On Mon, Jan 29, 2024 at 09:16:36PM +0100, Rasmus Villemoes wrote:
> On 29/01/2024 19.34, Kees Cook wrote:
> > This allows replacements of the idioms "var += offset" and "var -= offset"
> > with the inc_wrap() and dec_wrap() helpers respectively. They will avoid
> > wrap-around sanitizer instrumentation.
> >
> > Cc: Rasmus Villemoes <[email protected]>
> > Cc: Mark Rutland <[email protected]>
> > Cc: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <[email protected]>
> > Cc: [email protected]
> > Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <[email protected]>
> > ---
> > include/linux/overflow.h | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/include/linux/overflow.h b/include/linux/overflow.h
> > index 4f945e9e7881..080b18b84498 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/overflow.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/overflow.h
> > @@ -138,6 +138,22 @@ static inline bool __must_check
> > __must_check_overflow(bool overflow)
> > __sum; \
> > })
> >
> > +/**
> > + * add_wrap() - Intentionally perform a wrapping increment
>
> inc_wrap
Thanks, fixed.
>
> > + * @a: variable to be incremented
> > + * @b: amount to add
> > + *
> > + * Increments @a by @b with wrap-around. Returns the resulting
> > + * value of @a. Will not trip any wrap-around sanitizers.
> > + */
> > +#define inc_wrap(var, offset) \
> > + ({ \
> > + if (check_add_overflow(var, offset, &var)) { \
> > + /* do nothing */ \
> > + } \
> > + var; \
>
> Hm. I wonder if multiple evaluations of var could be a problem.
I am normally defensive about this, but due to @a normally being an
lvalue, I lacked the imagination to think of other side-effects, but
you've set me straight below.
> Obviously never if var is actually some automatic variable, nor if it is
> some simple foo->bar expression. But nothing really prevents var from
> being, say, foo[gimme_an_index()] or something similarly convoluted.
>
> Does the compiler generate ok code if one does
>
> typeof(var) *__pvar = &(var);
> if (check_add_overflow(*__pvar, offset, __pvar)) {}
> *__pvar;
>
> [in fact, does it even generate code, i.e. does it compile?]
>
> I dunno, maybe it's overkill to worry about.
Yeah, an index-fetch is a great example that would get lost here. I've
updated these to be defined in terms of add/sub_wrap() and to use your
pointer typing method to avoid side-effects.
--
Kees Cook
