Re: [PATCH] s390/qeth: Split memcpy() of struct qeth_ipacmd_addr_change flexible array

From: Alexandra Winter
Date: Tue Sep 27 2022 - 07:54:50 EST




On 27.09.22 03:16, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 26, 2022 at 05:39:53PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
>> To work around a misbehavior of the compiler's ability to see into
>> composite flexible array structs (as detailed in the coming memcpy()
>> hardening series[1]), split the memcpy() of the header and the payload
>> so no false positive run-time overflow warning will be generated.
>>
>> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-hardening/20220901065914.1417829-2-keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx/
>>
>> Cc: Alexandra Winter <wintera@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Wenjia Zhang <wenjia@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Heiko Carstens <hca@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Vasily Gorbik <gor@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Sven Schnelle <svens@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: linux-s390@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Cc: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Reviewed-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Thanks!
> --
> Gustavo
>
Reviewed-by: Alexandra Winter <wintera@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thank you
Alexandra
>> ---
>> drivers/s390/net/qeth_l2_main.c | 4 ++--
>> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l2_main.c b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l2_main.c
>> index 2d4436cbcb47..0ce635b7b472 100644
>> --- a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l2_main.c
>> +++ b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l2_main.c
>> @@ -1530,8 +1530,8 @@ static void qeth_addr_change_event(struct qeth_card *card,
>> else
>> INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&data->dwork, qeth_l2_dev2br_worker);
>> data->card = card;
>> - memcpy(&data->ac_event, hostevs,
>> - sizeof(struct qeth_ipacmd_addr_change) + extrasize);
>> + data->ac_event = *hostevs;
>> + memcpy(data->ac_event.entry, hostevs->entry, extrasize);
>> queue_delayed_work(card->event_wq, &data->dwork, 0);
>> }
>>
>> --
>> 2.34.1
>>