linux-kernel - [PATCH v4 03/10] x86: implement array_ptr

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Message-ID: <151632011276.21271.6230510107230588371.stgit@dwillia2-desk3.amr.corp.intel.com>
Date:   Thu, 18 Jan 2018 16:01:52 -0800
From:   Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com,
        gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, x86@...nel.org,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, tglx@...utronix.de,
        torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
        alan@...ux.intel.com
Subject: [PATCH v4 03/10] x86: implement array_ptr_mask()

'array_ptr' uses a mask to sanitize user controllable pointers.  The x86
'array_ptr_mask' is an assembler optimized way to generate a 0 or ~0
mask if an array index is out-of-bounds or in-bounds.

Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc: x86@...nel.org
Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/barrier.h |   24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/barrier.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/barrier.h
index 7fb336210e1b..67f6d4707a2c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/barrier.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/barrier.h
@@ -24,6 +24,30 @@
 #define wmb()	asm volatile("sfence" ::: "memory")
 #endif
 
+/**
+ * array_ptr_mask - generate a mask for array_ptr() that is ~0UL when
+ * the bounds check succeeds and 0 otherwise
+ */
+#define array_ptr_mask array_ptr_mask
+static inline unsigned long array_ptr_mask(unsigned long idx, unsigned long sz)
+{
+	unsigned long mask;
+
+	/*
+	 * mask = index - size, if that result is >= 0 then the index is
+	 * invalid and the mask is 0 else ~0
+	 */
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
+	asm ("cmpl %1,%2; sbbl %0,%0;"
+#else
+	asm ("cmpq %1,%2; sbbq %0,%0;"
+#endif
+			:"=r" (mask)
+			:"r"(sz),"r" (idx)
+			:"cc");
+	return mask;
+}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_PPRO_FENCE
 #define dma_rmb()	rmb()
 #else