Re: [PATCHv2 00/13] Improve libfdt's memory safety

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On 12/6/18 12:21 pm, David Gibson wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 08, 2018 at 04:10:04PM +1000, Alexey Kardashevskiy wrote:
>> On 7/6/18 7:37 pm, David Gibson wrote:
>>> On Thu, Jun 07, 2018 at 04:21:48PM +1000, Alexey Kardashevskiy wrote:
>>>> On 4/6/18 11:13 pm, David Gibson wrote:
>>>>> On Sun, May 27, 2018 at 08:24:53PM -0600, Simon Glass wrote:
>>>>>> Hi David,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 12 April 2018 at 16:23, David Gibson <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Thu, Apr 12, 2018 at 11:28:49AM -0600, Simon Glass wrote:
>>>>>>>> Hi David,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 11 April 2018 at 22:52, David Gibson <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> It's always been a design goal of libfdt that it should be safe to
>>>>>>>>> use, even on a badly corrupted fdt image.  "Safe" here meaning that it
>>>>>>>>> should never access memory outside the blob's stated boundaries.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> The existing code is pretty good about this with regards to accesses
>>>>>>>>> to the structure block, thanks to the fdt_offset_ptr() helper
>>>>>>>>> function.  However, accesses to the strings and memory reservation
>>>>>>>>> blocks were less careful and could easily lead to wild pointer
>>>>>>>>> dereferences in the case of a bad blob.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> This series makes a number of improvements to libfdt safety, capping
>>>>>>>>> it off with a new fdt_check_full() function which acts like an "fsck"
>>>>>>>>> for fdt blobs.  Along the way we make some other cleanups.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Changes since v1:
>>>>>>>>>   * Assorted minor polishes based on review comments
>>>>>>>>>   * Added an extra patch to clean up sequential write mode state
>>>>>>>>>     checking
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> David Gibson (13):
>>>>>>>>>   libfdt: Clean up header checking functions
>>>>>>>>>   libfdt: Improve sequential write state checking
>>>>>>>>>   libfdt: Make fdt_check_header() more thorough
>>>>>>>>>   libfdt: Safer access to strings section
>>>>>>>>>   libfdt: Propagate name errors in fdt_getprop_by_offset()
>>>>>>>>>   libfdt: Safer access to memory reservations
>>>>>>>>>   Consolidate utilfdt_read_len() variants
>>>>>>>>>   libfdt: Add fdt_header_size()
>>>>>>>>>   Use size_t for blob lengths in utilfdt_read*
>>>>>>>>>   tests: Remove unused #define
>>>>>>>>>   tests: Better handling of valgrind errors saving blobs
>>>>>>>>>   tests: Use valgrind client requests for better checking
>>>>>>>>>   libfdt: Add fdt_check_full() function
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>  fdtdump.c                  |   4 +-
>>>>>>>>>  fdtget.c                   |   2 +-
>>>>>>>>>  fdtoverlay.c               |   6 +-
>>>>>>>>>  fdtput.c                   |   2 +-
>>>>>>>>>  libfdt/fdt.c               |  76 +++++++++++++++++-
>>>>>>>>>  libfdt/fdt_overlay.c       |   6 +-
>>>>>>>>>  libfdt/fdt_ro.c            | 189 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
>>>>>>>>>  libfdt/fdt_rw.c            |  28 +++----
>>>>>>>>>  libfdt/fdt_sw.c            |  97 ++++++++++++++++++-----
>>>>>>>>>  libfdt/libfdt.h            |  35 ++++++++-
>>>>>>>>>  libfdt/libfdt_env.h        |   1 +
>>>>>>>>>  libfdt/libfdt_internal.h   |   5 +-
>>>>>>>>>  libfdt/version.lds         |   2 +-
>>>>>>>>>  tests/.gitignore           |   5 ++
>>>>>>>>>  tests/Makefile.tests       |   6 +-
>>>>>>>>>  tests/check_full.c         |  63 +++++++++++++++
>>>>>>>>>  tests/check_header.c       | 128 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>>>>>>>  tests/dumptrees.c          |   2 +
>>>>>>>>>  tests/mangle-layout.c      |   8 +-
>>>>>>>>>  tests/mangle-layout.supp   |   7 --
>>>>>>>>>  tests/open_pack.supp       |   7 --
>>>>>>>>>  tests/run_tests.sh         |  14 ++++
>>>>>>>>>  tests/sw_states.c          | 140 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>>>>>>>  tests/sw_tree1.supp        |  18 -----
>>>>>>>>>  tests/testdata.h           |   2 +
>>>>>>>>>  tests/tests.h              |   1 +
>>>>>>>>>  tests/testutils.c          |  78 +++++++++++++++++--
>>>>>>>>>  tests/trees.S              |  46 +++++++++++
>>>>>>>>>  tests/truncated_memrsv.c   |  63 +++++++++++++++
>>>>>>>>>  tests/truncated_property.c |   2 +
>>>>>>>>>  tests/truncated_string.c   |  81 +++++++++++++++++++
>>>>>>>>>  util.c                     |  23 ++----
>>>>>>>>>  util.h                     |  20 +----
>>>>>>>>>  33 files changed, 1016 insertions(+), 151 deletions(-)
>>>>>>>>>  create mode 100644 tests/check_full.c
>>>>>>>>>  create mode 100644 tests/check_header.c
>>>>>>>>>  delete mode 100644 tests/mangle-layout.supp
>>>>>>>>>  delete mode 100644 tests/open_pack.supp
>>>>>>>>>  create mode 100644 tests/sw_states.c
>>>>>>>>>  delete mode 100644 tests/sw_tree1.supp
>>>>>>>>>  create mode 100644 tests/truncated_memrsv.c
>>>>>>>>>  create mode 100644 tests/truncated_string.c
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Is there a patchwork client I can use to try these patches please, or
>>>>>>>> a git tree somewhere? For some reason I cannot find it.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> There's no patchwork, but you can get the git tree at
>>>>>>> https://github.com/dgibson/dtc/tree/safety
>>>>>>
>>>>>> OK thank you.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It is probably best that you apply this and I will see if I can take a
>>>>>> look at cutting the size back afterwards.
>>>>>
>>>>> Ok, will do.
>>>>>
>>>>>> How about something like:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> static inline fdt_do_checks(void)
>>>>>> {
>>>>>> #ifdef FDT_MINIMAL
>>>>>>    return false;
>>>>>> #else
>>>>>>    return true;
>>>>>> #endif
>>>>>> }
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Then, in various places:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> if (fdt_do_checks() && check_something())
>>>>>>    return -FDT_ERR_...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I suppose we could add more options, but the main one from my side is
>>>>>> to remove all sanity / safety checks for minimal code size.
>>>>>
>>>>> Seems reasonable.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Are you pushing the updated dtc any time soon then?
>>>
>>> I just did.
>>
>>
>> I was rather asking about dtc submodule update in qemu, it is not there yet:
>>
>> [vpl1 qemu]$ git submodule status dtc
>>  e54388015af1fb4bf04d0bca99caba1074d9cc42 dtc (v1.4.6)
> 
> Oh, right.  Any particular things you're looking for in it?


The fdt_check_full() function to check the FDT I build in SLOF and pass
back to QEMU for PHB hotplug which wants to know the actual XICS phandle value.



-- 
Alexey
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