Re: [PATCH v4] x86/insn, tools/x86: Fix some potential undefined behavior.

[Masami Hiramatsu]

On Fri, 24 Sep 2021 16:02:33 -0300
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Em Thu, Sep 23, 2021 at 09:18:43AM -0700, Ian Rogers escreveu:
> > From: Numfor Mbiziwo-Tiapo <nums@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > Don't perform unaligned loads in __get_next and __peek_nbyte_next as
> > these are forms of undefined behavior.
> > 
> > These problems were identified using the undefined behavior sanitizer
> > (ubsan) with the tools version of the code and perf test. Part of this
> > patch was previously posted here:
> > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20190724184512.162887-4-nums@xxxxxxxxxx/
> 
> Masami, if you're ok, just process it including the tools/ bit.

Hi Arnaldo,

This version updates the tools/ too, so I think this is OK.
(do I need re-Ack?)

Thank you, 

> 
> - Arnaldo
>  
> > v4. Fixes a typo.
> > 
> > v3. Is a rebase picking up a fix for big endian architectures.
> > 
> > v2. removes the validate_next check and merges the 2 changes into one as
> > requested by Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Numfor Mbiziwo-Tiapo <nums@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  arch/x86/lib/insn.c       | 4 ++--
> >  tools/arch/x86/lib/insn.c | 4 ++--
> >  2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/lib/insn.c b/arch/x86/lib/insn.c
> > index 058f19b20465..c565def611e2 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/lib/insn.c
> > +++ b/arch/x86/lib/insn.c
> > @@ -37,10 +37,10 @@
> >  	((insn)->next_byte + sizeof(t) + n <= (insn)->end_kaddr)
> >  
> >  #define __get_next(t, insn)	\
> > -	({ t r = *(t*)insn->next_byte; insn->next_byte += sizeof(t); leXX_to_cpu(t, r); })
> > +	({ t r; memcpy(&r, insn->next_byte, sizeof(t)); insn->next_byte += sizeof(t); leXX_to_cpu(t, r); })
> >  
> >  #define __peek_nbyte_next(t, insn, n)	\
> > -	({ t r = *(t*)((insn)->next_byte + n); leXX_to_cpu(t, r); })
> > +	({ t r; memcpy(&r, (insn)->next_byte + n, sizeof(t)); leXX_to_cpu(t, r); })
> >  
> >  #define get_next(t, insn)	\
> >  	({ if (unlikely(!validate_next(t, insn, 0))) goto err_out; __get_next(t, insn); })
> > diff --git a/tools/arch/x86/lib/insn.c b/tools/arch/x86/lib/insn.c
> > index c41f95815480..797699462cd8 100644
> > --- a/tools/arch/x86/lib/insn.c
> > +++ b/tools/arch/x86/lib/insn.c
> > @@ -37,10 +37,10 @@
> >  	((insn)->next_byte + sizeof(t) + n <= (insn)->end_kaddr)
> >  
> >  #define __get_next(t, insn)	\
> > -	({ t r = *(t*)insn->next_byte; insn->next_byte += sizeof(t); leXX_to_cpu(t, r); })
> > +	({ t r; memcpy(&r, insn->next_byte, sizeof(t)); insn->next_byte += sizeof(t); leXX_to_cpu(t, r); })
> >  
> >  #define __peek_nbyte_next(t, insn, n)	\
> > -	({ t r = *(t*)((insn)->next_byte + n); leXX_to_cpu(t, r); })
> > +	({ t r; memcpy(&r, (insn)->next_byte + n, sizeof(t)); leXX_to_cpu(t, r); })
> >  
> >  #define get_next(t, insn)	\
> >  	({ if (unlikely(!validate_next(t, insn, 0))) goto err_out; __get_next(t, insn); })
> > -- 
> > 2.33.0.464.g1972c5931b-goog
> 
> -- 
> 
> - Arnaldo


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