On Wed, Jul 28, 2021 at 02:45:55PM -0700, Bart Van Assche wrote:
> On 7/27/21 1:58 PM, Kees Cook wrote:
> > In preparation for FORTIFY_SOURCE performing compile-time and run-time
> > field bounds checking for memset(), avoid intentionally writing across
> > neighboring fields.
> >
> > Add a struct_group() for the algs so that memset() can correctly reason
> > about the size.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c | 3 ++-
> > drivers/block/drbd/drbd_protocol.h | 6 ++++--
> > drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c | 3 ++-
> > 3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
> > index 55234a558e98..b824679cfcb2 100644
> > --- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
> > +++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
> > @@ -729,7 +729,8 @@ int drbd_send_sync_param(struct drbd_peer_device *peer_device)
> > cmd = apv >= 89 ? P_SYNC_PARAM89 : P_SYNC_PARAM;
> > /* initialize verify_alg and csums_alg */
> > - memset(p->verify_alg, 0, 2 * SHARED_SECRET_MAX);
> > + BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(p->algs) != 2 * SHARED_SECRET_MAX);
> > + memset(&p->algs, 0, sizeof(p->algs));
> > if (get_ldev(peer_device->device)) {
> > dc = rcu_dereference(peer_device->device->ldev->disk_conf);
> > diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_protocol.h b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_protocol.h
> > index dea59c92ecc1..a882b65ab5d2 100644
> > --- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_protocol.h
> > +++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_protocol.h
> > @@ -283,8 +283,10 @@ struct p_rs_param_89 {
> > struct p_rs_param_95 {
> > u32 resync_rate;
> > - char verify_alg[SHARED_SECRET_MAX];
> > - char csums_alg[SHARED_SECRET_MAX];
> > + struct_group(algs,
> > + char verify_alg[SHARED_SECRET_MAX];
> > + char csums_alg[SHARED_SECRET_MAX];
> > + );
> > u32 c_plan_ahead;
> > u32 c_delay_target;
> > u32 c_fill_target;
> > diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
> > index 1f740e42e457..6df2539e215b 100644
> > --- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
> > +++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
> > @@ -3921,7 +3921,8 @@ static int receive_SyncParam(struct drbd_connection *connection, struct packet_i
> > /* initialize verify_alg and csums_alg */
> > p = pi->data;
> > - memset(p->verify_alg, 0, 2 * SHARED_SECRET_MAX);
> > + BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(p->algs) != 2 * SHARED_SECRET_MAX);
> > + memset(&p->algs, 0, sizeof(p->algs));
>
> Using struct_group() introduces complexity. Has it been considered not to
> modify struct p_rs_param_95 and instead to use two memset() calls instead of
> one (one memset() call per member)?
I went this direction because using two memset()s (or memcpy()s in other
patches) changes the machine code. It's not much of a change, but it
seems easier to justify "no binary changes" via the use of struct_group().
If splitting the memset() is preferred, I can totally do that instead.
:)
-Kees
--
Kees Cook
