linux-kernel - [PATCH v2] powerpc: mpc5200: Remove VLA usage

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Message-ID: <20180702155621.GA16047@beast>
Date:   Mon, 2 Jul 2018 08:56:21 -0700
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
Cc:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Anatolij Gustschin <agust@...x.de>,
        Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Subject: [PATCH v2] powerpc: mpc5200: Remove VLA usage

In the quest to remove all stack VLA usage from the kernel[1], this
switches to using a stack size large enough for the saved routine and
adds a sanity check making sure the routine doesn't overflow into the
0x600 exception handler.

[1] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/CA+55aFzCG-zNmZwX4A2FQpadafLfEzK6CC=qPXydAacU1RqZWA@mail.gmail.com

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Reviewed-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
---
v2: use "0x600-0x500" for size calculation to illustrate handler sizes
---
 arch/powerpc/platforms/52xx/mpc52xx_pm.c | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/52xx/mpc52xx_pm.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/52xx/mpc52xx_pm.c
index 31d3515672f3..b1d208ded981 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/52xx/mpc52xx_pm.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/52xx/mpc52xx_pm.c
@@ -117,7 +117,10 @@ int mpc52xx_pm_enter(suspend_state_t state)
 	u32 intr_main_mask;
 	void __iomem * irq_0x500 = (void __iomem *)CONFIG_KERNEL_START + 0x500;
 	unsigned long irq_0x500_stop = (unsigned long)irq_0x500 + mpc52xx_ds_cached_size;
-	char saved_0x500[mpc52xx_ds_cached_size];
+	char saved_0x500[0x600-0x500];
+
+	if (WARN_ON(mpc52xx_ds_cached_size > sizeof(saved_0x500)))
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	/* disable all interrupts in PIC */
 	intr_main_mask = in_be32(&intr->main_mask);
-- 
2.17.1


-- 
Kees Cook
Pixel Security