linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 03/82] overflow: Introduce add

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Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2024 09:14:20 +0100
From: Rasmus Villemoes <rasmus.villemoes@...vas.dk>
To: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Cc: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>,
 Bill Wendling <morbo@...gle.com>, Justin Stitt <justinstitt@...gle.com>,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/82] overflow: Introduce add_wrap()

On 23/01/2024 01.26, Kees Cook wrote:
> Provide a helper that will perform wrapping addition without tripping
> the arithmetic wrap-around sanitizers.
> 
> Cc: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>
> Cc: linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
> ---
>  include/linux/overflow.h | 16 ++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/overflow.h b/include/linux/overflow.h
> index ac088f73e0fd..30779905a77a 100644
> --- a/include/linux/overflow.h
> +++ b/include/linux/overflow.h
> @@ -124,6 +124,22 @@ static inline bool __must_check __must_check_overflow(bool overflow)
>  		check_add_overflow(a, b, &__result);\
>  	}))
>  
> +/**
> + * add_wrap() - Intentionally perform a wrapping addition
> + * @a: first addend
> + * @b: second addend
> + *
> + * Return the potentially wrapped-around addition without
> + * tripping any overflow sanitizers that may be enabled.
> + */
> +#define add_wrap(a, b)					\
> +	({						\
> +		typeof(a) __sum;			\
> +		if (check_add_overflow(a, b, &__sum))	\
> +			/* do nothing */;		\
> +		__sum;					\
> +	})
> +

I don't know where this is supposed to be used, but at first glance this
seems to introduce a footgun. This is not symmetric in a and b, so both
the type and value of the result may differ between add_wrap(a, b) and
add_wrap(b, a). That seems dangerous.

Rasmus