Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | Miguel Ojeda <> | Subject | [PATCH] rust: print: avoid evaluating arguments in `pr_*` macros in `unsafe` blocks | Date | Mon, 9 Jan 2023 21:49:12 +0100 |
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At the moment it is possible to perform unsafe operations in the arguments of `pr_*` macros since they are evaluated inside an `unsafe` block:
let x = &10u32 as *const u32; pr_info!("{}", *x);
In other words, this is a soundness issue.
Fix it so that it requires an explicit `unsafe` block.
Reported-by: Wedson Almeida Filho <wedsonaf@gmail.com> Reported-by: Domen Puncer Kugler <domen.puncerkugler@nccgroup.com> Link: https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/issues/479 Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org> --- rust/kernel/print.rs | 29 ++++++++++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/rust/kernel/print.rs b/rust/kernel/print.rs index 29bf9c2e8aee..30103325696d 100644 --- a/rust/kernel/print.rs +++ b/rust/kernel/print.rs @@ -142,17 +142,24 @@ pub fn call_printk_cont(args: fmt::Arguments<'_>) { macro_rules! print_macro ( // The non-continuation cases (most of them, e.g. `INFO`). ($format_string:path, false, $($arg:tt)+) => ( - // SAFETY: This hidden macro should only be called by the documented - // printing macros which ensure the format string is one of the fixed - // ones. All `__LOG_PREFIX`s are null-terminated as they are generated - // by the `module!` proc macro or fixed values defined in a kernel - // crate. - unsafe { - $crate::print::call_printk( - &$format_string, - crate::__LOG_PREFIX, - format_args!($($arg)+), - ); + // To remain sound, `arg`s must be expanded outside the `unsafe` block. + // Typically one would use a `let` binding for that; however, `format_args!` + // takes borrows on the arguments, but does not extend the scope of temporaries. + // Therefore, a `match` expression is used to keep them around, since + // the scrutinee is kept until the end of the `match`. + match format_args!($($arg)+) { + // SAFETY: This hidden macro should only be called by the documented + // printing macros which ensure the format string is one of the fixed + // ones. All `__LOG_PREFIX`s are null-terminated as they are generated + // by the `module!` proc macro or fixed values defined in a kernel + // crate. + args => unsafe { + $crate::print::call_printk( + &$format_string, + crate::__LOG_PREFIX, + args, + ); + } } ); base-commit: b7bfaa761d760e72a969d116517eaa12e404c262 -- 2.39.0
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