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Date:   Fri, 22 Jan 2021 15:46:37 +0100
From:   Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@...gle.com>
To:     Vincenzo Frascino <vincenzo.frascino@....com>
Cc:     Linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kasan-dev <kasan-dev@...glegroups.com>,
        Andrey Ryabinin <aryabinin@...tuozzo.com>,
        Alexander Potapenko <glider@...gle.com>,
        Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>,
        Leon Romanovsky <leonro@...lanox.com>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        "Paul E . McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>,
        Naresh Kamboju <naresh.kamboju@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] kasan: Add explicit preconditions to kasan_report()

On Fri, Jan 22, 2021 at 3:38 PM Vincenzo Frascino
<vincenzo.frascino@....com> wrote:
>
> With the introduction of KASAN_HW_TAGS, kasan_report() dereferences
> the address passed as a parameter.

It doesn't dereference the address, it accesses the metadata. And only
when addr_has_metadata() succeeds.

>
> Add a comment to make sure that the preconditions to the function are
> explicitly clarified.
>
> Note: An invalid address (e.g. NULL) passed to the function when,
> KASAN_HW_TAGS is enabled, leads to a kernel panic.

This is no longer true, right? Commit description needs to be updated.

>
> Cc: Andrey Ryabinin <aryabinin@...tuozzo.com>
> Cc: Alexander Potapenko <glider@...gle.com>
> Cc: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>
> Cc: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@...lanox.com>
> Cc: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@...gle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Vincenzo Frascino <vincenzo.frascino@....com>
> ---
>  include/linux/kasan.h | 7 +++++++
>  mm/kasan/kasan.h      | 2 +-
>  2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/kasan.h b/include/linux/kasan.h
> index fe1ae73ff8b5..0aea9e2a2a01 100644
> --- a/include/linux/kasan.h
> +++ b/include/linux/kasan.h
> @@ -333,6 +333,13 @@ static inline void *kasan_reset_tag(const void *addr)
>         return (void *)arch_kasan_reset_tag(addr);
>  }
>
> +/**
> + * kasan_report - print a report about a bad memory access detected by KASAN
> + * @addr: address of the bad access
> + * @size: size of the bad access
> + * @is_write: whether the bad access is a write or a read
> + * @ip: instruction pointer for the accessibility check or the bad access itself
> + */

Looks good, thanks!

>  bool kasan_report(unsigned long addr, size_t size,
>                 bool is_write, unsigned long ip);
>
> diff --git a/mm/kasan/kasan.h b/mm/kasan/kasan.h
> index cc4d9e1d49b1..8c706e7652f2 100644
> --- a/mm/kasan/kasan.h
> +++ b/mm/kasan/kasan.h
> @@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ bool check_memory_region(unsigned long addr, size_t size, bool write,
>
>  static inline bool addr_has_metadata(const void *addr)
>  {
> -       return true;
> +       return (is_vmalloc_addr(addr) || virt_addr_valid(addr));
>  }

Let's put this change into a separate patch.

>
>  #endif /* CONFIG_KASAN_GENERIC || CONFIG_KASAN_SW_TAGS */
> --
> 2.30.0
>