On Fri, Mar 03, 2023 at 04:19:51PM +0100, Alexander Lobakin wrote: > From: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2023 14:49:50 -0800 > > > Under CONFIG_FORTIFY_SOURCE, memcpy() will check the size of destination > > and source buffers. Defining kernel_headers_data as "char" would trip > > this check. Since these addresses are treated as byte arrays, define > > them as arrays (as done everywhere else). > > Yet another array-as-one-char, I wonder how many are still here... Yeah, good point. They do tend to stand out; we could find them: $ git grep 'extern char [^\*\[\( ]*;' arch/alpha/boot/bootp.c:extern char _end; arch/alpha/boot/bootpz.c:extern char _end; arch/alpha/boot/main.c: extern char _end; arch/arm/mach-rockchip/core.h:extern char rockchip_secondary_trampoline; arch/arm/mach-rockchip/core.h:extern char rockchip_secondary_trampoline_end; arch/arm/mach-zynq/common.h:extern char zynq_secondary_trampoline; arch/arm/mach-zynq/common.h:extern char zynq_secondary_trampoline_jump; arch/arm/mach-zynq/common.h:extern char zynq_secondary_trampoline_end; arch/hexagon/include/uapi/asm/setup.h:extern char external_cmdline_buffer; arch/ia64/include/asm/smp.h:extern char no_int_routing; arch/ia64/kernel/process.c: extern char ia64_ret_from_clone; arch/mips/dec/prom/memory.c: extern char genexcept_early; arch/mips/kernel/traps.c: extern char except_vec3_generic; arch/mips/kernel/traps.c: extern char except_vec4; arch/mips/kernel/traps.c: extern char except_vec3_r4000; arch/mips/mm/c-octeon.c: extern char except_vec2_octeon; arch/parisc/boot/compressed/misc.c:extern char output_len; arch/parisc/boot/compressed/misc.c:extern char _startcode_end; arch/powerpc/include/asm/smp.h:extern char __secondary_hold; arch/s390/include/asm/kvm_host.h:extern char sie_exit; arch/sh/boards/mach-ap325rxa/setup.c:extern char ap325rxa_sdram_enter_start; arch/sh/boards/mach-ap325rxa/setup.c:extern char ap325rxa_sdram_enter_end; arch/sh/boards/mach-ap325rxa/setup.c:extern char ap325rxa_sdram_leave_start; arch/sh/boards/mach-ap325rxa/setup.c:extern char ap325rxa_sdram_leave_end; arch/sh/boards/mach-ecovec24/setup.c:extern char ecovec24_sdram_enter_start; arch/sh/boards/mach-ecovec24/setup.c:extern char ecovec24_sdram_enter_end; arch/sh/boards/mach-ecovec24/setup.c:extern char ecovec24_sdram_leave_start; arch/sh/boards/mach-ecovec24/setup.c:extern char ecovec24_sdram_leave_end; arch/sh/boards/mach-kfr2r09/setup.c:extern char kfr2r09_sdram_enter_start; arch/sh/boards/mach-kfr2r09/setup.c:extern char kfr2r09_sdram_enter_end; arch/sh/boards/mach-kfr2r09/setup.c:extern char kfr2r09_sdram_leave_start; arch/sh/boards/mach-kfr2r09/setup.c:extern char kfr2r09_sdram_leave_end; arch/sh/boards/mach-migor/setup.c:extern char migor_sdram_enter_start; arch/sh/boards/mach-migor/setup.c:extern char migor_sdram_enter_end; arch/sh/boards/mach-migor/setup.c:extern char migor_sdram_leave_start; arch/sh/boards/mach-migor/setup.c:extern char migor_sdram_leave_end; arch/sh/boards/mach-se/7724/setup.c:extern char ms7724se_sdram_enter_start; arch/sh/boards/mach-se/7724/setup.c:extern char ms7724se_sdram_enter_end; arch/sh/boards/mach-se/7724/setup.c:extern char ms7724se_sdram_leave_start; arch/sh/boards/mach-se/7724/setup.c:extern char ms7724se_sdram_leave_end; arch/sh/kernel/cpu/shmobile/pm.c:extern char sh_mobile_sleep_enter_start; arch/sh/kernel/cpu/shmobile/pm.c:extern char sh_mobile_sleep_enter_end; arch/sh/kernel/cpu/shmobile/pm.c:extern char sh_mobile_sleep_resume_start; arch/sh/kernel/cpu/shmobile/pm.c:extern char sh_mobile_sleep_resume_end; arch/x86/entry/vsyscall/vsyscall_64.c: extern char __vsyscall_page; arch/x86/include/asm/vvar.h:extern char __vvar_page; kernel/configs.c:extern char kernel_config_data; kernel/configs.c:extern char kernel_config_data_end; net/bpfilter/bpfilter_kern.c:extern char bpfilter_umh_start; net/bpfilter/bpfilter_kern.c:extern char bpfilter_umh_end; samples/bpf/task_fd_query_user.c: extern char __executable_start; tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/aarch64/processor.c: extern char vectors; tools/testing/selftests/x86/test_syscall_vdso.c:extern char int80; Of those, it looks like only a handful might trip FORTIFY: $ for i in $(git grep 'extern char [^\*\[\( ]*;' | grep -v boot/ | awk -F' ' '{print $NF}' | cut -d';' -f1); do git grep -E '(strcpy|memcpy|memset).*'"$i",; done arch/arm/mach-rockchip/platsmp.c: memcpy_toio(sram_base_addr, &rockchip_secondary_trampoline, trampoline_sz); arch/arm/mach-zynq/platsmp.c: memcpy_toio(zero, &zynq_secondary_trampoline, arch/mips/dec/prom/memory.c: memcpy((void *)(CKSEG0 + 0x80), &genexcept_early, 0x80); arch/sh/kernel/cpu/shmobile/pm.c: memcpy(vp, &sh_mobile_sleep_enter_start, n); arch/sh/kernel/cpu/shmobile/pm.c: memcpy(vp, &sh_mobile_sleep_resume_start, n); arch/arm64/mm/trans_pgd.c: memcpy(hyp_stub, &trans_pgd_stub_vectors, ARM64_VECTOR_TABLE_LEN); -- Kees Cook