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* [PATCH v5] Documentation/checkpatch: Prefer strscpy/strscpy_pad over strcpy/strlcpy/strncpy
@ 2019-07-17  4:30 NitinGote
  2019-07-22 17:30 ` Kees Cook
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread
From: NitinGote @ 2019-07-17  4:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: joe, corbet; +Cc: akpm, apw, keescook, linux-doc, kernel-hardening, Nitin Gote

From: Nitin Gote <nitin.r.gote@intel.com>

Added check in checkpatch.pl to
1. Deprecate strcpy() in favor of strscpy().
2. Deprecate strlcpy() in favor of strscpy().
3. Deprecate strncpy() in favor of strscpy() or strscpy_pad().

Updated strncpy() section in Documentation/process/deprecated.rst
to cover strscpy_pad() case.

Signed-off-by: Nitin Gote <nitin.r.gote@intel.com>
---
 Documentation/process/deprecated.rst |  6 +++---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl                | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/process/deprecated.rst b/Documentation/process/deprecated.rst
index 49e0f64a3427..c348ef9d44f5 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/deprecated.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/deprecated.rst
@@ -93,9 +93,9 @@ will be NUL terminated. This can lead to various linear read overflows
 and other misbehavior due to the missing termination. It also NUL-pads the
 destination buffer if the source contents are shorter than the destination
 buffer size, which may be a needless performance penalty for callers using
-only NUL-terminated strings. The safe replacement is :c:func:`strscpy`.
-(Users of :c:func:`strscpy` still needing NUL-padding will need an
-explicit :c:func:`memset` added.)
+only NUL-terminated strings. In this case, the safe replacement is
+strscpy(). If, however, the destination buffer still needs NUL-padding,
+the safe replacement is strscpy_pad().

 If a caller is using non-NUL-terminated strings, :c:func:`strncpy()` can
 still be used, but destinations should be marked with the `__nonstring
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index bb28b178d929..1bb12127115d 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -605,6 +605,20 @@ foreach my $entry (keys %deprecated_apis) {
 }
 $deprecated_apis_search = "(?:${deprecated_apis_search})";

+our %deprecated_string_apis = (
+        "strcpy"				=> "strscpy",
+        "strlcpy"				=> "strscpy",
+        "strncpy"				=> "strscpy, strscpy_pad or for non-NUL-terminated strings, strncpy() can still be used, but destinations should be marked with __nonstring",
+);
+
+#Create a search pattern for all these strings apis to speed up a loop below
+our $deprecated_string_apis_search = "";
+foreach my $entry (keys %deprecated_string_apis) {
+        $deprecated_string_apis_search .= '|' if ($deprecated_string_apis_search ne "");
+        $deprecated_string_apis_search .= $entry;
+}
+$deprecated_string_apis_search = "(?:${deprecated_string_apis_search})";
+
 our $mode_perms_world_writable = qr{
 	S_IWUGO		|
 	S_IWOTH		|
@@ -6446,6 +6460,16 @@ sub process {
 			     "Deprecated use of '$deprecated_api', prefer '$new_api' instead\n" . $herecurr);
 		}

+# check for string deprecated apis
+		if ($line =~ /\b($deprecated_string_apis_search)\b\s*\(/) {
+			my $deprecated_string_api = $1;
+			my $new_api = $deprecated_string_apis{$deprecated_string_api};
+			my $msg_level = \&WARN;
+			$msg_level = \&CHK if ($file);
+			&{$msg_level}("DEPRECATED_API",
+				      "Deprecated use of '$deprecated_string_api', prefer '$new_api' instead\n" . $herecurr);
+		}
+
 # check for various structs that are normally const (ops, kgdb, device_tree)
 # and avoid what seem like struct definitions 'struct foo {'
 		if ($line !~ /\bconst\b/ &&
--
2.17.1


