[PATCH] mod_devicetable: Enlarge the maximum platform_device_id name length

[PATCH] mod_devicetable: Enlarge the maximum platform_device_id name length

[Kees Cook]

The 20 byte length of struct platform_device_id::name is not long enough
for many devices (especially regulators), where the string initialization
is getting truncated and missing the trailing NUL byte. This is seen
with GCC 15's -Wunterminated-string-initialization option:

drivers/regulator/hi6421v530-regulator.c:189:19: warning: initializer-string for array of 'char' truncates NUL terminator but destination lacks 'nonstring' attribute (21 chars into 20 available) [-Wunterminated-string-initialization]
  189 |         { .name = "hi6421v530-regulator" },
      |                   ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
drivers/regulator/hi6421v600-regulator.c:278:19: warning: initializer-string for array of 'char' truncates NUL terminator but destination lacks 'nonstring' attribute (21 chars into 20 available) [-Wunterminated-string-initialization]
  278 |         { .name = "hi6421v600-regulator" },
      |                   ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
drivers/regulator/lp87565-regulator.c:233:11: warning: initializer-string for array of 'char' truncates NUL terminator but destination lacks 'nonstring' attribute (21 chars into 20 available) [-Wunterminated-string-initialization]
  233 |         { "lp87565-q1-regulator", },
      |           ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
sound/soc/fsl/imx-pcm-rpmsg.c:818:19: warning: initializer-string for array of 'char' truncates NUL terminator but destination lacks 'nonstring' attribute (21 chars into 20 available) [-Wunterminated-string-initialization]
  818 |         { .name = "rpmsg-micfil-channel" },
      |                   ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
drivers/iio/light/hid-sensor-als.c:457:25: warning: initializer-string for array of 'char' truncates NUL terminator but destination lacks 'nonstring' attribute (21 chars into 20 available) [-Wunterminated-string-initialization]
  457 |                 .name = "HID-SENSOR-LISS-0041",
      |                         ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
drivers/iio/light/hid-sensor-prox.c:366:25: warning: initializer-string for array of 'char' truncates NUL terminator but destination lacks 'nonstring' attribute (21 chars into 20 available) [-Wunterminated-string-initialization]
  366 |                 .name = "HID-SENSOR-LISS-0226",
      |                         ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Increase the length to 24, slightly more than is currently being used by
the affected drivers. The string is used in '%s' format strings and via
the module code, which appears to do its own length encoding. This size
was chosen because there was already a 4 byte hole in the structure:

struct platform_device_id {
        char                       name[20];             /*     0    20 */

        /* XXX 4 bytes hole, try to pack */

        kernel_ulong_t             driver_data;          /*    24     8 */

        /* size: 32, cachelines: 1, members: 2 */
        /* sum members: 28, holes: 1, sum holes: 4 */
        /* last cacheline: 32 bytes */
};

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
---
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Nipun Gupta <nipun.gupta@amd.com>
Cc: Nikhil Agarwal <nikhil.agarwal@amd.com>
Cc: "Borislav Petkov (AMD)" <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: Pieter Jansen van Vuuren <pieter.jansen-van-vuuren@amd.com>
Cc: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
---
 include/linux/mod_devicetable.h | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/mod_devicetable.h b/include/linux/mod_devicetable.h
index dde836875deb..6077972e8b45 100644
--- a/include/linux/mod_devicetable.h
+++ b/include/linux/mod_devicetable.h
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ struct dmi_system_id {
 #define DMI_MATCH(a, b)	{ .slot = a, .substr = b }
 #define DMI_EXACT_MATCH(a, b)	{ .slot = a, .substr = b, .exact_match = 1 }
 
-#define PLATFORM_NAME_SIZE	20
+#define PLATFORM_NAME_SIZE	24
 #define PLATFORM_MODULE_PREFIX	"platform:"
 
 struct platform_device_id {
-- 
2.34.1

Re: [PATCH] mod_devicetable: Enlarge the maximum platform_device_id name length

[Andy Shevchenko]

