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Message-ID: <66267271-85a1-4ac6-99c5-6ea9b8d19287@embeddedor.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2024 15:16:21 -0600
From: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavo@...eddedor.com>
To: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@...lux.com>, tytso@....edu,
adilger.kernel@...ger.ca, kees@...nel.org, gustavoars@...nel.org
Cc: linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] ext4: Annotate struct ext4_xattr_inode_array with
__counted_by()
On 30/07/24 14:55, Thorsten Blum wrote:
> Add the __counted_by compiler attribute to the flexible array member
> inodes to improve access bounds-checking via CONFIG_UBSAN_BOUNDS and
> CONFIG_FORTIFY_SOURCE.
>
> Remove the now obsolete comment on the count field.
>
> Refactor ext4_expand_inode_array() by assigning count before copying any
> data using memcpy().
>
> Use struct_size() instead of offsetof() and remove the local variable
> count.
>
> Increment count before adding a new inode to the inodes array.
>
> Compile-tested only.
>
> Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@...lux.com>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - Adjust ext4_expand_inode_array() as suggested by Gustavo A. R. Silva
> - Use struct_size() and struct_size_t() instead of offsetof()
> - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-kernel/20240729110454.346918-3-thorsten.blum@toblux.com/
>
> Changes in v3:
> - Use struct_size() instead of struct_size_t() as suggested by Kees Cook
> - Remove the local variable count as suggested by Gustavo A. R. Silva
> - Increment count before adding a new inode as suggested by Gustavo
> - Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-kernel/20240730172301.231867-4-thorsten.blum@toblux.com/
> ---
> fs/ext4/xattr.c | 24 +++++++++++-------------
> fs/ext4/xattr.h | 4 ++--
> 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.c b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
> index 46ce2f21fef9..4e20ef7cc502 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
> @@ -2879,33 +2879,31 @@ ext4_expand_inode_array(struct ext4_xattr_inode_array **ea_inode_array,
> if (*ea_inode_array == NULL) {
> /*
> * Start with 15 inodes, so it fits into a power-of-two size.
> - * If *ea_inode_array is NULL, this is essentially offsetof()
> */
> - (*ea_inode_array) =
> - kmalloc(offsetof(struct ext4_xattr_inode_array,
> - inodes[EIA_MASK]),
> - GFP_NOFS);
> + (*ea_inode_array) = kmalloc(
> + struct_size(*ea_inode_array, inodes, EIA_MASK),
> + GFP_NOFS);
> if (*ea_inode_array == NULL)
> return -ENOMEM;
> (*ea_inode_array)->count = 0;
> } else if (((*ea_inode_array)->count & EIA_MASK) == EIA_MASK) {
> /* expand the array once all 15 + n * 16 slots are full */
> struct ext4_xattr_inode_array *new_array = NULL;
> - int count = (*ea_inode_array)->count;
>
> - /* if new_array is NULL, this is essentially offsetof() */
> new_array = kmalloc(
> - offsetof(struct ext4_xattr_inode_array,
> - inodes[count + EIA_INCR]),
> - GFP_NOFS);
> + struct_size(*ea_inode_array, inodes,
> + (*ea_inode_array)->count + EIA_INCR),
> + GFP_NOFS);
> if (new_array == NULL)
> return -ENOMEM;
> - memcpy(new_array, *ea_inode_array,
> - offsetof(struct ext4_xattr_inode_array, inodes[count]));
> + new_array->count = (*ea_inode_array)->count;
The line above is not really necessary if you copy `*ea_inode_array` at once like
memcpy(... , struct_size(new_array, inodes, (*ea_inode_array)->count));
or like
memcpy(... , struct_size(*ea_inode_array, inodes, (*ea_inode_array)->count));
whichever works.
> + memcpy(new_array, *ea_inode_array,
> + struct_size(new_array, inodes, new_array->count));
> kfree(*ea_inode_array);
> *ea_inode_array = new_array;
> }
> - (*ea_inode_array)->inodes[(*ea_inode_array)->count++] = inode;
> + (*ea_inode_array)->count++;
> + (*ea_inode_array)->inodes[(*ea_inode_array)->count - 1] = inode;
This looks good, thanks!
> return 0;
> }
>
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.h b/fs/ext4/xattr.h
> index bd97c4aa8177..e14fb19dc912 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/xattr.h
> +++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.h
> @@ -130,8 +130,8 @@ struct ext4_xattr_ibody_find {
> };
>
> struct ext4_xattr_inode_array {
> - unsigned int count; /* # of used items in the array */
> - struct inode *inodes[];
> + unsigned int count;
> + struct inode *inodes[] __counted_by(count);
> };
>
> extern const struct xattr_handler ext4_xattr_user_handler;
--
Gustavo
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