[PATCH] fortify: add KUnit tests for __counted_by and __counted_by_ptr

From: Bill Wendling

Date: Mon Sep 28 2026 - 21:00:45 EST


The '__counted_by' and '__counted_by_ptr' attributes associate a
flexible array member or pointer member with a struct field that holds
its element count. Supporting compilers use these annotations to
compute dynamic object sizes via '__builtin_dynamic_object_size()' for
runtime bounds checking with CONFIG_FORTIFY_SOURCE.

Add KUnit tests ('fortify_test_counted_by_flex' and
'fortify_test_counted_by_ptr', guarded by CONFIG_CC_HAS_COUNTED_BY and
CONFIG_CC_HAS_COUNTED_BY_PTR respectively) to verify that:

- '__builtin_dynamic_object_size()' (both types 0 and 1) returns the
expected logical byte size for annotated flexible array and pointer
members.
- Fortified operations ('memset()' and 'memchr()') succeed within the
logical bounds and detect out-of-bounds read and write accesses
beyond the annotated count.

Allocate the test buffers with extra physical capacity (2 * size) in
'noinline' helpers and hide the returned pointers with
OPTIMIZER_HIDE_VAR() so allocation-size attributes, physical slab
bounds, and compiler optimizations do not mask the '__counted_by' and
'__counted_by_ptr' checks.

Signed-off-by: Bill Wendling <morbo@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
v2: Move tests to the 'fortify' KUnit tests. It uses UBSAN, which is
what gets triggered by 'counted_by'.
---
lib/tests/fortify_kunit.c | 119 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 119 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/tests/fortify_kunit.c b/lib/tests/fortify_kunit.c
index 413cdbf3dc0d..2335171f84d8 100644
--- a/lib/tests/fortify_kunit.c
+++ b/lib/tests/fortify_kunit.c
@@ -1011,6 +1011,119 @@ static void fortify_test_kmemdup(struct kunit *test)
kfree(copy);
}

+#ifdef CONFIG_CC_HAS_COUNTED_BY
+struct counted_by_flex_struct {
+ size_t size;
+ int array[] __counted_by(size);
+};
+
+/*
+ * Allocate the struct out-of-line with extra physical capacity so that
+ * __alloc_size() and physical slab bounds do not mask the __counted_by()
+ * logical bounds check.
+ */
+static noinline struct counted_by_flex_struct *
+alloc_counted_by_flex_struct(struct kunit *test, size_t size)
+{
+ struct counted_by_flex_struct *s;
+
+ s = kzalloc(sizeof(*s) + 2 * size * sizeof(s->array[0]), GFP_KERNEL);
+ KUNIT_ASSERT_NOT_ERR_OR_NULL(test, s);
+
+ s->size = size;
+ return s;
+}
+
+static void fortify_test_counted_by_flex(struct kunit *test)
+{
+ size_t size = 128;
+ struct counted_by_flex_struct *s;
+ size_t elem_bytes = size * sizeof(s->array[0]);
+
+ s = alloc_counted_by_flex_struct(test, size);
+
+ OPTIMIZER_HIDE_VAR(s);
+ OPTIMIZER_HIDE_VAR(elem_bytes);
+
+ /* __builtin_dynamic_object_size() should return the logical length. */
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, elem_bytes,
+ __builtin_dynamic_object_size(s->array, 0));
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, elem_bytes,
+ __builtin_dynamic_object_size(s->array, 1));
+
+ /* Within-bounds write and read succeed. */
+ memset(s->array, 0x42, elem_bytes);
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, fortify_write_overflows, 0);
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_NOT_NULL(test, memchr(s->array, 0x42, elem_bytes));
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, fortify_read_overflows, 0);
+
+ /* Out-of-bounds write and read past logical size are caught. */
+ memset(s->array, 0x42, elem_bytes + 1);
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, fortify_write_overflows, 1);
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_NULL(test, memchr(s->array, 0x42, elem_bytes + 1));
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, fortify_read_overflows, 1);
+
+ kfree(s);
+}
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_CC_HAS_COUNTED_BY_PTR
+struct counted_by_ptr_struct {
+ char *ptr __counted_by_ptr(size);
+ size_t size;
+};
+
+/*
+ * Allocate the struct out-of-line with extra physical capacity so that
+ * __alloc_size() and physical slab bounds do not mask the __counted_by_ptr()
+ * logical bounds check.
+ */
+static noinline struct counted_by_ptr_struct *
+alloc_counted_by_ptr_struct(struct kunit *test, size_t size)
+{
+ struct counted_by_ptr_struct *s;
+
+ s = kmalloc_obj(struct counted_by_ptr_struct);
+ KUNIT_ASSERT_NOT_ERR_OR_NULL(test, s);
+
+ s->size = size;
+ s->ptr = kzalloc(2 * size, GFP_KERNEL);
+ KUNIT_ASSERT_NOT_ERR_OR_NULL(test, s->ptr);
+
+ return s;
+}
+
+static void fortify_test_counted_by_ptr(struct kunit *test)
+{
+ size_t size = 128;
+ struct counted_by_ptr_struct *s;
+
+ s = alloc_counted_by_ptr_struct(test, size);
+
+ OPTIMIZER_HIDE_VAR(s);
+ OPTIMIZER_HIDE_VAR(size);
+
+ /* __builtin_dynamic_object_size() should return the logical length. */
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, size, __builtin_dynamic_object_size(s->ptr, 0));
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, size, __builtin_dynamic_object_size(s->ptr, 1));
+
+ /* Within-bounds write and read succeed. */
+ memset(s->ptr, 0x42, size);
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, fortify_write_overflows, 0);
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_NOT_NULL(test, memchr(s->ptr, 0x42, size));
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, fortify_read_overflows, 0);
+
+ /* Out-of-bounds write and read past logical size are caught. */
+ memset(s->ptr, 0x42, size + 1);
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, fortify_write_overflows, 1);
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_NULL(test, memchr(s->ptr, 0x42, size + 1));
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, fortify_read_overflows, 1);
+
+ kfree(s->ptr);
+ kfree(s);
+}
+#endif /* CONFIG_CC_HAS_COUNTED_BY_PTR */
+#endif /* CONFIG_CC_HAS_COUNTED_BY */
+
static int fortify_test_init(struct kunit *test)
{
if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_FORTIFY_SOURCE))
@@ -1054,6 +1167,12 @@ static struct kunit_case fortify_test_cases[] = {
KUNIT_CASE(fortify_test_memchr_inv),
KUNIT_CASE(fortify_test_memcmp),
KUNIT_CASE(fortify_test_kmemdup),
+#ifdef CONFIG_CC_HAS_COUNTED_BY
+ KUNIT_CASE(fortify_test_counted_by_flex),
+#ifdef CONFIG_CC_HAS_COUNTED_BY_PTR
+ KUNIT_CASE(fortify_test_counted_by_ptr),
+#endif /* CONFIG_CC_HAS_COUNTED_BY_PTR */
+#endif /* CONFIG_CC_HAS_COUNTED_BY */
{}
};

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