Re: [PATCH 1/9] mm: Hardened usercopy

[Kees Cook]

On Thu, Jul 7, 2016 at 1:37 AM, Baruch Siach <baruch@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Kees,
>
> On Wed, Jul 06, 2016 at 03:25:20PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_HARDENED_USERCOPY_ALLOCATOR
>
> Should be CONFIG_HARDENED_USERCOPY to match the slab/slub implementation
> condition.
>
>> +const char *__check_heap_object(const void *ptr, unsigned long n,
>> +                             struct page *page);
>> +#else
>> +static inline const char *__check_heap_object(const void *ptr,
>> +                                           unsigned long n,
>> +                                           struct page *page)
>> +{
>> +     return NULL;
>> +}
>> +#endif

Hmm, I think what I have is correct: if the allocator supports the
heap object checking, it defines __check_heap_object as existing via
CONFIG_HAVE_HARDENED_USERCOPY_ALLOCATOR. If usercopy checking is done
at all is controlled by CONFIG_HARDENED_USERCOPY.

I.e. you can have the other usercopy checks even if your allocator
doesn't support object size checking.

-Kees

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Kees Cook
Chrome OS & Brillo Security