On July 14, 2024 10:04:32 AM PDT, Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>When a software KASAN mode is enabled, the fortify tests emit warnings
>on some architectures.
>
>For example, for ARCH=arm, the combination of CONFIG_FORTIFY_SOURCE=y
>and CONFIG_KASAN=y produces the following warnings:
>
> TEST lib/test_fortify/read_overflow-memchr.log
> warning: unsafe memchr() usage lacked '__read_overflow' warning in lib/test_fortify/read_overflow-memchr.c
> TEST lib/test_fortify/read_overflow-memchr_inv.log
> warning: unsafe memchr_inv() usage lacked '__read_overflow' symbol in lib/test_fortify/read_overflow-memchr_inv.c
> TEST lib/test_fortify/read_overflow-memcmp.log
> warning: unsafe memcmp() usage lacked '__read_overflow' warning in lib/test_fortify/read_overflow-memcmp.c
> TEST lib/test_fortify/read_overflow-memscan.log
> warning: unsafe memscan() usage lacked '__read_overflow' symbol in lib/test_fortify/read_overflow-memscan.c
> TEST lib/test_fortify/read_overflow2-memcmp.log
> warning: unsafe memcmp() usage lacked '__read_overflow2' warning in lib/test_fortify/read_overflow2-memcmp.c
> [ more and more similar warnings... ]
>
>Commit 9c2d1328f88a ("kbuild: provide reasonable defaults for tool
>coverage") removed KASAN flags from non-kernel objects by default.
>It was an intended behavior because lib/test_fortify/*.c are unit
>tests that are not linked to the kernel.
>
>As it turns out, some architectures require -fsanitize=kernel-(hw)address
>to define __SANITIZE_ADDRESS__ for the fortify tests.
>
>Without __SANITIZE_ADDRESS__ defined, arch/arm/include/asm/string.h
>defines __NO_FORTIFY, thus excluding <linux/fortify-string.h>.
>
>This issue does not occur on x86 thanks to commit 4ec4190be4cf
>("kasan, x86: don't rename memintrinsics in uninstrumented files"),
>but there are still some architectures that define __NO_FORTIFY
>in such a situation.
>
>Set KASAN_SANITIZE=y explicitly to the fortify tests.
>
>Fixes: 9c2d1328f88a ("kbuild: provide reasonable defaults for tool coverage")
>Reported-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
>Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/0e8dee26-41cc-41ae-9493-10cd1a8e3268@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
>Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx>
>---
>
>Kees Cook said "I'll try to figure this out", but I have not seen a patch so far,
>so I decided to do this myself.
>(https://lore.kernel.org/all/202405310908.A5733DF@keescook/)
>
>I will send a pull req with this and some other fixes.
>I need to fix this, as v6.10 will be released soon.
Awesome! Thanks for figuring this out; I hadn't had time yet.
Acked-by: Kees Cook<kees@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Kees Cook
