Re: [PATCH] i2c: mux: harden i2c_mux_alloc() against integer overflows

[Kees Cook]

On Thu, Sep 15, 2022 at 05:09:45PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> It would probaby be useful to mark passed data as explicitly unsafe for
> integer overflows.  Smatch already tracks user data.  And if the user
> data has been capped to an unknown value.  But this would be a
> completely separate flag which says that "this value came from
> size_add/mul()".

I really want a __must_check_type(size_t) attribute or something for
functions, so we can get a subset of -Wconversion warnings, etc.

> drivers/char/tpm/eventlog/tpm2.c:57 tpm2_bios_measurements_start() warn: using integer overflow function 'size_add()' for math
> [...]
> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_flex_pipe.c:2070 ice_pkg_buf_reserve_section() warn: using integer overflow function 'size_mul()' for math

I see size_add() and size_mul() here. I would have expected some
size_sub() opportunities too? Did nothing pop out?

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Kees Cook