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* Re: [PATCH v5] Documentation/checkpatch: Prefer strscpy/strscpy_pad over strcpy/strlcpy/strncpy
  2019-07-17  4:30 [PATCH v5] Documentation/checkpatch: Prefer strscpy/strscpy_pad over strcpy/strlcpy/strncpy NitinGote
@ 2019-07-22 17:30 ` Kees Cook
  2019-07-22 17:40   ` Joe Perches
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread
From: Kees Cook @ 2019-07-22 17:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: NitinGote; +Cc: joe, corbet, akpm, apw, linux-doc, kernel-hardening

On Wed, Jul 17, 2019 at 10:00:05AM +0530, NitinGote wrote:
> From: Nitin Gote <nitin.r.gote@intel.com>
> 
> Added check in checkpatch.pl to
> 1. Deprecate strcpy() in favor of strscpy().
> 2. Deprecate strlcpy() in favor of strscpy().
> 3. Deprecate strncpy() in favor of strscpy() or strscpy_pad().
> 
> Updated strncpy() section in Documentation/process/deprecated.rst
> to cover strscpy_pad() case.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nitin Gote <nitin.r.gote@intel.com>

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>

Joe, does this address your checkpatch concerns?

-Kees

> ---
>  Documentation/process/deprecated.rst |  6 +++---
>  scripts/checkpatch.pl                | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/process/deprecated.rst b/Documentation/process/deprecated.rst
> index 49e0f64a3427..c348ef9d44f5 100644
> --- a/Documentation/process/deprecated.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/process/deprecated.rst
> @@ -93,9 +93,9 @@ will be NUL terminated. This can lead to various linear read overflows
>  and other misbehavior due to the missing termination. It also NUL-pads the
>  destination buffer if the source contents are shorter than the destination
>  buffer size, which may be a needless performance penalty for callers using
> -only NUL-terminated strings. The safe replacement is :c:func:`strscpy`.
> -(Users of :c:func:`strscpy` still needing NUL-padding will need an
> -explicit :c:func:`memset` added.)
> +only NUL-terminated strings. In this case, the safe replacement is
> +strscpy(). If, however, the destination buffer still needs NUL-padding,
> +the safe replacement is strscpy_pad().
> 
>  If a caller is using non-NUL-terminated strings, :c:func:`strncpy()` can
>  still be used, but destinations should be marked with the `__nonstring
> diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> index bb28b178d929..1bb12127115d 100755
> --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> @@ -605,6 +605,20 @@ foreach my $entry (keys %deprecated_apis) {
>  }
>  $deprecated_apis_search = "(?:${deprecated_apis_search})";
> 
> +our %deprecated_string_apis = (
> +        "strcpy"				=> "strscpy",
> +        "strlcpy"				=> "strscpy",
> +        "strncpy"				=> "strscpy, strscpy_pad or for non-NUL-terminated strings, strncpy() can still be used, but destinations should be marked with __nonstring",
> +);
> +
> +#Create a search pattern for all these strings apis to speed up a loop below
> +our $deprecated_string_apis_search = "";
> +foreach my $entry (keys %deprecated_string_apis) {
> +        $deprecated_string_apis_search .= '|' if ($deprecated_string_apis_search ne "");
> +        $deprecated_string_apis_search .= $entry;
> +}
> +$deprecated_string_apis_search = "(?:${deprecated_string_apis_search})";
> +
>  our $mode_perms_world_writable = qr{
>  	S_IWUGO		|
>  	S_IWOTH		|
> @@ -6446,6 +6460,16 @@ sub process {
>  			     "Deprecated use of '$deprecated_api', prefer '$new_api' instead\n" . $herecurr);
>  		}
> 
> +# check for string deprecated apis
> +		if ($line =~ /\b($deprecated_string_apis_search)\b\s*\(/) {
> +			my $deprecated_string_api = $1;
> +			my $new_api = $deprecated_string_apis{$deprecated_string_api};
> +			my $msg_level = \&WARN;
> +			$msg_level = \&CHK if ($file);
> +			&{$msg_level}("DEPRECATED_API",
> +				      "Deprecated use of '$deprecated_string_api', prefer '$new_api' instead\n" . $herecurr);
> +		}
> +
>  # check for various structs that are normally const (ops, kgdb, device_tree)
>  # and avoid what seem like struct definitions 'struct foo {'
>  		if ($line !~ /\bconst\b/ &&
> --
> 2.17.1
> 

