIFY_SOURCE (for
> strcpy/memcpy-family functions).
> 
> Also, avoid the open-coded arithmetic in the memory allocator functions
> [2] using the "struct_size" macro.
> 
> Moreover, use the "offsetof" helper to get the indirect table offset
> instead of the "sizeof" operator and avoid the open-coded arithmetic in
> pointers using the new flex member. This new structure member also allow
> us to remove the "req_indir_tab" variable since it is no longer needed.
> 
> Now, it is also possible to use the "flex_array_size" helper to compute
> the size of these trailing elements in the "memcpy" function.
> 
> Specifically, the first commit adds the flex member and the patches 2 and
> 3 refactor the consumers of the "struct mana_cfg_rx_steer_req_v2".
> 
> This code was detected with the help of Coccinelle, and audited and
> modified manually. The Coccinelle script used to detect this code pattern
> is the following:
> 
> virtual report
> 
> @rule1@
> type t1;
> type t2;
> identifier i0;
> identifier i1;
> identifier i2;
> identifier ALLOC =~ "kmalloc|kzalloc|kmalloc_node|kzalloc_node|vmalloc|vzalloc|kvmalloc|kvzalloc";
> position p1;
> @@
> 
> i0 = sizeof(t1) + sizeof(t2) * i1;
> ...
> i2 = ALLOC@p1(..., i0, ...);
> 
> @script:python depends on report@
> p1 << rule1.p1;
> @@
> 
> msg = "WARNING: verify allocation on line %s" % (p1[0].line)
> coccilib.report.print_report(p1[0],msg)
> 
> Link: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/next/process/deprecated.html#zero-length-and-one-element-arrays [1]
> Link: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/next/process/deprecated.html#open-coded-arithmetic-in-allocator-arguments [2]
> Signed-off-by: Erick Archer <erick.archer@...look.com>
> ---
> Changes in v3:
> - Split the changes in various commits to simplify the acceptance process
>   (Leon Romanovsky).
> 
> Changes in v2:
> - Remove the "req_indir_tab" variable (Gustavo A. R. Silva).
> - Update the commit message.
> - Add the "__counted_by" attribute.
> 
> Previous versions:
> v1 -> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-hardening/AS8PR02MB7237974EF1B9BAFA618166C38B382@AS8PR02MB7237.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com/
> v2 -> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-hardening/AS8PR02MB723729C5A63F24C312FC9CD18B3F2@AS8PR02MB7237.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com/
> ---
> Erick Archer (3):
>   net: mana: Add flex array to struct mana_cfg_rx_steer_req_v2
>   RDMA/mana_ib: Prefer struct_size over open coded arithmetic
>   net: mana: Avoid open coded arithmetic

Unfortunately, I still can't take RDMA patch alone without the netdev
patches.

Jakub, do you want shared branch for this series or should I take
everything through RDMA tree as netdev part is small enough?

Thanks