linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] integrity: Annotate struct ima_rule_opt_list with __counted

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Message-ID: <56197f75291ae44fabd1a692f01f09863fbff7e3.camel@linux.ibm.com>
Date:   Fri, 18 Aug 2023 08:46:10 -0400
From:   Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc:     Dmitry Kasatkin <dmitry.kasatkin@...il.com>,
        Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>,
        James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>,
        "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>,
        linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
        Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        Tom Rix <trix@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        llvm@...ts.linux.dev, linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] integrity: Annotate struct ima_rule_opt_list with
 __counted_by

On Thu, 2023-08-17 at 14:03 -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> Prepare for the coming implementation by GCC and Clang of the __counted_by
> attribute. Flexible array members annotated with __counted_by can have
> their accesses bounds-checked at run-time checking via CONFIG_UBSAN_BOUNDS
> (for array indexing) and CONFIG_FORTIFY_SOURCE (for strcpy/memcpy-family
> functions).
> 
> As found with Coccinelle[1], add __counted_by for struct ima_rule_opt_list.
> Additionally, since the element count member must be set before accessing
> the annotated flexible array member, move its initialization earlier.
> 
> [1] https://github.com/kees/kernel-tools/blob/trunk/coccinelle/examples/counted_by.cocci
> 
> Cc: Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.ibm.com>
> Cc: Dmitry Kasatkin <dmitry.kasatkin@...il.com>
> Cc: Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>
> Cc: James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
> Cc: "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>
> Cc: linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>

Acked-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.ibm.com>

-- 
thanks,

Mimi