Re: [PATCH] KVM: x86: Replace 0-length arrays with flexible arrays

[Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>]

On Mon, Jan 09, 2023 at 05:30:48PM +0000, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 05, 2023, Kees Cook wrote:
> > Zero-length arrays are deprecated[1]. Replace struct kvm_nested_state's
> > "data" union 0-length arrays with flexible arrays. (How are the
> > sizes of these arrays verified?)
> 
> It's not really interpreted as an array, it's a mandatory single-entry "array".
> 
> 	if (copy_from_user(vmcs12, user_vmx_nested_state->vmcs12, sizeof(*vmcs12)))
> 		return -EFAULT;

If it's mandatory, why is it [0] instead of just a single struct? i.e.
why is it not:

	union {
		struct kvm_vmx_nested_state_data vmx;
		struct kvm_svm_nested_state_data svm;
	};

> 
> > Detected with GCC 13, using -fstrict-flex-arrays=3:
> > 
> > arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c: In function 'svm_get_nested_state':
> > arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c:1536:17: error: array subscript 0 is outside array bounds of 'struct kvm_svm_nested_state_data[0]' [-Werror=array-bounds=]
> >  1536 |                 &user_kvm_nested_state->data.svm[0];
> >       |                 ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > In file included from include/uapi/linux/kvm.h:15,
> >                  from include/linux/kvm_host.h:40,
> >                  from arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c:18:
> > arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h:511:50: note: while referencing 'svm'
> >   511 |                 struct kvm_svm_nested_state_data svm[0];
> >       |                                                  ^~~
> > 
> > [1] https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#zero-length-and-one-element-arrays
> > 
> > Cc: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
> > Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
> > Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
> > Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
> > Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
> > Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
> > Cc: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@kernel.org>
> > Cc: x86@kernel.org
> > Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
> > Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org
> > Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
> > ---
> 
> Nit on the comment aside,
> 
> Reviewed-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
> 
> >  arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h | 6 +++---
> >  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h
> > index e48deab8901d..8ec3dfd641b0 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h
> > +++ b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h
> > @@ -502,13 +502,13 @@ struct kvm_nested_state {
> >  	} hdr;
> >  
> >  	/*
> > -	 * Define data region as 0 bytes to preserve backwards-compatability
> > +	 * Define union of flexible arrays to preserve backwards-compatability
> 
> I think I'd actually prefer the "as 0 bytes" comment.  The important part is that
> the size of "data" be zero, how that happens is immaterial.

Okay, I'll drop this part.

> 
> >  	 * to old definition of kvm_nested_state in order to avoid changing
> >  	 * KVM_{GET,PUT}_NESTED_STATE ioctl values.
> >  	 */
> >  	union {
> > -		struct kvm_vmx_nested_state_data vmx[0];
> > -		struct kvm_svm_nested_state_data svm[0];
> > +		__DECLARE_FLEX_ARRAY(struct kvm_vmx_nested_state_data, vmx);
> > +		__DECLARE_FLEX_ARRAY(struct kvm_svm_nested_state_data, svm);
> >  	} data;
> >  };
> >  
> > -- 
> > 2.34.1
> > 

-- 
Kees Cook