From: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
To: Bill Wendling <morbo@google.com>
Cc: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>,
"Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@infradead.org>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>,
David Gow <david@davidgow.net>, Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>,
Shuvam Pandey <shuvampandey1@gmail.com>,
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v5 09/12] seq_buf: Add seq_buf_init_append()
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2026 08:56:59 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261005155708.1471260-9-kees@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261005155653.late.426-kees@kernel.org>
From: Bill Wendling <morbo@google.com>
Several strlcat() call sites being converted to seq_buf need behavior
seq_buf doesn't currently provide. The normal seq_buf_init() always
empties the buffer (sets its "len" to 0) via seq_buf_clear(). Code
migrating from strlcat(buf, ...), which appends to whatever buf already
contains, can't use seq_buf_init() without discarding that existing
content. Add seq_buf_init_append(), which preserves the existing
contents and positions the seq_buf to append after it. A buffer with
no NUL within its size starts out overflowed, as strlcat() treats it
as already truncated. Add KUnit tests for behavior coverage.
Tests passed under qemu on ARCH=x86_64 with GCC 16.2.0 and CONFIG_KASAN=y,
and on big-endian ARCH=s390 with GCC s390x-linux-gnu 16.2.0.
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Bill Wendling <morbo@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
Co-developed-by: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
---
include/linux/seq_buf.h | 25 ++++++++++++++
lib/tests/seq_buf_kunit.c | 69 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 94 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/linux/seq_buf.h b/include/linux/seq_buf.h
index 9830f905f0ee..be979089228f 100644
--- a/include/linux/seq_buf.h
+++ b/include/linux/seq_buf.h
@@ -71,6 +71,31 @@ seq_buf_set_overflow(struct seq_buf *s)
s->len = s->size + 1;
}
+/**
+ * seq_buf_init_append - initialize a seq_buf over a buffer that may
+ * already hold NUL-terminated content
+ * @s: the seq_buf handle
+ * @buf: pointer to the (possibly non-empty) buffer
+ * @size: total size of @buf
+ *
+ * Unlike seq_buf_init(), which always starts @buf at len=0, this
+ * preserves whatever NUL-terminated content @buf already holds and
+ * positions @s to append after it. Useful for converting code that used
+ * to append to an existing buffer with strlcat()/scnprintf() and friends.
+ *
+ * If @buf holds no NUL within @size, @s starts out overflowed, as
+ * strlcat() treats such a buffer as already truncated.
+ */
+static inline void
+seq_buf_init_append(struct seq_buf *s, char *buf, unsigned int size)
+{
+ s->buffer = buf;
+ s->size = size;
+ s->len = strnlen(buf, size);
+ if (s->len == size)
+ seq_buf_set_overflow(s);
+}
+
/*
* How much buffer is left on the seq_buf?
*/
diff --git a/lib/tests/seq_buf_kunit.c b/lib/tests/seq_buf_kunit.c
index 33d351d0be64..fc53e9ef844c 100644
--- a/lib/tests/seq_buf_kunit.c
+++ b/lib/tests/seq_buf_kunit.c
@@ -28,6 +28,74 @@ static void seq_buf_init_test(struct kunit *test)
KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, seq_buf_strlen(&s), 0);
}
+static void seq_buf_init_append_test(struct kunit *test)
+{
+ char buf[32] = "hello";
+ struct seq_buf s;
+
+ /* Initial string contents match. */
+ seq_buf_init_append(&s, buf, sizeof(buf));
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, s.size, 32);
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, s.len, 5);
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_FALSE(test, seq_buf_has_overflowed(&s));
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, seq_buf_buffer_left(&s), 32 - 5);
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, seq_buf_used(&s), 5);
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_STREQ(test, seq_buf_str(&s), "hello");
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, seq_buf_strlen(&s), 5);
+
+ /* Appending with space works. */
+ seq_buf_puts(&s, " world");
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_FALSE(test, seq_buf_has_overflowed(&s));
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, seq_buf_used(&s), 11);
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_STREQ(test, seq_buf_str(&s), "hello world");
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, seq_buf_strlen(&s), 11);
+
+ /* No truncation when space for NUL is present. */
+ seq_buf_init_append(&s, buf, 12);
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, s.size, 12);
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, s.len, 11);
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_FALSE(test, seq_buf_has_overflowed(&s));
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, seq_buf_used(&s), 11);
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_STREQ(test, seq_buf_str(&s), "hello world");
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, seq_buf_strlen(&s), 11);
+
+ /*
+ * No NUL within the size: the content is already truncated, as
+ * strlcat() would see it, so @s starts out overflowed. The content
+ * stays, and appending adds nothing.
