Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] kasan: Add explicit preconditions to kasan_report()

[Vincenzo Frascino]

On 1/22/21 2:46 PM, Andrey Konovalov wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 22, 2021 at 3:38 PM Vincenzo Frascino
> <vincenzo.frascino@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> With the introduction of KASAN_HW_TAGS, kasan_report() dereferences
>> the address passed as a parameter.
> 
> It doesn't dereference the address, it accesses the metadata. And only
> when addr_has_metadata() succeeds.
>

Yes, this is correct. Seems I forgot again to unstash something. Will fix it in v4.

>>
>> Add a comment to make sure that the preconditions to the function are
>> explicitly clarified.
>>
>> Note: An invalid address (e.g. NULL) passed to the function when,
>> KASAN_HW_TAGS is enabled, leads to a kernel panic.
> 
> This is no longer true, right? Commit description needs to be updated.
> 
>>
>> Cc: Andrey Ryabinin <aryabinin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Alexander Potapenko <glider@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Vincenzo Frascino <vincenzo.frascino@xxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  include/linux/kasan.h | 7 +++++++
>>  mm/kasan/kasan.h      | 2 +-
>>  2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/include/linux/kasan.h b/include/linux/kasan.h
>> index fe1ae73ff8b5..0aea9e2a2a01 100644
>> --- a/include/linux/kasan.h
>> +++ b/include/linux/kasan.h
>> @@ -333,6 +333,13 @@ static inline void *kasan_reset_tag(const void *addr)
>>         return (void *)arch_kasan_reset_tag(addr);
>>  }
>>
>> +/**
>> + * kasan_report - print a report about a bad memory access detected by KASAN
>> + * @addr: address of the bad access
>> + * @size: size of the bad access
>> + * @is_write: whether the bad access is a write or a read
>> + * @ip: instruction pointer for the accessibility check or the bad access itself
>> + */
> 
> Looks good, thanks!
> 
>>  bool kasan_report(unsigned long addr, size_t size,
>>                 bool is_write, unsigned long ip);
>>
>> diff --git a/mm/kasan/kasan.h b/mm/kasan/kasan.h
>> index cc4d9e1d49b1..8c706e7652f2 100644
>> --- a/mm/kasan/kasan.h
>> +++ b/mm/kasan/kasan.h
>> @@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ bool check_memory_region(unsigned long addr, size_t size, bool write,
>>
>>  static inline bool addr_has_metadata(const void *addr)
>>  {
>> -       return true;
>> +       return (is_vmalloc_addr(addr) || virt_addr_valid(addr));
>>  }
> 
> Let's put this change into a separate patch.
>

Ok, it will be done in v4.

>>
>>  #endif /* CONFIG_KASAN_GENERIC || CONFIG_KASAN_SW_TAGS */
>> --
>> 2.30.0
>>

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Regards,
Vincenzo