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From: Daniel Axtens <dja@axtens.net>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org,
	akpm@linux-foundation.org, kasan-dev@googlegroups.com
Cc: dvyukov@google.com, christophe.leroy@c-s.fr,
	Daniel Axtens <dja@axtens.net>
Subject: [PATCH v4 0/2] Fix some incompatibilites between KASAN and FORTIFY_SOURCE
Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2020 00:55:19 +1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200424145521.8203-1-dja@axtens.net> (raw)

3 KASAN self-tests fail on a kernel with both KASAN and FORTIFY_SOURCE:
memchr, memcmp and strlen. I have observed this on x86 and powerpc.

When FORTIFY_SOURCE is on, a number of functions are replaced with
fortified versions, which attempt to check the sizes of the
operands. However, these functions often directly invoke __builtin_foo()
once they have performed the fortify check.

This breaks things in 2 ways:

 - the three function calls are technically dead code, and can be
   eliminated. When __builtin_ versions are used, the compiler can detect
   this.

 - Using __builtins may bypass KASAN checks if the compiler decides to
   inline it's own implementation as sequence of instructions, rather than
   emit a function call that goes out to a KASAN-instrumented
   implementation.

The patches address each reason in turn.

v4: Drop patch 3, it turns out I created that issue in patch 1!
    Include David's Tested-by.

v3: resend with Reviewed-bys, hopefully for inclusion in 5.8.

v2: - some cleanups, don't mess with arch code as I missed some wrinkles.
    - add stack array init (patch 3)

Daniel Axtens (2):
  kasan: stop tests being eliminated as dead code with FORTIFY_SOURCE
  string.h: fix incompatibility between FORTIFY_SOURCE and KASAN

 include/linux/string.h | 60 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
 lib/test_kasan.c       | 29 +++++++++++++-------
 2 files changed, 67 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)

-- 
2.20.1



             reply	other threads:[~2020-04-24 14:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-04-24 14:55 Daniel Axtens [this message]
2020-04-24 14:55 ` [PATCH v4 1/2] kasan: stop tests being eliminated as dead code with FORTIFY_SOURCE Daniel Axtens
2020-04-24 14:55 ` [PATCH v4 2/2] string.h: fix incompatibility between FORTIFY_SOURCE and KASAN Daniel Axtens

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