linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] s390/dasd: Avoid field over-reading memcpy()

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Message-ID: <bea0aa5b-a150-e5af-c22a-367f475c172f@linux.ibm.com>
Date:   Tue, 29 Jun 2021 17:51:00 +0200
From:   Stefan Haberland <sth@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Heiko Carstens <hca@...ux.ibm.com>
Cc:     Jan Hoeppner <hoeppner@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Vasily Gorbik <gor@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ibm.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-s390@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] s390/dasd: Avoid field over-reading memcpy()

Am 16.06.21 um 22:19 schrieb Kees Cook:
> In preparation for FORTIFY_SOURCE performing compile-time and run-time
> field array bounds checking for memcpy(), memmove(), and memset(),
> avoid intentionally reading across neighboring array fields.
>
> Add a wrapping structure to serve as the memcpy() source, so the compiler
> can do appropriate bounds checking, avoiding this future warning:
>
> In function '__fortify_memcpy',
>     inlined from 'create_uid' at drivers/s390/block/dasd_eckd.c:749:2:
> ./include/linux/fortify-string.h:246:4: error: call to '__read_overflow2_field' declared with attribute error: detected read beyond size of field (2nd parameter)
>
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org

Thanks,

applied.