-- 
Kees Cook

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* Re: [PATCH v5] Documentation/checkpatch: Prefer strscpy/strscpy_pad over strcpy/strlcpy/strncpy
  2019-07-22 17:30 ` Kees Cook
@ 2019-07-22 17:40   ` Joe Perches
  2019-07-23  9:26     ` Gote, Nitin R
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread
From: Joe Perches @ 2019-07-22 17:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Kees Cook, NitinGote; +Cc: corbet, akpm, apw, linux-doc, kernel-hardening

On Mon, 2019-07-22 at 10:30 -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 17, 2019 at 10:00:05AM +0530, NitinGote wrote:
> > From: Nitin Gote <nitin.r.gote@intel.com>
> > 
> > Added check in checkpatch.pl to
> > 1. Deprecate strcpy() in favor of strscpy().
> > 2. Deprecate strlcpy() in favor of strscpy().
> > 3. Deprecate strncpy() in favor of strscpy() or strscpy_pad().
> > 
> > Updated strncpy() section in Documentation/process/deprecated.rst
> > to cover strscpy_pad() case.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Nitin Gote <nitin.r.gote@intel.com>
> 
> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
> 
> Joe, does this address your checkpatch concerns?

Well, kinda.

strscpy_pad isn't used anywhere in the kernel.

And

+        "strncpy"				=> "strscpy, strscpy_pad or for non-NUL-terminated strings, strncpy() can still be used, but destinations should be marked with __nonstring",

is a bit verbose.  This could be simply:

+        "strncpy" => "strscpy - for non-NUL-terminated uses, strncpy() dst should be __nonstring",

And I still prefer adding stracpy as it
reduces code verbosity and eliminates defects.



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* RE: [PATCH v5] Documentation/checkpatch: Prefer strscpy/strscpy_pad over strcpy/strlcpy/strncpy
  2019-07-22 17:40   ` Joe Perches
@ 2019-07-23  9:26     ` Gote, Nitin R
  2019-07-24 18:17       ` Gote, Nitin R
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread
From: Gote, Nitin R @ 2019-07-23  9:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Joe Perches, Kees Cook; +Cc: corbet, akpm, apw, linux-doc, kernel-hardening


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe Perches [mailto:joe@perches.com]
> Sent: Monday, July 22, 2019 11:11 PM
> To: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>; Gote, Nitin R
> <nitin.r.gote@intel.com>
> Cc: corbet@lwn.net; akpm@linux-foundation.org; apw@canonical.com;
> linux-doc@vger.kernel.org; kernel-hardening@lists.openwall.com
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v5] Documentation/checkpatch: Prefer
> strscpy/strscpy_pad over strcpy/strlcpy/strncpy
> 
> On Mon, 2019-07-22 at 10:30 -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> > On Wed, Jul 17, 2019 at 10:00:05AM +0530, NitinGote wrote:
> > > From: Nitin Gote <nitin.r.gote@intel.com>
> > >
> > > Added check in checkpatch.pl to
> > > 1. Deprecate strcpy() in favor of strscpy().
> > > 2. Deprecate strlcpy() in favor of strscpy().
> > > 3. Deprecate strncpy() in favor of strscpy() or strscpy_pad().
> > >
> > > Updated strncpy() section in Documentation/process/deprecated.rst
> > > to cover strscpy_pad() case.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Nitin Gote <nitin.r.gote@intel.com>
> >
> > Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
> >
> > Joe, does this address your checkpatch concerns?
> 
> Well, kinda.
> 
> strscpy_pad isn't used anywhere in the kernel.
> 
> And
> 
> +        "strncpy"				=> "strscpy, strscpy_pad or for non-
> NUL-terminated strings, strncpy() can still be used, but destinations should
> be marked with __nonstring",
> 
> is a bit verbose.  This could be simply:
> 
> +        "strncpy" => "strscpy - for non-NUL-terminated uses, strncpy() dst
> should be __nonstring",
> 

