On Thu, 30 Sep 2021 15:27:00 -0700 Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > As already done in GrapheneOS, add the __alloc_size attribute for regular > kmalloc interfaces, to provide additional hinting for better bounds > checking, assisting CONFIG_FORTIFY_SOURCE and other compiler > optimizations. x86_64 allmodconfig: In file included from ./arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h:7, from ./include/linux/preempt.h:78, from ./include/linux/spinlock.h:55, from ./include/linux/mmzone.h:8, from ./include/linux/gfp.h:6, from ./include/linux/mm.h:10, from ./include/linux/mman.h:5, from lib/test_kasan_module.c:10: In function 'check_copy_size', inlined from 'copy_user_test' at ./include/linux/uaccess.h:191:6: ./include/linux/thread_info.h:213:4: error: call to '__bad_copy_to' declared with attribute error: copy destination size is too small 213 | __bad_copy_to(); | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In function 'check_copy_size', inlined from 'copy_user_test' at ./include/linux/uaccess.h:199:6: ./include/linux/thread_info.h:211:4: error: call to '__bad_copy_from' declared with attribute error: copy source size is too small 211 | __bad_copy_from(); | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ make[1]: *** [lib/test_kasan_module.o] Error 1 make: *** [lib] Error 2