linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 2/2] kasan: Add memzero int for unaligned size at DEBUG

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Mon, 5 Jul 2021 13:18:06 +0200
From:   Marco Elver <elver@...gle.com>
To:     Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@...il.com>
Cc:     yee.lee@...iatek.com, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        nicholas.tang@...iatek.com,
        Kuan-Ying Lee <Kuan-Ying.Lee@...iatek.com>,
        chinwen.chang@...iatek.com,
        Andrey Ryabinin <ryabinin.a.a@...il.com>,
        Alexander Potapenko <glider@...gle.com>,
        Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@...il.com>,
        "open list:KASAN" <kasan-dev@...glegroups.com>,
        "open list:MEMORY MANAGEMENT" <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        "moderated list:ARM/Mediatek SoC support" 
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        "moderated list:ARM/Mediatek SoC support" 
        <linux-mediatek@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 2/2] kasan: Add memzero int for unaligned size at DEBUG

On Mon, 5 Jul 2021 at 13:12, Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@...il.com> wrote:
[...]
> > +       /*
> > +        * Explicitly initialize the memory with the precise object size to
> > +        * avoid overwriting the SLAB redzone. This disables initialization in
> > +        * the arch code and may thus lead to performance penalty. The penalty
> > +        * is accepted since SLAB redzones aren't enabled in production builds.
> > +        */
> > +       if (__slub_debug_enabled() &&
>
> What happened to slub_debug_enabled_unlikely()? Was it renamed? Why? I
> didn't receive patch #1 of v6 (nor of v5).

Somebody had the same idea with the helper:
https://lkml.kernel.org/r/YOKsC75kJfCZwySD@elver.google.com
and Matthew didn't like the _unlikely() prefix.

Which meant we should just move the existing helper introduced in the
merge window.

Patch 1/2: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210705103229.8505-2-yee.lee@mediatek.com

Thanks,
-- Marco