From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
To: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Cc: Alexander Popov <alex.popov@linux.com>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>,
Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] gcc-plugins/stackleak: Exactly match strings instead of prefixes
Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2022 10:34:11 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAHk-=wg5oaiJty+pCLd7aS3c-86=JDvF_vuaUvyq+Yo6+cKhyg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20220206174508.2425076-3-keescook@chromium.org>
On Sun, Feb 6, 2022 at 9:45 AM Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> wrote:
>
> + return !strncmp(TREE_STRING_POINTER(node), string, length);
Why is this "strncmp()"? That makes no sense when you've just checked
the exact lengths of both sides.
You're not comparing strings any more, you've already checked the end
of the string - you are comparing memory contents.
So make it just do a "memcmp()".
> +#define STRING_EQUAL(node, str) string_equal(node, str, strlen(str))
.. and please change this name too, since it's not comparing two
strings. The first argument is something else entirely.
It's checking the node value of a section, give it some name related to that.
I do also get the feeling that the nodes should actually be checked to
be a STRING_CST rather than these blind TREE_VALUE() following things,
but I don't really know the rules for gcc plugin internals very well -
or at all, really.
Linus
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-02-06 18:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-02-06 17:45 [PATCH 0/3] gcc-plugins/stackleak: Ignore .noinstr.text and .entry.text Kees Cook
2022-02-06 17:45 ` [PATCH 1/3] gcc-plugins/stackleak: Provide verbose mode Kees Cook
2022-02-06 17:45 ` [PATCH 2/3] gcc-plugins/stackleak: Exactly match strings instead of prefixes Kees Cook
2022-02-06 18:34 ` Linus Torvalds [this message]
2022-02-06 18:49 ` Kees Cook
2022-02-06 17:45 ` [PATCH 3/3] gcc-plugins/stackleak: Ignore .noinstr.text and .entry.text Kees Cook
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