But, if the destination buffer needs extra NUL-padding for remaining size of destination, 
then safe replacement is strscpy_pad().  Right?  If yes, then what is your opinion on below change :

        "strncpy" => "strscpy, strcpy_pad - for non-NUL-terminated uses, strncpy() dst
should be __nonstring",


> And I still prefer adding stracpy as it
> reduces code verbosity and eliminates defects.
> 

-Nitin

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* RE: [PATCH v5] Documentation/checkpatch: Prefer strscpy/strscpy_pad over strcpy/strlcpy/strncpy
  2019-07-23  9:26     ` Gote, Nitin R
@ 2019-07-24 18:17       ` Gote, Nitin R
  2019-07-24 18:29         ` Joe Perches
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread
From: Gote, Nitin R @ 2019-07-24 18:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Joe Perches, Kees Cook; +Cc: corbet, akpm, apw, linux-doc, kernel-hardening

Hi,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gote, Nitin R [mailto:nitin.r.gote@intel.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2019 2:56 PM
> To: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>; Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
> Cc: corbet@lwn.net; akpm@linux-foundation.org; apw@canonical.com;
> linux-doc@vger.kernel.org; kernel-hardening@lists.openwall.com
> Subject: RE: [PATCH v5] Documentation/checkpatch: Prefer
> strscpy/strscpy_pad over strcpy/strlcpy/strncpy
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Joe Perches [mailto:joe@perches.com]
> > Sent: Monday, July 22, 2019 11:11 PM
> > To: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>; Gote, Nitin R
> > <nitin.r.gote@intel.com>
> > Cc: corbet@lwn.net; akpm@linux-foundation.org; apw@canonical.com;
> > linux-doc@vger.kernel.org; kernel-hardening@lists.openwall.com
> > Subject: Re: [PATCH v5] Documentation/checkpatch: Prefer
> > strscpy/strscpy_pad over strcpy/strlcpy/strncpy
> >
> > On Mon, 2019-07-22 at 10:30 -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> > > On Wed, Jul 17, 2019 at 10:00:05AM +0530, NitinGote wrote:
> > > > From: Nitin Gote <nitin.r.gote@intel.com>
> > > >
> > > > Added check in checkpatch.pl to
> > > > 1. Deprecate strcpy() in favor of strscpy().
> > > > 2. Deprecate strlcpy() in favor of strscpy().
> > > > 3. Deprecate strncpy() in favor of strscpy() or strscpy_pad().
> > > >
> > > > Updated strncpy() section in Documentation/process/deprecated.rst
> > > > to cover strscpy_pad() case.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Nitin Gote <nitin.r.gote@intel.com>
> > >
> > > Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
> > >
> > > Joe, does this address your checkpatch concerns?
> >
> > Well, kinda.
> >
> > strscpy_pad isn't used anywhere in the kernel.
> >
> > And
> >
> > +        "strncpy"				=> "strscpy, strscpy_pad or
> for non-
> > NUL-terminated strings, strncpy() can still be used, but destinations
> > should be marked with __nonstring",
> >
> > is a bit verbose.  This could be simply:
> >
> > +        "strncpy" => "strscpy - for non-NUL-terminated uses,
> > + strncpy() dst
> > should be __nonstring",
> >
>

Could you please give your opinion on below comment.
 
