* [PATCH] powerpc/kexec: Annotate umem_info members with __counted_by_ptr
@ 2026-07-30 13:02 Thorsten Blum
2026-09-25 6:19 ` Sourabh Jain
0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Thorsten Blum @ 2026-07-30 13:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Madhavan Srinivasan, Michael Ellerman, Nicholas Piggin,
Christophe Leroy (CS GROUP),
Kees Cook, Gustavo A. R. Silva, Sourabh Jain, Aditya Gupta,
Hari Bathini
Cc: Thorsten Blum, linuxppc-dev, linux-kernel, linux-hardening
Add __counted_by_ptr() to umem_info::buf and umem_info::ranges to
improve access bounds checking via CONFIG_UBSAN_BOUNDS and
CONFIG_FORTIFY_SOURCE.
Set the count fields before assigning the corresponding pointers, return
early on krealloc() failure, and use sizeof(*buf) when deriving
max_entries from the allocation size.
Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
---
arch/powerpc/kexec/file_load_64.c | 22 ++++++++++++----------
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kexec/file_load_64.c b/arch/powerpc/kexec/file_load_64.c
index 8c72e12ea44e..6424b668f0e9 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kexec/file_load_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kexec/file_load_64.c
@@ -34,14 +34,15 @@
#include <asm/cputhreads.h>
struct umem_info {
- __be64 *buf; /* data buffer for usable-memory property */
+ /* data buffer for usable-memory property */
+ __be64 *buf __counted_by_ptr(max_entries);
u32 size; /* size allocated for the data buffer */
u32 max_entries; /* maximum no. of entries */
u32 idx; /* index of current entry */
/* usable memory ranges to look up */
unsigned int nr_ranges;
- const struct range *ranges;
+ const struct range *ranges __counted_by_ptr(nr_ranges);
};
const struct kexec_file_ops * const kexec_file_loaders[] = {
@@ -83,11 +84,12 @@ static __be64 *check_realloc_usable_mem(struct umem_info *um_info, int cnt)
new_size = um_info->size + MEM_RANGE_CHUNK_SZ;
tbuf = krealloc(um_info->buf, new_size, GFP_KERNEL);
- if (tbuf) {
- um_info->buf = tbuf;
- um_info->size = new_size;
- um_info->max_entries = (um_info->size / sizeof(u64));
- }
+ if (!tbuf)
+ return NULL;
+
+ um_info->size = new_size;
+ um_info->max_entries = um_info->size / sizeof(*um_info->buf);
+ um_info->buf = tbuf;
return tbuf;
}
@@ -288,13 +290,13 @@ static int update_usable_mem_fdt(void *fdt, struct crash_mem *usable_mem)
return -EINVAL;
}
- um_info.buf = NULL;
um_info.size = 0;
um_info.max_entries = 0;
- um_info.idx = 0;
+ um_info.buf = NULL;
+ um_info.idx = 0;
/* Memory ranges to look up */
- um_info.ranges = &(usable_mem->ranges[0]);
um_info.nr_ranges = usable_mem->nr_ranges;
+ um_info.ranges = usable_mem->ranges;
dn = of_find_node_by_path("/ibm,dynamic-reconfiguration-memory");
if (dn) {
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* Re: [PATCH] powerpc/kexec: Annotate umem_info members with __counted_by_ptr
2026-07-30 13:02 [PATCH] powerpc/kexec: Annotate umem_info members with __counted_by_ptr Thorsten Blum
@ 2026-09-25 6:19 ` Sourabh Jain
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Sourabh Jain @ 2026-09-25 6:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Thorsten Blum, Madhavan Srinivasan, Michael Ellerman,
Nicholas Piggin, Christophe Leroy (CS GROUP),
Kees Cook, Gustavo A. R. Silva, Aditya Gupta, Hari Bathini
Cc: linuxppc-dev, linux-kernel, linux-hardening
On 30/07/26 18:32, Thorsten Blum wrote:
> Add __counted_by_ptr() to umem_info::buf and umem_info::ranges to
> improve access bounds checking via CONFIG_UBSAN_BOUNDS and
> CONFIG_FORTIFY_SOURCE.
>
> Set the count fields before assigning the corresponding pointers, return
> early on krealloc() failure, and use sizeof(*buf) when deriving
> max_entries from the allocation size.
>
> Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
> ---
> arch/powerpc/kexec/file_load_64.c | 22 ++++++++++++----------
> 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kexec/file_load_64.c b/arch/powerpc/kexec/file_load_64.c
> index 8c72e12ea44e..6424b668f0e9 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kexec/file_load_64.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kexec/file_load_64.c
> @@ -34,14 +34,15 @@
> #include <asm/cputhreads.h>
>
> struct umem_info {
> - __be64 *buf; /* data buffer for usable-memory property */
> + /* data buffer for usable-memory property */
> + __be64 *buf __counted_by_ptr(max_entries);
> u32 size; /* size allocated for the data buffer */
> u32 max_entries; /* maximum no. of entries */
> u32 idx; /* index of current entry */
>
> /* usable memory ranges to look up */
> unsigned int nr_ranges;
> - const struct range *ranges;
> + const struct range *ranges __counted_by_ptr(nr_ranges);
> };
[...]
>
> const struct kexec_file_ops * const kexec_file_loaders[] = {
> @@ -83,11 +84,12 @@ static __be64 *check_realloc_usable_mem(struct umem_info *um_info, int cnt)
>
> new_size = um_info->size + MEM_RANGE_CHUNK_SZ;
> tbuf = krealloc(um_info->buf, new_size, GFP_KERNEL);
> - if (tbuf) {
> - um_info->buf = tbuf;
> - um_info->size = new_size;
> - um_info->max_entries = (um_info->size / sizeof(u64));
> - }
> + if (!tbuf)
> + return NULL;
> +
> + um_info->size = new_size;
> + um_info->max_entries = um_info->size / sizeof(*um_info->buf);
> + um_info->buf = tbuf;
Could you please explain why size and max_entries are updated before the
buffer itself?
- Sourabh Jain
>
> return tbuf;
> }
> @@ -288,13 +290,13 @@ static int update_usable_mem_fdt(void *fdt, struct crash_mem *usable_mem)
> return -EINVAL;
> }
>
> - um_info.buf = NULL;
> um_info.size = 0;
> um_info.max_entries = 0;
> - um_info.idx = 0;
> + um_info.buf = NULL;
> + um_info.idx = 0;
> /* Memory ranges to look up */
> - um_info.ranges = &(usable_mem->ranges[0]);
> um_info.nr_ranges = usable_mem->nr_ranges;
> + um_info.ranges = usable_mem->ranges;
>
> dn = of_find_node_by_path("/ibm,dynamic-reconfiguration-memory");
> if (dn) {
>
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