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authorKees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>2022-05-10 19:53:01 -0700
committerPaolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>2022-05-12 10:49:23 +0200
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fortify: Provide a memcpy trap door for sharp corners
As we continue to narrow the scope of what the FORTIFY memcpy() will accept and build alternative APIs that give the compiler appropriate visibility into more complex memcpy scenarios, there is a need for "unfortified" memcpy use in rare cases where combinations of compiler behaviors, source code layout, etc, result in cases where the stricter memcpy checks need to be bypassed until appropriate solutions can be developed (i.e. fix compiler bugs, code refactoring, new API, etc). The intention is for this to be used only if there's no other reasonable solution, for its use to include a justification that can be used to assess future solutions, and for it to be temporary. Example usage included, based on analysis and discussion from: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/CANn89iLS_2cshtuXPyNUGDPaic=sJiYfvTb_wNLgWrZRyBxZ_g@mail.gmail.com Cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> Cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net> Cc: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com> Cc: Coco Li <lixiaoyan@google.com> Cc: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@nvidia.com> Cc: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@nvidia.com> Cc: Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org> Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220511025301.3636666-1-keescook@chromium.org Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/include/linux/string.h b/include/linux/string.h
index b6572aeca2f5..61ec7e4f6311 100644
--- a/include/linux/string.h
+++ b/include/linux/string.h
@@ -252,6 +252,10 @@ static inline const char *kbasename(const char *path)
#if !defined(__NO_FORTIFY) && defined(__OPTIMIZE__) && defined(CONFIG_FORTIFY_SOURCE)
#include <linux/fortify-string.h>
#endif
+#ifndef unsafe_memcpy
+#define unsafe_memcpy(dst, src, bytes, justification) \
+ memcpy(dst, src, bytes)
+#endif
void memcpy_and_pad(void *dest, size_t dest_len, const void *src, size_t count,
int pad);