Re: [PATCH v2] arm64: kasan: add interceptors for strcmp/strncmp functions

From: Andrey Ryabinin
Date: Thu Sep 06 2018 - 13:06:42 EST


On 09/05/2018 10:44 AM, Kyeongdon Kim wrote:
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> On 2018-09-05 ìì 1:24, Andrey Ryabinin wrote:
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>> On 09/04/2018 01:10 PM, Andrey Ryabinin wrote:
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>> > On 09/04/2018 09:59 AM, Kyeongdon Kim wrote:
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>> >>>> +#undef strncmp
>> >>>> +int strncmp(const char *cs, const char *ct, size_t len)
>> >>>> +{
>> >>>> + check_memory_region((unsigned long)cs, len, false, _RET_IP_);
>> >>>> + check_memory_region((unsigned long)ct, len, false, _RET_IP_);
>> >>>
>> >>> This will cause false positives. Both 'cs', and 'ct' could be less than len bytes.
>> >>>
>> >>> There is no need in these interceptors, just use the C implementations from lib/string.c
>> >>> like you did in your first patch.
>> >>> The only thing that was wrong in the first patch is that assembly implementations
>> >>> were compiled out instead of being declared week.
>> >>>
>> >> Well, at first I thought so..
>> >> I would remove diff code in /mm/kasan/kasan.c then use C implementations in lib/string.c
>> >> w/ assem implementations as weak :
>> >>
>> >> diff --git a/lib/string.c b/lib/string.c
>> >> index 2c0900a..a18b18f 100644
>> >> --- a/lib/string.c
>> >> +++ b/lib/string.c
>> >> @@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ size_t strlcat(char *dest, const char *src, size_t count)
>> >> ÂEXPORT_SYMBOL(strlcat);
>> >> Â#endif
>> >>
>> >> -#ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRCMP
>> >> +#if (defined(CONFIG_ARM64) && defined(CONFIG_KASAN)) || !defined(__HAVE_ARCH_STRCMP)
>> >
>> > No. What part of "like you did in your first patch" is unclear to you?
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>> Just to be absolutely clear, I meant #ifdef out __HAVE_ARCH_* defines like it has been done in this patch
>> http://lkml.kernel.org/r/<1534233322-106271-1-git-send-email-kyeongdon.kim@xxxxxxx>
> I understood what you're saying, but I might think the wrong patch.
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> So, thinking about the other way as below:
> can pick up assem variant or c one, declare them as weak.


It's was much easier for me to explain with patch how this should be done in my opinion.
So I just sent the patches, take a look.