Re: [PATCH v2] pid: Replace struct pid 1-element array with flex-array

[Gustavo A. R. Silva]

On 6/30/23 12:04, Kees Cook wrote:
> For pid namespaces, struct pid uses a dynamically sized array member,
> "numbers". This was implemented using the ancient 1-element fake flexible
> array, which has been deprecated for decades. Replace it with a C99
> flexible array, refactor the array size calculations to use struct_size(),
> and address elements via indexes. Note that the static initializer (which
> defines a single element) works as-is, and requires no special handling.
>
> Without this, CONFIG_UBSAN_BOUNDS (and potentially CONFIG_FORTIFY_SOURCE)
> will trigger bounds checks when entering a pid namespace:
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20230517-bushaltestelle-super-e223978c1ba6@brauner
>
> For example: unshare --fork --pid --mount-proc readlink /proc/self
>
> Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Andreas Gruenbacher <agruenba@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Daniel Verkamp <dverkamp@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jeff Xu <jeffxu@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reported-by: syzbot+ac3b41786a2d0565b6d5@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/000000000000c6de2a05fbdecbbb@xxxxxxxxxx/
> Acked-by: Jeff Xu <jeffxu@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

I would vote in favor of the array over the pointer notation, but anyway... we need
to land this change, and that's what matters.

Reviewed-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks!
--
Gustavo

> ---
> v2:
>   - drop pointer math to array index conversions (torvalds)
>   - use struct_size_t now that it exists (torvalds)
>   - updated commit log with reproducer example
> v1: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20230517225838.never.965-kees@xxxxxxxxxx/
> ---
>   include/linux/pid.h    | 2 +-
>   kernel/pid.c           | 7 +++++--
>   kernel/pid_namespace.c | 2 +-
>   3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/pid.h b/include/linux/pid.h
> index b75de288a8c2..653a527574c4 100644
> --- a/include/linux/pid.h
> +++ b/include/linux/pid.h
> @@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ struct pid
>   	/* wait queue for pidfd notifications */
>   	wait_queue_head_t wait_pidfd;
>   	struct rcu_head rcu;
> -	struct upid numbers[1];
> +	struct upid numbers[];
>   };
>   
>   extern struct pid init_struct_pid;
> diff --git a/kernel/pid.c b/kernel/pid.c
> index f93954a0384d..6a1d23a11026 100644
> --- a/kernel/pid.c
> +++ b/kernel/pid.c
> @@ -656,8 +656,11 @@ void __init pid_idr_init(void)
>   
>   	idr_init(&init_pid_ns.idr);
>   
> -	init_pid_ns.pid_cachep = KMEM_CACHE(pid,
> -			SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN | SLAB_PANIC | SLAB_ACCOUNT);
> +	init_pid_ns.pid_cachep = kmem_cache_create("pid",
> +			struct_size_t(struct pid, numbers, 1),
> +			__alignof__(struct pid),
> +			SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN | SLAB_PANIC | SLAB_ACCOUNT,
> +			NULL);
>   }
>   
>   static struct file *__pidfd_fget(struct task_struct *task, int fd)
> diff --git a/kernel/pid_namespace.c b/kernel/pid_namespace.c
> index b43eee07b00c..0bf44afe04dd 100644
> --- a/kernel/pid_namespace.c
> +++ b/kernel/pid_namespace.c
> @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ static struct kmem_cache *create_pid_cachep(unsigned int level)
>   		return kc;
>   
>   	snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "pid_%u", level + 1);
> -	len = sizeof(struct pid) + level * sizeof(struct upid);
> +	len = struct_size_t(struct pid, numbers, level + 1);
>   	mutex_lock(&pid_caches_mutex);
>   	/* Name collision forces to do allocation under mutex. */
>   	if (!*pkc)