[PATCH v2 06/11] dm verity fec: Remove VLA usage

Kees Cook
2018-06-25T21:12:32Z

In the quest to remove all stack VLA usage from the kernel[1], this
uses the newly defined max digest size macro. Also adds a sanity-check
at use-time.

[1] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/CA+55aFzCG-zNmZwX4A2FQpadafLfEzK6CC=qPXydAacU1RqZWA@mail.gmail.com

Cc: Alasdair Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
Cc: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
Cc: dm-devel@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
---
drivers/md/dm-verity-fec.c | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-verity-fec.c b/drivers/md/dm-verity-fec.c
index 684af08d0747..fe5cfd1a5fa5 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-verity-fec.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-verity-fec.c
@@ -212,12 +212,15 @@ static int fec_read_bufs(struct dm_verity *v, struct dm_verity_io *io,
struct dm_verity_fec_io *fio = fec_io(io);
u64 block, ileaved;
u8 *bbuf, *rs_block;
- u8 want_digest[v->digest_size];
+ u8 want_digest[AHASH_MAX_DIGESTSIZE];
unsigned n, k;

if (neras)
*neras = 0;

+ if (WARN_ON(v->digest_size > sizeof(want_digest)))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
/*
* read each of the rsn data blocks that are part of the RS block, and
* interleave contents to available bufs
--
2.17.1