linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 45/63] ath11k: Use memset_startat() for clearing queue descriptors

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Message-ID: <202108220107.3E26FE6C9C@keescook>
Date:   Sun, 22 Aug 2021 01:11:32 -0700
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, ath11k@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-block@...r.kernel.org, linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org,
        clang-built-linux@...glegroups.com,
        Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>,
        linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 45/63] ath11k: Use memset_startat() for clearing queue
 descriptors

On Sat, Aug 21, 2021 at 01:17:36PM +0300, Kalle Valo wrote:
> Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> writes:
> 
> > On Thu, Aug 19, 2021 at 04:19:37PM +0300, Kalle Valo wrote:
> >> Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> writes:
> >> 
> >> > In preparation for FORTIFY_SOURCE performing compile-time and run-time
> >> > field bounds checking for memset(), avoid intentionally writing across
> >> > neighboring fields.
> >> >
> >> > Use memset_startat() so memset() doesn't get confused about writing
> >> > beyond the destination member that is intended to be the starting point
> >> > of zeroing through the end of the struct. Additionally split up a later
> >> > field-spanning memset() so that memset() can reason about the size.
> >> >
> >> > Cc: Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
> >> > Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
> >> > Cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
> >> > Cc: ath11k@...ts.infradead.org
> >> > Cc: linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org
> >> > Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org
> >> > Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
> >> 
> >> To avoid conflicts I prefer taking this via my ath tree.
> >
> > The memset helpers are introduced as part of this series, so that makes
> > things more difficult. Do you want me to create a branch with the
> > helpers that you can merge?
> 
> Is this patch really worth the extra complexity? Why can't I apply this
> ath11k patch after the helpers have landed Linus' tree? That would be
> very simple.

Not singularly, no. But I have a bit of a catch-22 in that I can't turn
on greater FORTIFY strictness without first fixing the false positives,
and I can't fix the false positives in "other" trees without those trees
first having the helpers that get introduced by the FORTIFY series. :)

Anyway, since we're close to the merge window anyway, the FORTIFY series
won't land in 1 release at this point regardless, so I'll just get
the helpers landed and we can do the individual pieces once the merge
window closes.

Wheee :)

-- 
Kees Cook