linux-hardening - [PATCH v2] perf/x86: Annotate struct bts_buffer with __counted

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Message-ID: <20250305123134.215577-2-thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
Date: Wed,  5 Mar 2025 13:31:34 +0100
From: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@...ux.dev>
To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
	Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
	Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>,
	Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
	"Liang, Kan" <kan.liang@...ux.intel.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
	x86@...nel.org,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Kees Cook <kees@...nel.org>,
	"Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>
Cc: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@...ux.dev>,
	linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2] perf/x86: Annotate struct bts_buffer with __counted_by()

Add the __counted_by() compiler attribute to the flexible array member
buf to improve access bounds-checking via CONFIG_UBSAN_BOUNDS and
CONFIG_FORTIFY_SOURCE.

No functional changes intended.

Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@...ux.dev>
---
Changes in v2:
- struct_size() changes should be a separate patch as suggested by Ingo
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250304183056.78920-2-thorsten.blum@linux.dev/
---
 arch/x86/events/intel/bts.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/events/intel/bts.c b/arch/x86/events/intel/bts.c
index 8f78b0c900ef..c7be60c0b94f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/intel/bts.c
+++ b/arch/x86/events/intel/bts.c
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ struct bts_buffer {
 	local_t		head;
 	unsigned long	end;
 	void		**data_pages;
-	struct bts_phys	buf[];
+	struct bts_phys	buf[] __counted_by(nr_bufs);
 };
 
 static struct pmu bts_pmu;
-- 
2.48.1