Re: linux-next: build failure after merge of the kspp tree

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On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 10:09:54AM +1100, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> After merging the kspp tree, today's linux-next build (x86_64
> allmodconfig) failed like this:
> 
> In file included from include/linux/string.h:253,
>                  from include/linux/bitmap.h:11,
>                  from include/linux/cpumask.h:12,
>                  from arch/x86/include/asm/cpumask.h:5,
>                  from arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h:11,
>                  from arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h:22,
>                  from arch/x86/include/asm/timex.h:5,
>                  from include/linux/timex.h:65,
>                  from include/linux/time32.h:13,
>                  from include/linux/time.h:60,
>                  from include/linux/skbuff.h:15,
>                  from include/linux/tcp.h:17,
>                  from drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tx.c:33:
> In function 'fortify_memcpy_chk',
>     inlined from 'mlx5e_insert_vlan' at drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tx.c:211:2,
>     inlined from 'mlx5e_sq_xmit_wqe' at drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tx.c:496:4:
> include/linux/fortify-string.h:325:25: error: call to '__write_overflow_field' declared with attribute warning: detected write beyond size of field (1st parameter); maybe use struct_group()? [-Werror=attribute-warning]
>   325 |                         __write_overflow_field(p_size_field, size);
>       |                         ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

This should be fixed by:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-hardening/20220124172242.2410996-1-keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx/
(I was expecting this to be in netdev by now.)

> In file included from include/linux/string.h:253,
>                  from include/linux/bitmap.h:11,
>                  from include/linux/cpumask.h:12,
>                  from arch/x86/include/asm/cpumask.h:5,
>                  from arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h:11,
>                  from arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h:22,
>                  from arch/x86/include/asm/timex.h:5,
>                  from include/linux/timex.h:65,
>                  from include/linux/time32.h:13,
>                  from include/linux/time.h:60,
>                  from include/linux/ktime.h:24,
>                  from include/linux/timer.h:6,
>                  from include/linux/netdevice.h:24,
>                  from include/trace/events/xdp.h:8,
>                  from include/linux/bpf_trace.h:5,
>                  from drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/xdp.c:33:
> In function 'fortify_memcpy_chk',
>     inlined from 'mlx5e_xmit_xdp_frame' at drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/xdp.c:344:3:
> include/linux/fortify-string.h:325:25: error: call to '__write_overflow_field' declared with attribute warning: detected write beyond size of field (1st parameter); maybe use struct_group()? [-Werror=attribute-warning]
>   325 |                         __write_overflow_field(p_size_field, size);
>       |                         ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

This should be fixed in:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-hardening/20220124172028.2410761-1-keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx/
(Again, this was expected to be in netdev by now.)

> Caused by various commits in the mlx5 driver interacting with the new
> memcpy checking.
> 
> I have disabled CONFIG_MLX5_CORE_EN for today while this gets sorted
> out properly.

Thanks!

-Kees

-- 
Kees Cook



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