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apparmor: Use struct_size() helper in kzalloc()

PATCH In review Gustavo A. R. Silva 2 participants 3 messages Sep 29, 2021 – Oct 1, 2021

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PATCH 1/1 apparmor: Use struct_size() helper in kzalloc()

Make use of the struct_size() helper instead of an open-coded version, in order to avoid any potential type mistakes or integer overflows that, in the worse scenario, could lead to heap overflows.

---
 security/apparmor/label.c  | 3 +--
 security/apparmor/policy.c | 3 +--
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
security/apparmor/label.c +1 -2
index 6222fdfebe4e..0b0265da1926 100644
@@ -425,8 +425,7 @@ struct aa_label *aa_label_alloc(int size, struct aa_proxy *proxy, gfp_t gfp)
 	AA_BUG(size < 1);
 
 	/*  + 1 for null terminator entry on vec */
-	new = kzalloc(sizeof(*new) + sizeof(struct aa_profile *) * (size + 1),
-			gfp);
+	new = kzalloc(struct_size(new, vec, size + 1), gfp);
 	AA_DEBUG("%s (%p)\n", __func__, new);
 	if (!new)
 		goto fail;
security/apparmor/policy.c +1 -2
index 17191a9eae41..5827dbdfbfca 100644
@@ -260,8 +260,7 @@ struct aa_profile *aa_alloc_profile(const char *hname, struct aa_proxy *proxy,
 	struct aa_profile *profile;
 
 	/* freed by free_profile - usually through aa_put_profile */
-	profile = kzalloc(sizeof(*profile) + sizeof(struct aa_profile *) * 2,
-			  gfp);
+	profile = kzalloc(struct_size(profile, label.vec, 2), gfp);
 	if (!profile)
 		return NULL;
 
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Quoted 5 lines · Gustavo A. R. Silva

Make use of the struct_size() helper instead of an open-coded version, in order to avoid any potential type mistakes or integer overflows that, in the worse scenario, could lead to heap overflows.

Quoted 1 line

nice

I will pull this into my tree

Quoted 34 lines
---
 security/apparmor/label.c  | 3 +--
 security/apparmor/policy.c | 3 +--
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
security/apparmor/label.c +1 -2
index 6222fdfebe4e..0b0265da1926 100644
@@ -425,8 +425,7 @@ struct aa_label *aa_label_alloc(int size, struct aa_proxy *proxy, gfp_t gfp)
 	AA_BUG(size < 1);
 
 	/*  + 1 for null terminator entry on vec */
-	new = kzalloc(sizeof(*new) + sizeof(struct aa_profile *) * (size + 1),
-			gfp);
+	new = kzalloc(struct_size(new, vec, size + 1), gfp);
 	AA_DEBUG("%s (%p)\n", __func__, new);
 	if (!new)
 		goto fail;
security/apparmor/policy.c +1 -2
index 17191a9eae41..5827dbdfbfca 100644
@@ -260,8 +260,7 @@ struct aa_profile *aa_alloc_profile(const char *hname, struct aa_proxy *proxy,
 	struct aa_profile *profile;
 
 	/* freed by free_profile - usually through aa_put_profile */
-	profile = kzalloc(sizeof(*profile) + sizeof(struct aa_profile *) * 2,
-			  gfp);
+	profile = kzalloc(struct_size(profile, label.vec, 2), gfp);
 	if (!profile)
 		return NULL;
 
#2 lore raw
Quoted 11 lines · John Johansen
Quoted 5 lines · Gustavo A. R. Silva

Make use of the struct_size() helper instead of an open-coded version, in order to avoid any potential type mistakes or integer overflows that, in the worse scenario, could lead to heap overflows.

Quoted 1 line

nice

I will pull this into my tree

Thanks, John.

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Gustavo