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From: Leizhen Zhang <lzsx618@gmail.com>
To: nathan@kernel.org, nsc@kernel.org
Cc: masahiroy@kernel.org, ardb@kernel.org, rostedt@goodmis.org,
	hpa@zytor.com, linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Leizhen Zhang <lzsx618@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 6/6] tools/include: fix signed shift overflow in 32-bit unaligned accessors
Date: Mon,  9 Nov 2026 18:00:03 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261110000003.1719966-7-lzsx618@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261110000003.1719966-1-lzsx618@gmail.com>

In __get_unaligned_le32() and __get_unaligned_be32() the most significant
byte is promoted to int before being shifted left by 24. If the byte is
0x80 or higher, the result does not fit in an int, which is undefined
behaviour. This happens for every kernel virtual address, e.g. in
sorttable, and UBSan reports:

  tools/include/tools/le_byteshift.h:14: runtime error: left shift of
  255 by 24 places cannot be represented in type 'int'

Cast the byte to uint32_t before shifting.

The problem was found with UBSan, and the analysis and fix were
prepared with the help of an AI coding assistant; I reviewed and
tested the result.

Fixes: a07f7672d7cf ("tools/include: Add byteshift headers for endian access")
Signed-off-by: Leizhen Zhang <lzsx618@gmail.com>
---
 tools/include/tools/be_byteshift.h | 2 +-
 tools/include/tools/le_byteshift.h | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/include/tools/be_byteshift.h b/tools/include/tools/be_byteshift.h
index f7d1d1698938..2bda8d199c85 100644
--- a/tools/include/tools/be_byteshift.h
+++ b/tools/include/tools/be_byteshift.h
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ static inline uint16_t __get_unaligned_be16(const uint8_t *p)
 
 static inline uint32_t __get_unaligned_be32(const uint8_t *p)
 {
-	return p[0] << 24 | p[1] << 16 | p[2] << 8 | p[3];
+	return (uint32_t)p[0] << 24 | p[1] << 16 | p[2] << 8 | p[3];
 }
 
 static inline uint64_t __get_unaligned_be64(const uint8_t *p)
diff --git a/tools/include/tools/le_byteshift.h b/tools/include/tools/le_byteshift.h
index dc8565f39717..e5c78a48a78f 100644
--- a/tools/include/tools/le_byteshift.h
+++ b/tools/include/tools/le_byteshift.h
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ static inline uint16_t __get_unaligned_le16(const uint8_t *p)
 
 static inline uint32_t __get_unaligned_le32(const uint8_t *p)
 {
-	return p[0] | p[1] << 8 | p[2] << 16 | p[3] << 24;
+	return p[0] | p[1] << 8 | p[2] << 16 | (uint32_t)p[3] << 24;
 }
 
 static inline uint64_t __get_unaligned_le64(const uint8_t *p)
-- 
2.34.1


      parent reply	other threads:[~2026-11-10  0:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-11-09 23:59 [PATCH v3 0/6] kbuild: fix UB hit by normal builds in host tools Leizhen Zhang
2026-11-09 23:59 ` [PATCH v3 1/6] genksyms: fix infinite loop on declarations with parameter lists Leizhen Zhang
2026-11-09 23:59 ` [PATCH v3 2/6] kallsyms: do not call qsort() with a NULL table Leizhen Zhang
2026-11-10  0:00 ` [PATCH v3 3/6] modpost: fix handling of short reads in read_text_file() Leizhen Zhang
2026-11-10  0:00 ` [PATCH v3 4/6] modpost: fix pointer arithmetic on NULL in parse_source_files() Leizhen Zhang
2026-11-10  0:00 ` [PATCH v3 5/6] sorttable: avoid pointer arithmetic overflow when locating sort_needed Leizhen Zhang
2026-11-10  0:00 ` Leizhen Zhang [this message]

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