[PATCH v2 1/2] string: Add load_unaligned_zeropad() code path to sized_strscpy()

From: Peter Collingbourne
Date: Tue Mar 18 2025 - 17:42:19 EST


The call to read_word_at_a_time() in sized_strscpy() is problematic
with MTE because it may trigger a tag check fault when reading
across a tag granule (16 bytes) boundary. To make this code
MTE compatible, let's start using load_unaligned_zeropad()
on architectures where it is available (i.e. architectures that
define CONFIG_DCACHE_WORD_ACCESS). Because load_unaligned_zeropad()
takes care of page boundaries as well as tag granule boundaries,
also disable the code preventing crossing page boundaries when using
load_unaligned_zeropad().

Signed-off-by: Peter Collingbourne <pcc@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://linux-review.googlesource.com/id/If4b22e43b5a4ca49726b4bf98ada827fdf755548
Fixes: 94ab5b61ee16 ("kasan, arm64: enable CONFIG_KASAN_HW_TAGS")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
v2:
- new approach

lib/string.c | 13 ++++++++++---
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/string.c b/lib/string.c
index eb4486ed40d25..b632c71df1a50 100644
--- a/lib/string.c
+++ b/lib/string.c
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ ssize_t sized_strscpy(char *dest, const char *src, size_t count)
if (count == 0 || WARN_ON_ONCE(count > INT_MAX))
return -E2BIG;

+#ifndef CONFIG_DCACHE_WORD_ACCESS
#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS
/*
* If src is unaligned, don't cross a page boundary,
@@ -133,12 +134,14 @@ ssize_t sized_strscpy(char *dest, const char *src, size_t count)
/* If src or dest is unaligned, don't do word-at-a-time. */
if (((long) dest | (long) src) & (sizeof(long) - 1))
max = 0;
+#endif
#endif

/*
- * read_word_at_a_time() below may read uninitialized bytes after the
- * trailing zero and use them in comparisons. Disable this optimization
- * under KMSAN to prevent false positive reports.
+ * load_unaligned_zeropad() or read_word_at_a_time() below may read
+ * uninitialized bytes after the trailing zero and use them in
+ * comparisons. Disable this optimization under KMSAN to prevent
+ * false positive reports.
*/
if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_KMSAN))
max = 0;
@@ -146,7 +149,11 @@ ssize_t sized_strscpy(char *dest, const char *src, size_t count)
while (max >= sizeof(unsigned long)) {
unsigned long c, data;

+#ifdef CONFIG_DCACHE_WORD_ACCESS
+ c = load_unaligned_zeropad(src+res);
+#else
c = read_word_at_a_time(src+res);
+#endif
if (has_zero(c, &data, &constants)) {
data = prep_zero_mask(c, data, &constants);
data = create_zero_mask(data);
--
2.49.0.395.g12beb8f557-goog