x86: Use __builtin_object_size() to validate the buffer size for copy_from_user()
gcc (4.x) supports the __builtin_object_size() builtin, which
reports the size of an object that a pointer point to, when known
at compile time. If the buffer size is not known at compile time, a
constant -1 is returned.
This patch uses this feature to add a sanity check to
copy_from_user(); if the target buffer is known to be smaller than
the copy size, the copy is aborted and a WARNing is emitted in
memory debug mode.
These extra checks compile away when the object size is not known,
or if both the buffer size and the copy length are constants.
Signed-off-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com>
LKML-Reference: <20090926143301.2c396b94@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
diff --git a/arch/x86/lib/copy_user_64.S b/arch/x86/lib/copy_user_64.S
index 6ba0f7b..4be3c41 100644
--- a/arch/x86/lib/copy_user_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/lib/copy_user_64.S
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
ENDPROC(copy_to_user)
/* Standard copy_from_user with segment limit checking */
-ENTRY(copy_from_user)
+ENTRY(_copy_from_user)
CFI_STARTPROC
GET_THREAD_INFO(%rax)
movq %rsi,%rcx
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
jae bad_from_user
ALTERNATIVE_JUMP X86_FEATURE_REP_GOOD,copy_user_generic_unrolled,copy_user_generic_string
CFI_ENDPROC
-ENDPROC(copy_from_user)
+ENDPROC(_copy_from_user)
ENTRY(copy_user_generic)
CFI_STARTPROC