[PATCH] string: Check for "nonstring" attribute on strscpy() arguments

From: Kees Cook
Date: Mon Aug 05 2024 - 17:43:55 EST


GCC already checks for arguments that are marked with the "nonstring"[1]
attribute when used on standard C String API functions (e.g. strcpy). Gain
this compile-time checking also for the kernel's primary string copying
function, strscpy().

Note that Clang has neither "nonstring" nor __builtin_has_attribute().

Link: https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Common-Variable-Attributes.html#index-nonstring-variable-attribute [1]
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Cc: Andy Shevchenko <andy@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Luc Van Oostenryck <luc.vanoostenryck@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Marco Elver <elver@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Hao Luo <haoluo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Przemek Kitszel <przemyslaw.kitszel@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-sparse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: linux-hardening@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
include/linux/compiler.h | 3 +++
include/linux/compiler_types.h | 7 +++++++
include/linux/string.h | 12 ++++++++----
3 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/compiler.h b/include/linux/compiler.h
index 2df665fa2964..ec55bcce4146 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler.h
@@ -242,6 +242,9 @@ static inline void *offset_to_ptr(const int *off)
/* &a[0] degrades to a pointer: a different type from an array */
#define __must_be_array(a) BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO(__same_type((a), &(a)[0]))

+/* Require C Strings (i.e. NUL-terminated) lack the "nonstring" attribute. */
+#define __must_be_cstr(p) BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO(__annotated(p, nonstring))
+
/*
* This returns a constant expression while determining if an argument is
* a constant expression, most importantly without evaluating the argument.
diff --git a/include/linux/compiler_types.h b/include/linux/compiler_types.h
index f14c275950b5..1a957ea2f4fe 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler_types.h
@@ -421,6 +421,13 @@ struct ftrace_likely_data {
#define __member_size(p) __builtin_object_size(p, 1)
#endif

+/* Determine if an attribute has been applied to a variable. */
+#if __has_builtin(__builtin_has_attribute)
+#define __annotated(var, attr) __builtin_has_attribute(var, attr)
+#else
+#define __annotated(var, attr) (false)
+#endif
+
/*
* Some versions of gcc do not mark 'asm goto' volatile:
*
diff --git a/include/linux/string.h b/include/linux/string.h
index 9edace076ddb..95b3fc308f4f 100644
--- a/include/linux/string.h
+++ b/include/linux/string.h
@@ -76,12 +76,16 @@ ssize_t sized_strscpy(char *, const char *, size_t);
* known size.
*/
#define __strscpy0(dst, src, ...) \
- sized_strscpy(dst, src, sizeof(dst) + __must_be_array(dst))
-#define __strscpy1(dst, src, size) sized_strscpy(dst, src, size)
+ sized_strscpy(dst, src, sizeof(dst) + __must_be_array(dst) + \
+ __must_be_cstr(dst) + __must_be_cstr(src))
+#define __strscpy1(dst, src, size) \
+ sized_strscpy(dst, src, size + __must_be_cstr(dst) + __must_be_cstr(src))

#define __strscpy_pad0(dst, src, ...) \
- sized_strscpy_pad(dst, src, sizeof(dst) + __must_be_array(dst))
-#define __strscpy_pad1(dst, src, size) sized_strscpy_pad(dst, src, size)
+ sized_strscpy_pad(dst, src, sizeof(dst) + __must_be_array(dst) + \
+ __must_be_cstr(dst) + __must_be_cstr(src))
+#define __strscpy_pad1(dst, src, size) \
+ sized_strscpy_pad(dst, src, size + __must_be_cstr(dst) + __must_be_cstr(src))

/**
* strscpy - Copy a C-string into a sized buffer
--
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