linux-kernel - [PATCH] x86/purgatory: Do not use fortified string functions

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Message-Id: <20230531003345.never.325-kees@kernel.org>
Date:   Tue, 30 May 2023 17:33:48 -0700
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@...mhuis.info>,
        Joan Bruguera Micó <joanbrugueram@...il.com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
        "Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Alyssa Ross <hi@...ssa.is>,
        Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com>,
        Alexander Potapenko <glider@...gle.com>,
        "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] x86/purgatory: Do not use fortified string functions

With the addition of -fstrict-flex-arrays=3, struct sha256_state's
trailing array is no longer ignored by CONFIG_FORTIFY_SOURCE:

struct sha256_state {
        u32 state[SHA256_DIGEST_SIZE / 4];
        u64 count;
        u8 buf[SHA256_BLOCK_SIZE];
};

This means that the memcpy() calls with "buf" as a destination in
sha256.c's code will attempt to perform run-time bounds checking, which
could lead to calling missing functions, specifically a potential
WARN_ONCE, which isn't callable from purgatory.

Reported-by: Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@...mhuis.info>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/175578ec-9dec-7a9c-8d3a-43f24ff86b92@leemhuis.info/
Bisected-by: "Joan Bruguera Micó" <joanbrugueram@...il.com>
Fixes: df8fc4e934c1 ("kbuild: Enable -fstrict-flex-arrays=3")
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: x86@...nel.org
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
Cc: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
Cc: "Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Alyssa Ross <hi@...ssa.is>
Cc: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com>
Cc: Alexander Potapenko <glider@...gle.com>
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
---
 arch/x86/purgatory/Makefile | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/purgatory/Makefile b/arch/x86/purgatory/Makefile
index 82fec66d46d2..005324d6c76b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/purgatory/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/purgatory/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ $(obj)/string.o: $(srctree)/arch/x86/boot/compressed/string.c FORCE
 $(obj)/sha256.o: $(srctree)/lib/crypto/sha256.c FORCE
 	$(call if_changed_rule,cc_o_c)
 
-CFLAGS_sha256.o := -D__DISABLE_EXPORTS
+CFLAGS_sha256.o := -D__DISABLE_EXPORTS -D__NO_FORTIFY
 
 # When linking purgatory.ro with -r unresolved symbols are not checked,
 # also link a purgatory.chk binary without -r to check for unresolved symbols.
-- 
2.34.1