Re: Linux 6.2-rc1

From: Guenter Roeck
Date: Tue Dec 27 2022 - 00:52:33 EST


On Mon, Dec 26, 2022 at 05:32:28PM -0800, Kees Cook wrote:
> On December 26, 2022 4:29:41 PM PST, Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >On Mon, Dec 26, 2022 at 01:03:59PM -0800, Kees Cook wrote:
> >> On December 26, 2022 12:56:29 PM PST, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> >On Mon, Dec 26, 2022 at 11:52 AM Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> fs/f2fs/inline.c: In function 'f2fs_move_inline_dirents':
> >> >> include/linux/fortify-string.h:59:33: error: '__builtin_memset' pointer overflow between offset [28, 898293814] and size [-898293787, -1] [-Werror=array-bounds]
> >> >> fs/f2fs/inline.c:430:9: note: in expansion of macro 'memset'
> >> >> 430 | memset(dst.bitmap + src.nr_bitmap, 0, dst.nr_bitmap - src.nr_bitmap);
> >> >> | ^~~~~~
> >> >
> >> >Well, that's unfortunate.
> >>
> >> I'll look into this.
> >>
> >
> >I did some more testing. The problem is seen with gcc 11.3.0, but not with
> >gcc 12.2.0 nor with gcc 10.3.0.
>
> That's what I'd expect: 10 didn't have variable range tracking wired up to -Warray-bounds, 11 does, and we disable -Warray-bounds on 12 because of 3 separate 12-only GCC bugs.
>
> > gcc bug ? Should I switch to gcc 12.2.0 for
> >powerpc when build testing the latest kernel ?
>
> Sure? But that'll just hide it. I suspect GCC has found a way for dst.nr_bitmap to be compile-time 27, so the size is always negative.
>
dst.nr_bitmap is initialized with SIZE_OF_DENTRY_BITMAP,
which is defined as:

#define NR_DENTRY_IN_BLOCK 214 /* the number of dentry in a block */
#define SIZE_OF_DIR_ENTRY 11 /* by byte */
#define SIZE_OF_DENTRY_BITMAP ((NR_DENTRY_IN_BLOCK + BITS_PER_BYTE - 1) / \
BITS_PER_BYTE)

((214 + 8 - 1) / 8 = 27, so dst.nr_bitmap is indeed compile-time 27.

Not sure how would know that src.nr_bitmap can be > 27, though.
Am I missing something ?

Thanks,
Guenter