[PATCH] nvmet: prefer struct_size over open coded arithmetic
Gustavo A. R. Silva
gustavoars at kernel.org
Sun Oct 17 10:23:57 PDT 2021
On Sun, Oct 17, 2021 at 11:56:50AM +0200, Len Baker wrote:
> As noted in the "Deprecated Interfaces, Language Features, Attributes,
> and Conventions" documentation [1], size calculations (especially
> multiplication) should not be performed in memory allocator (or similar)
> function arguments due to the risk of them overflowing. This could lead
> to values wrapping around and a smaller allocation being made than the
> caller was expecting. Using those allocations could lead to linear
> overflows of heap memory and other misbehaviors.
>
> In this case this is not actually dynamic size: all the operands
> involved in the calculation are constant values. However it is better to
> refactor this anyway, just to keep the open-coded math idiom out of
> code.
>
> So, use the struct_size() helper to do the arithmetic instead of the
> argument "size + count * size" in the kmalloc() function.
>
> This code was detected with the help of Coccinelle and audited and fixed
> manually.
>
> [1] https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#open-coded-arithmetic-in-allocator-arguments
>
> Signed-off-by: Len Baker <len.baker at gmx.com>
> ---
> Hi,
>
> this patch is built against the linux-next tree (tag next-20211015).
You don't need to include these lines in every patch. Just add [next]
to the subject line, like this:
[PATCH][next] nvmet: prefer struct_size over open coded arithmetic
It should be clear enough for people that you are talking about
linux-next. And in case someone asks, then you proceed to clarify. :)
>
> Regards,
> Len
>
> drivers/nvme/target/admin-cmd.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/nvme/target/admin-cmd.c b/drivers/nvme/target/admin-cmd.c
> index aa6d84d8848e..4aa71625c86a 100644
> --- a/drivers/nvme/target/admin-cmd.c
> +++ b/drivers/nvme/target/admin-cmd.c
> @@ -278,8 +278,8 @@ static void nvmet_execute_get_log_page_ana(struct nvmet_req *req)
> u16 status;
>
> status = NVME_SC_INTERNAL;
> - desc = kmalloc(sizeof(struct nvme_ana_group_desc) +
> - NVMET_MAX_NAMESPACES * sizeof(__le32), GFP_KERNEL);
> + desc = kmalloc(struct_size(desc, nsids, NVMET_MAX_NAMESPACES),
> + GFP_KERNEL);
It might be worth exploring if the flexible array is actually needed,
once the allocation is always determined by NVMET_MAX_NAMESPACES. Maybe
it can be changed to the following and remove the dynamic allocation
entirely?
struct nvme_ana_group_desc {
__le32 grpid;
__le32 nnsids;
__le64 chgcnt;
__u8 state;
__u8 rsvd17[15];
__le32 nsids[NVMET_MAX_NAMESPACES];
};
If the above is possible then (at least) these lines should be audited:
drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c-551- if (WARN_ON_ONCE(offset > ctrl->ana_log_size - sizeof(*desc)))
drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c-566- offset += sizeof(*desc);
drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c-567- if (WARN_ON_ONCE(offset > ctrl->ana_log_size - nsid_buf_size))
If the flexible array remains, then this line could use
flex_array_size():
drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c-555- nsid_buf_size = nr_nsids * sizeof(__le32);
struct_size() could be used here, as well:
drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c-847- ana_log_size = sizeof(struct nvme_ana_rsp_hdr) +
drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c:848: ctrl->nanagrpid * sizeof(struct nvme_ana_group_desc) +
drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c-849- ctrl->max_namespaces * sizeof(__le32);
drivers/nvme/target/admin-cmd.c:267: return sizeof(struct nvme_ana_group_desc) + count * sizeof(__le32);
Thanks
--
Gustavo
> if (!desc)
> goto out;
>
> --
> 2.25.1
>
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