linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] rust: print: avoid evaluating arguments in `pr

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Date:   Mon, 16 Jan 2023 01:03:05 +0100
From:   Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>
To:     Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>
Cc:     Wedson Almeida Filho <wedsonaf@...il.com>,
        Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@...il.com>,
        Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>, Gary Guo <gary@...yguo.net>,
        Björn Roy Baron <bjorn3_gh@...tonmail.com>,
        rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        patches@...ts.linux.dev,
        Domen Puncer Kugler <domen.puncerkugler@...group.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rust: print: avoid evaluating arguments in `pr_*` macros
 in `unsafe` blocks

On Mon, Jan 9, 2023 at 9:49 PM Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> At the moment it is possible to perform unsafe operations in
> the arguments of `pr_*` macros since they are evaluated inside
> an `unsafe` block:
>
>     let x = &10u32 as *const u32;
>     pr_info!("{}", *x);
>
> In other words, this is a soundness issue.
>
> Fix it so that it requires an explicit `unsafe` block.
>
> Reported-by: Wedson Almeida Filho <wedsonaf@...il.com>
> Reported-by: Domen Puncer Kugler <domen.puncerkugler@...group.com>
> Link: https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/issues/479
> Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>

Applied to rust-fixes, thanks all!

Cheers,
Miguel