linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4] x86/boot: Warn on future overlapping memcpy() use

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Date:	Thu, 28 Apr 2016 23:56:01 -0700
From:	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Lasse Collin <lasse.collin@...aani.org>
Cc:	One Thousand Gnomes <gnomes@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>, Baoquan He <bhe@...hat.com>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] x86/boot: Warn on future overlapping memcpy() use

On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 11:43 PM, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> * Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> wrote:
>
>> If an overlapping memcpy() is ever attempted, we should at least report
>> it, in case it might lead to problems, so it could be changed to a
>> memmove() call instead.
>>
>> Suggested-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
>> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
>> ---
>> v4:
>> - use __memcpy not memcpy since we've already done the check.
>> v3:
>> - call memmove in addition to doing the warning
>> v2:
>> - warn about overlapping region
>> ---
>>  arch/x86/boot/compressed/string.c | 16 +++++++++++++---
>>  1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> Applied, thanks Kees!
>
> Btw., can we now also remove the memmove() hack from lib/decompress_unxz.c?

I'll let Lasse answer for sure, but I don't think so. The original commit says:

    The XZ decompressor needs memmove(), memeq() (memcmp() == 0), and
    memzero() (memset(ptr, 0, size)), which aren't available in all
    arch-specific pre-boot environments.  I'm including simple versions in
    decompress_unxz.c, but a cleaner solution would naturally be nicer.

-Kees


-- 
Kees Cook
Chrome OS & Brillo Security