[PATCH 37/64] string.h: Introduce memset_after() for wiping trailing members/padding

Kees Cook
2021-07-27T21:19:29Z

A common idiom in kernel code is to wipe the contents of a structure
after a given member. This includes places where there is trailing
struct padding. These open-coded cases are usually difficult to read and
very sensitive to struct layout changes. Introduce a new helper,
memset_after() that takes the target struct instance, the byte to
write, and the member name after which the zeroing should start.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
---
include/linux/string.h | 12 ++++++++++++
lib/test_memcpy.c | 12 ++++++++++++
2 files changed, 24 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/string.h b/include/linux/string.h
index cbe889e404e2..4f9f67505f70 100644
--- a/include/linux/string.h
+++ b/include/linux/string.h
@@ -272,6 +272,18 @@ static __always_inline void memcpy_and_pad(void *dest, size_t dest_len,
memcpy(dest, src, dest_len);
}

+/**
+ * memset_after - Set a value after a struct member to the end of a struct
+ *
+ * @obj: Address of target struct instance
+ * @v: Byte value to repeatedly write
+ * @member: after which struct member to start writing bytes
+ */
+#define memset_after(obj, v, member) do { \
+ memset((u8 *)(obj) + offsetofend(typeof(*(obj)), member), v, \
+ sizeof(*(obj)) - offsetofend(typeof(*(obj)), member)); \
+} while (0)
+
/**
* str_has_prefix - Test if a string has a given prefix
* @str: The string to test
diff --git a/lib/test_memcpy.c b/lib/test_memcpy.c
index 7c64120a68a9..f52b284f4410 100644
--- a/lib/test_memcpy.c
+++ b/lib/test_memcpy.c
@@ -223,6 +223,13 @@ static int __init test_memset(void)
0x30, 0x30, 0x30, 0x30, 0x30, 0x30, 0x30, 0x30,
},
};
+ struct some_bytes after = {
+ .data = { 0x30, 0x30, 0x30, 0x30, 0x30, 0x30, 0x30, 0x72,
+ 0x72, 0x72, 0x72, 0x72, 0x72, 0x72, 0x72, 0x72,
+ 0x72, 0x72, 0x72, 0x72, 0x72, 0x72, 0x72, 0x72,
+ 0x72, 0x72, 0x72, 0x72, 0x72, 0x72, 0x72, 0x72,
+ },
+ };
struct some_bytes dest = { };
int count, value;
u8 *ptr;
@@ -254,6 +261,11 @@ static int __init test_memset(void)
memset(ptr++, value++, count++);
compare("argument side-effects", dest, three);

+ /* Verify memset_after() */
+ dest = control;
+ memset_after(&dest, 0x72, three);
+ compare("memset_after()", dest, after);
+
return 0;
#undef TEST_OP
}
--
2.30.2