> But, if the destination buffer needs extra NUL-padding for remaining size of
> destination, then safe replacement is strscpy_pad().  Right?  If yes, then what
> is your opinion on below change :
> 
>         "strncpy" => "strscpy, strcpy_pad - for non-NUL-terminated uses,
> strncpy() dst should be __nonstring",
> 
> 

If you agree on this, then I will include this change in next patch version.
 
 > -Nitin

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* Re: [PATCH v5] Documentation/checkpatch: Prefer strscpy/strscpy_pad over strcpy/strlcpy/strncpy
  2019-07-24 18:17       ` Gote, Nitin R
@ 2019-07-24 18:29         ` Joe Perches
  2019-07-25  7:26           ` Gote, Nitin R
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread
From: Joe Perches @ 2019-07-24 18:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Gote, Nitin R, Kees Cook; +Cc: corbet, akpm, apw, linux-doc, kernel-hardening

On Wed, 2019-07-24 at 18:17 +0000, Gote, Nitin R wrote:
> Hi,

Hi again.

[]
> > > > > 3. Deprecate strncpy() in favor of strscpy() or strscpy_pad().

Please remember there does not exist a single actual use
of strscpy_pad in the kernel sources and no apparent real
need for it.  I don't find one anyway.

> Could you please give your opinion on below comment.
>  
> > But, if the destination buffer needs extra NUL-padding for remaining size of
> > destination, then safe replacement is strscpy_pad().  Right?  If yes, then what
> > is your opinion on below change :
> > 
> >         "strncpy" => "strscpy, strcpy_pad - for non-NUL-terminated uses,
> > strncpy() dst should be __nonstring",
> > 
> If you agree on this, then I will include this change in next patch version.

Two things:

The kernel-doc documentation uses dest not dst.
I think stracpy should be preferred over strscpy.



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* RE: [PATCH v5] Documentation/checkpatch: Prefer strscpy/strscpy_pad over strcpy/strlcpy/strncpy
  2019-07-24 18:29         ` Joe Perches
@ 2019-07-25  7:26           ` Gote, Nitin R
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: Gote, Nitin R @ 2019-07-25  7:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Joe Perches, Kees Cook; +Cc: corbet, akpm, apw, linux-doc, kernel-hardening


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe Perches [mailto:joe@perches.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2019 11:59 PM
> To: Gote, Nitin R <nitin.r.gote@intel.com>; Kees Cook
> <keescook@chromium.org>
> Cc: corbet@lwn.net; akpm@linux-foundation.org; apw@canonical.com;
> linux-doc@vger.kernel.org; kernel-hardening@lists.openwall.com
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v5] Documentation/checkpatch: Prefer
> strscpy/strscpy_pad over strcpy/strlcpy/strncpy
> 
> On Wed, 2019-07-24 at 18:17 +0000, Gote, Nitin R wrote:
> > Hi,
> 
> Hi again.
> 
> []
> > > > > > 3. Deprecate strncpy() in favor of strscpy() or strscpy_pad().
> 
> Please remember there does not exist a single actual use of strscpy_pad in
> the kernel sources and no apparent real need for it.  I don't find one anyway.
>

Thanks for clarification. I will remove strscpy_pad() from patch. 

> > Could you please give your opinion on below comment.
> >
> > > But, if the destination buffer needs extra NUL-padding for remaining
> > > size of destination, then safe replacement is strscpy_pad().  Right?
> > > If yes, then what is your opinion on below change :
> > >
> > >         "strncpy" => "strscpy, strcpy_pad - for non-NUL-terminated
> > > uses,
> > > strncpy() dst should be __nonstring",
> > >
> > If you agree on this, then I will include this change in next patch version.
> 
> Two things:
> 
> The kernel-doc documentation uses dest not dst.

Noted. I will correct this.

> I think stracpy should be preferred over strscpy.
> 

Agreed. 
I will use stracpy() instead of strscpy().

Thanks,
Nitin
  



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