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Kees Cook 43213daed6 fortify: Provide a memcpy trap door for sharp corners
As we continue to narrow the scope of what the FORTIFY memcpy() will
accept and build alternative APIs that give the compiler appropriate
visibility into more complex memcpy scenarios, there is a need for
"unfortified" memcpy use in rare cases where combinations of compiler
behaviors, source code layout, etc, result in cases where the stricter
memcpy checks need to be bypassed until appropriate solutions can be
developed (i.e. fix compiler bugs, code refactoring, new API, etc). The
intention is for this to be used only if there's no other reasonable
solution, for its use to include a justification that can be used
to assess future solutions, and for it to be temporary.

Example usage included, based on analysis and discussion from:
https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/CANn89iLS_2cshtuXPyNUGDPaic=sJiYfvTb_wNLgWrZRyBxZ_g@mail.gmail.com

Cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Cc: Coco Li <lixiaoyan@google.com>
Cc: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@nvidia.com>
Cc: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@nvidia.com>
Cc: Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220511025301.3636666-1-keescook@chromium.org
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
2022-05-12 10:49:23 +02:00
arch um: vector: switch to netif_napi_add_weight() 2022-05-08 11:33:56 +01:00
block bfq: Fix warning in bfqq_request_over_limit() 2022-04-29 06:45:37 -06:00
certs Kbuild updates for v5.18 2022-03-31 11:59:03 -07:00
crypto for-5.18/64bit-pi-2022-03-25 2022-03-26 12:01:35 -07:00
Documentation net: appletalk: remove Apple/Farallon LocalTalk PC support 2022-05-11 13:08:38 +01:00
drivers fortify: Provide a memcpy trap door for sharp corners 2022-05-12 10:49:23 +02:00
fs Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net 2022-05-05 13:03:18 -07:00
include fortify: Provide a memcpy trap door for sharp corners 2022-05-12 10:49:23 +02:00
init Kbuild updates for v5.18 2022-03-31 11:59:03 -07:00
ipc fs: allocate inode by using alloc_inode_sb() 2022-03-22 15:57:03 -07:00
kernel Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net 2022-04-28 13:02:01 -07:00
lib Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net 2022-05-05 13:03:18 -07:00
LICENSES LICENSES/LGPL-2.1: Add LGPL-2.1-or-later as valid identifiers 2021-12-16 14:33:10 +01:00
mm kasan: prevent cpu_quarantine corruption when CPU offline and cache shrink occur at same time 2022-04-27 13:28:48 -07:00
net net: add more debug info in skb_checksum_help() 2022-05-11 12:44:16 +01:00
samples samples/bpf: Reduce the sampling interval in xdp1_user 2022-04-20 14:58:29 -07:00
scripts objtool: Enable unreachable warnings for CLANG LTO 2022-04-19 21:58:48 +02:00
security hardening updates for v5.18-rc1-fix1 2022-03-31 11:43:01 -07:00
sound ALSA: hda/realtek: Add quirk for Clevo NP70PNP 2022-04-21 21:23:47 +02:00
tools selftests: forwarding: tc_actions: allow mirred egress test to run on non-offloaded h2 2022-05-11 15:12:23 -07:00
usr Kbuild updates for v5.18 2022-03-31 11:59:03 -07:00
virt Merge branch 'kvm-fixes-for-5.18-rc5' into HEAD 2022-04-29 12:39:34 -04:00
.clang-format genirq/msi: Make interrupt allocation less convoluted 2021-12-16 22:22:20 +01:00
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.mailmap mailmap: update Vasily Averin's email address 2022-04-08 14:20:36 -10:00
COPYING COPYING: state that all contributions really are covered by this file 2020-02-10 13:32:20 -08:00
CREDITS MAINTAINERS: replace a Microchip AT91 maintainer 2022-02-09 11:30:01 +01:00
Kbuild kbuild: rename hostprogs-y/always to hostprogs/always-y 2020-02-04 01:53:07 +09:00
Kconfig kbuild: ensure full rebuild when the compiler is updated 2020-05-12 13:28:33 +09:00
MAINTAINERS net: ethernet: Add driver for Sunplus SP7021 2022-05-10 11:31:32 +02:00
Makefile Linux 5.18-rc5 2022-05-01 13:57:58 -07:00
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