[PATCH 06/12] coredump: Proactively round up to kmalloc bucket size

From: Kees Cook
Date: Wed Sep 21 2022 - 23:12:55 EST


Instead of discovering the kmalloc bucket size _after_ allocation, round
up proactively so the allocation is explicitly made for the full size,
allowing the compiler to correctly reason about the resulting size of
the buffer through the existing __alloc_size() hint.

Cc: linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/coredump.c | 7 +++++--
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/coredump.c b/fs/coredump.c
index 9f4aae202109..0894b2c35d98 100644
--- a/fs/coredump.c
+++ b/fs/coredump.c
@@ -68,7 +68,10 @@ struct core_name {

static int expand_corename(struct core_name *cn, int size)
{
- char *corename = krealloc(cn->corename, size, GFP_KERNEL);
+ char *corename;
+
+ size = kmalloc_size_roundup(size);
+ corename = krealloc(cn->corename, size, GFP_KERNEL);

if (!corename)
return -ENOMEM;
@@ -76,7 +79,7 @@ static int expand_corename(struct core_name *cn, int size)
if (size > core_name_size) /* racy but harmless */
core_name_size = size;

- cn->size = ksize(corename);
+ cn->size = size;
cn->corename = corename;
return 0;
}
--
2.34.1