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[v2,21/24] x86/sgx: use vmalloc_array and vcalloc

Message ID 20230627144339.144478-22-Julia.Lawall@inria.fr
State New
Headers
Series use vmalloc_array and vcalloc |

Commit Message

Julia Lawall June 27, 2023, 2:43 p.m. UTC 
  Use vmalloc_array and vcalloc to protect against
multiplication overflows.

The changes were done using the following Coccinelle
semantic patch:

// <smpl>
@initialize:ocaml@
@@

let rename alloc =
  match alloc with
    "vmalloc" -> "vmalloc_array"
  | "vzalloc" -> "vcalloc"
  | _ -> failwith "unknown"

@@
    size_t e1,e2;
    constant C1, C2;
    expression E1, E2, COUNT, x1, x2, x3;
    typedef u8;
    typedef __u8;
    type t = {u8,__u8,char,unsigned char};
    identifier alloc = {vmalloc,vzalloc};
    fresh identifier realloc = script:ocaml(alloc) { rename alloc };
@@

(
      alloc(x1*x2*x3)
|
      alloc(C1 * C2)
|
      alloc((sizeof(t)) * (COUNT), ...)
|
-     alloc((e1) * (e2))
+     realloc(e1, e2)
|
-     alloc((e1) * (COUNT))
+     realloc(COUNT, e1)
|
-     alloc((E1) * (E2))
+     realloc(E1, E2)
)
// </smpl>

Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@inria.fr>

---
v2: Use vmalloc_array and vcalloc instead of array_size.
This also leaves a multiplication of a constant by a sizeof
as is.  Two patches are thus dropped from the series.

 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/main.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Comments

Dave Hansen June 27, 2023, 2:54 p.m. UTC | #1 
On 6/27/23 07:43, Julia Lawall wrote:
> Use vmalloc_array and vcalloc to protect against
> multiplication overflows.
...
> diff -u -p a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/main.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/main.c
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/main.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/main.c
> @@ -628,7 +628,7 @@ static bool __init sgx_setup_epc_section
>  	if (!section->virt_addr)
>  		return false;
>  
> -	section->pages = vmalloc(nr_pages * sizeof(struct sgx_epc_page));
> +	section->pages = vmalloc_array(nr_pages, sizeof(struct sgx_epc_page));
>  	if (!section->pages) {

I'm not sure that changelog matches the code.

'nr_pages' here is an 'unsigned long' and The sizeof()==32.  In
practice, the multiplication can be done with a shift, and the ulong is
a *LONG* way from overflowing.

I'll accept that, as a general rule, vmalloc_array() is the preferred
form.  It's totally possible that someone could copy and paste the
nr_foo*sizeof(struct bar) code over to a place where nr_foo is a more
troublesome type.

But, if that's the true motivation, could we please say that in the
changelog?  As it stands, it's a bit silly to be talking about
multiplication overflows, unless I'm missing something totally obvious.
Julia Lawall June 27, 2023, 3:01 p.m. UTC | #2 
On Tue, 27 Jun 2023, Dave Hansen wrote:

> On 6/27/23 07:43, Julia Lawall wrote:
> > Use vmalloc_array and vcalloc to protect against
> > multiplication overflows.
> ...
> > diff -u -p a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/main.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/main.c
> > --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/main.c
> > +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/main.c
> > @@ -628,7 +628,7 @@ static bool __init sgx_setup_epc_section
> >  	if (!section->virt_addr)
> >  		return false;
> >
> > -	section->pages = vmalloc(nr_pages * sizeof(struct sgx_epc_page));
> > +	section->pages = vmalloc_array(nr_pages, sizeof(struct sgx_epc_page));
> >  	if (!section->pages) {
>
> I'm not sure that changelog matches the code.
>
> 'nr_pages' here is an 'unsigned long' and The sizeof()==32.  In
> practice, the multiplication can be done with a shift, and the ulong is
> a *LONG* way from overflowing.
>
> I'll accept that, as a general rule, vmalloc_array() is the preferred
> form.  It's totally possible that someone could copy and paste the
> nr_foo*sizeof(struct bar) code over to a place where nr_foo is a more
> troublesome type.
>
> But, if that's the true motivation, could we please say that in the
> changelog?  As it stands, it's a bit silly to be talking about
> multiplication overflows, unless I'm missing something totally obvious.

If it is certain that no overflow is possible, then perhaps it is fine to
drop the patch?  I didn't change cases where both arguments are constants
nor where the result of the sizeof is 1.  But I also didn't do a careful
analysis to see if an overflow is possible given the possible values
involved.

Or if it seems better to keep the change, I can also change the log
message.

julia
Dave Hansen June 27, 2023, 3:06 p.m. UTC | #3 
On 6/27/23 08:01, Julia Lawall wrote:
> If it is certain that no overflow is possible, then perhaps it is fine to
> drop the patch? 

It's impossible in practice in this case because the code is 64-bit only
and uses an 'unsigned long'.  But, like I said, I can see that same
vmalloc() being copied-and-pasted or moved to a 32-bit system and
theoretically causing problems in rare scenarios.

I'd probably just drop this patch.
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Patch

diff -u -p a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/main.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/main.c
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/main.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/main.c
@@ -628,7 +628,7 @@  static bool __init sgx_setup_epc_section
 	if (!section->virt_addr)
 		return false;
 
-	section->pages = vmalloc(nr_pages * sizeof(struct sgx_epc_page));
+	section->pages = vmalloc_array(nr_pages, sizeof(struct sgx_epc_page));
 	if (!section->pages) {
 		memunmap(section->virt_addr);
 		return false;