+ */
+ seq_buf_init_append(&s, buf, 11);
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, s.size, 11);
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_TRUE(test, seq_buf_has_overflowed(&s));
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, seq_buf_buffer_left(&s), 0);
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, seq_buf_used(&s), 11);
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_MEMEQ(test, buf, "hello world", 11);
+ seq_buf_puts(&s, "!");
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_TRUE(test, seq_buf_has_overflowed(&s));
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_MEMEQ(test, buf, "hello world", 11);
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_STREQ(test, seq_buf_str(&s), "hello worl");
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, seq_buf_strlen(&s), 10);
+
+ /*
+ * The size bounds the scan: the string runs past it, so there is
+ * no NUL within the size either.
+ */
+ seq_buf_init_append(&s, buf, 5);
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, s.size, 5);
+ /* Overflowed at the size; an unbounded scan would find more. */
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, s.len, 5 + 1);
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_TRUE(test, seq_buf_has_overflowed(&s));
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, seq_buf_buffer_left(&s), 0);
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_STREQ(test, seq_buf_str(&s), "hell");
+
+ /* With no room even for a NUL, @s is overflowed and @buf untouched. */
+ seq_buf_init_append(&s, buf, 0);
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_TRUE(test, seq_buf_has_overflowed(&s));
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, seq_buf_used(&s), 0);
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_STREQ(test, seq_buf_str(&s), "");
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, buf[0], 'h');
+}
+
static void seq_buf_declare_test(struct kunit *test)
{
DECLARE_SEQ_BUF(s, 24);
@@ -669,6 +737,7 @@ static void seq_buf_terminate_test(struct kunit *test)
static struct kunit_case seq_buf_test_cases[] = {
KUNIT_CASE(seq_buf_init_test),
+ KUNIT_CASE(seq_buf_init_append_test),
KUNIT_CASE(seq_buf_declare_test),
KUNIT_CASE(seq_buf_clear_test),
KUNIT_CASE(seq_buf_puts_test),
--
2.55.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-05 15:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-05 15:56 [PATCH v5 00/12] seq_buf: Add seq_buf_strlen() Kees Cook
2026-10-05 15:56 ` [PATCH v5 01/12] seq_buf: Do not print an empty line from an overflowed seq_buf_do_printk() Kees Cook
2026-10-05 15:56 ` [PATCH v5 02/12] seq_buf: Do not pop from an overflowed seq_buf Kees Cook
2026-10-05 15:56 ` [PATCH v5 03/12] scsi: lpfc: Print rx monitor records straight into the seq_buf Kees Cook
2026-10-05 18:54 ` David Laight
2026-10-05 15:56 ` [PATCH v5 04/12] seq_buf: Copy what fits when seq_buf_puts() and seq_buf_putmem() overflow Kees Cook
2026-10-05 15:56 ` [PATCH v5 05/12] seq_buf: Clear what a writer did not claim when a seq_buf overflows Kees Cook
2026-10-05 18:59 ` David Laight
2026-10-05 15:56 ` [PATCH v5 06/12] seq_buf: Add seq_buf_strlen() Kees Cook
2026-10-05 15:56 ` [PATCH v5 07/12] seq_buf: Add seq_buf_terminate() Kees Cook
2026-10-05 15:56 ` [PATCH v5 08/12] bpf: Remove dead newline stripping from format_disasm_line() Kees Cook
2026-10-05 15:56 ` Kees Cook [this message]
2026-10-05 15:57 ` [PATCH v5 10/12] powerpc/papr_scm: Return the string length from the sysfs show functions Kees Cook
2026-10-05 15:57 ` [PATCH v5 11/12] nvdimm: ndtest: Return the string length from flags_show() Kees Cook
2026-10-05 15:57 ` [PATCH v5 12/12] docs: core-api: Document the seq_buf API Kees Cook
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