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SubjectRe: [PATCH 4/4] fortify: Use __builtin_dynamic_object_size() when available
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On 2022-09-20 15:22, Kees Cook wrote:
> Since the commits starting with c37495d6254c ("slab: add __alloc_size
> attributes for better bounds checking"), the compilers have runtime
> allocation size hints available in some places. This was immediately
> available to CONFIG_UBSAN_BOUNDS, but CONFIG_FORTIFY_SOURCE needed
> updating to explicitly make use the hints via the associated
> __builtin_dynamic_object_size() helper. Detect and use the builtin when
> it is available, increasing the accuracy of the mitigation. When runtime
> sizes are not available, __builtin_dynamic_object_size() falls back to
> __builtin_object_size(), leaving the existing bounds checking unchanged.
>
> Additionally update the VMALLOC_LINEAR_OVERFLOW LKDTM test to make the
> hint invisible, otherwise the architectural defense is not exercised
> (the buffer overflow is detected in the memset() rather than when it
> crosses the edge of the allocation).
>
> Cc: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
> Cc: Siddhesh Poyarekar <siddhesh@gotplt.org>
> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
> Cc: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>
> Cc: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
> Cc: Tom Rix <trix@redhat.com>
> Cc: linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org
> Cc: llvm@lists.linux.dev
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
> ---
> drivers/misc/lkdtm/heap.c | 1 +
> include/linux/compiler_attributes.h | 5 +++++
> include/linux/fortify-string.h | 7 +++++++
> 3 files changed, 13 insertions(+)

Hi Kees,

Circling back on this, I noticed that all but this patch got pulled into
Linus' tree. Is there a reason why this has been held back?

Thanks,
Sid

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