From: Kees Cook > Sent: 24 February 2022 06:04 > > Under CONFIG_HARDENED_USERCOPY=y, when exact stack frame boundary checking > is not available (i.e. everything except x86 with FRAME_POINTER), check > a stack object as being at least "current depth valid", in the sense > that any object within the stack region but not between start-of-stack > and current_stack_pointer should be considered unavailable (i.e. its > lifetime is from a call no longer present on the stack). > ... > diff --git a/mm/usercopy.c b/mm/usercopy.c > index d0d268135d96..5d28725af95f 100644 > --- a/mm/usercopy.c > +++ b/mm/usercopy.c > @@ -22,6 +22,30 @@ > #include <asm/sections.h> > #include "slab.h" > > +/* > + * Only called if obj is within stack/stackend bounds. Determine if within > + * current stack depth. > + */ > +static inline int check_stack_object_depth(const void *obj, > + unsigned long len) > +{ > +#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_CURRENT_STACK_POINTER > +#ifndef CONFIG_STACK_GROWSUP Pointless negation > + const void * const high = stackend; > + const void * const low = (void *)current_stack_pointer; > +#else > + const void * const high = (void *)current_stack_pointer; > + const void * const low = stack; > +#endif > + > + /* Reject: object not within current stack depth. */ > + if (obj < low || high < obj + len) > + return BAD_STACK; > + > +#endif > + return GOOD_STACK; > +} If the comment at the top of the function is correct then only a single test for the correct end of the buffer against the current stack pointer is needed. Something like: #ifdef CONFIG_STACK_GROWSUP if ((void *)current_stack_pointer < obj + len) return BAD_STACK; #else if (obj < (void *)current_stack_pointer) return BAD_STACK; #endif return GOOD_STACK; Although it may depend on exactly where the stack pointer points to - especially for GROWSUP. David - Registered Address Lakeside, Bramley Road, Mount Farm, Milton Keynes, MK1 1PT, UK Registration No: 1397386 (Wales)