linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] hpfs: Annotate struct hpfs_dirent with __counted

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Message-ID: <202405131828.9CD8E5A@keescook>
Date: Mon, 13 May 2024 18:29:35 -0700
From: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To: Bill Wendling <morbo@...gle.com>
Cc: Mikulas Patocka <mikulas@...ax.karlin.mff.cuni.cz>,
	"Gustavo A . R . Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>,
	Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>,
	Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
	Justin Stitt <justinstitt@...gle.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org,
	clang-built-linux <llvm@...ts.linux.dev>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] hpfs: Annotate struct hpfs_dirent with __counted_by

On Mon, May 13, 2024 at 04:45:54PM -0700, Bill Wendling 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).
> 
> Cc: Mikulas Patocka <mikulas@...ax.karlin.mff.cuni.cz>
> Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
> Cc: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>
> Cc: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>
> Cc: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
> Cc: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@...gle.com>
> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: llvm@...ts.linux.dev
> Signed-off-by: Bill Wendling <morbo@...gle.com>
> ---
>  fs/hpfs/hpfs.h | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/hpfs/hpfs.h b/fs/hpfs/hpfs.h
> index 281dec8f636b..ac137787f1f9 100644
> --- a/fs/hpfs/hpfs.h
> +++ b/fs/hpfs/hpfs.h
> @@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ struct hpfs_dirent {
>    u8 ix; /* code page index (of filename), see
>      struct code_page_data */
>    u8 namelen; /* file name length */
> -  u8 name[]; /* file name */
> +  u8 name[] __counted_by(namelen); /* file name */
>    /* dnode_secno down;   btree down pointer, if present,
>         follows name on next word boundary, or maybe it
>     precedes next dirent, which is on a word boundary. */

Looking through struct hpfs_dirent::name uses, I think everything checks
out. I do see some confusing manipulations in hpfs_add_de(), though. I
*think* it'll be okay, though.

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>

-- 
Kees Cook