On Tue, Apr 15, 2025 at 04:14:24PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> The 20 byte length of struct platform_device_id::name is not long enough
> for many devices (especially regulators), where the string initialization
> is getting truncated and missing the trailing NUL byte. This is seen
> with GCC 15's -Wunterminated-string-initialization option:
> 
> drivers/regulator/hi6421v530-regulator.c:189:19: warning: initializer-string for array of 'char' truncates NUL terminator but destination lacks 'nonstring' attribute (21 chars into 20 available) [-Wunterminated-string-initialization]
>   189 |         { .name = "hi6421v530-regulator" },
>       |                   ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> drivers/regulator/hi6421v600-regulator.c:278:19: warning: initializer-string for array of 'char' truncates NUL terminator but destination lacks 'nonstring' attribute (21 chars into 20 available) [-Wunterminated-string-initialization]
>   278 |         { .name = "hi6421v600-regulator" },
>       |                   ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> drivers/regulator/lp87565-regulator.c:233:11: warning: initializer-string for array of 'char' truncates NUL terminator but destination lacks 'nonstring' attribute (21 chars into 20 available) [-Wunterminated-string-initialization]
>   233 |         { "lp87565-q1-regulator", },
>       |           ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> sound/soc/fsl/imx-pcm-rpmsg.c:818:19: warning: initializer-string for array of 'char' truncates NUL terminator but destination lacks 'nonstring' attribute (21 chars into 20 available) [-Wunterminated-string-initialization]
>   818 |         { .name = "rpmsg-micfil-channel" },
>       |                   ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> drivers/iio/light/hid-sensor-als.c:457:25: warning: initializer-string for array of 'char' truncates NUL terminator but destination lacks 'nonstring' attribute (21 chars into 20 available) [-Wunterminated-string-initialization]
>   457 |                 .name = "HID-SENSOR-LISS-0041",
>       |                         ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> drivers/iio/light/hid-sensor-prox.c:366:25: warning: initializer-string for array of 'char' truncates NUL terminator but destination lacks 'nonstring' attribute (21 chars into 20 available) [-Wunterminated-string-initialization]
>   366 |                 .name = "HID-SENSOR-LISS-0226",
>       |                         ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
> Increase the length to 24, slightly more than is currently being used by
> the affected drivers. The string is used in '%s' format strings and via
> the module code, which appears to do its own length encoding. This size
> was chosen because there was already a 4 byte hole in the structure:
> 
> struct platform_device_id {
>         char                       name[20];             /*     0    20 */
> 
>         /* XXX 4 bytes hole, try to pack */
> 
>         kernel_ulong_t             driver_data;          /*    24     8 */
> 
>         /* size: 32, cachelines: 1, members: 2 */
>         /* sum members: 28, holes: 1, sum holes: 4 */
>         /* last cacheline: 32 bytes */
> };

Since there is no even potential ABI breakage, I'm fine with the change.
Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko

Re: [PATCH] mod_devicetable: Enlarge the maximum platform_device_id name length

[Vitaly Chikunov]

Andy, Kees,

On Wed, Apr 16, 2025 at 09:45:52AM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 15, 2025 at 04:14:24PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> > The 20 byte length of struct platform_device_id::name is not long enough
> > for many devices (especially regulators), where the string initialization
> > is getting truncated and missing the trailing NUL byte. This is seen
> > with GCC 15's -Wunterminated-string-initialization option:
> > 
> > drivers/regulator/hi6421v530-regulator.c:189:19: warning: initializer-string for array of 'char' truncates NUL terminator but destination lacks 'nonstring' attribute (21 chars into 20 available) [-Wunterminated-string-initialization]
> >   189 |         { .name = "hi6421v530-regulator" },
> >       |                   ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > drivers/regulator/hi6421v600-regulator.c:278:19: warning: initializer-string for array of 'char' truncates NUL terminator but destination lacks 'nonstring' attribute (21 chars into 20 available) [-Wunterminated-string-initialization]
> >   278 |         { .name = "hi6421v600-regulator" },
> >       |                   ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > drivers/regulator/lp87565-regulator.c:233:11: warning: initializer-string for array of 'char' truncates NUL terminator but destination lacks 'nonstring' attribute (21 chars into 20 available) [-Wunterminated-string-initialization]
> >   233 |         { "lp87565-q1-regulator", },
> >       |           ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > sound/soc/fsl/imx-pcm-rpmsg.c:818:19: warning: initializer-string for array of 'char' truncates NUL terminator but destination lacks 'nonstring' attribute (21 chars into 20 available) [-Wunterminated-string-initialization]
> >   818 |         { .name = "rpmsg-micfil-channel" },
> >       |                   ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > drivers/iio/light/hid-sensor-als.c:457:25: warning: initializer-string for array of 'char' truncates NUL terminator but destination lacks 'nonstring' attribute (21 chars into 20 available) [-Wunterminated-string-initialization]
> >   457 |                 .name = "HID-SENSOR-LISS-0041",
> >       |                         ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > drivers/iio/light/hid-sensor-prox.c:366:25: warning: initializer-string for array of 'char' truncates NUL terminator but destination lacks 'nonstring' attribute (21 chars into 20 available) [-Wunterminated-string-initialization]
> >   366 |                 .name = "HID-SENSOR-LISS-0226",
> >       |                         ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > 
> > Increase the length to 24, slightly more than is currently being used by
> > the affected drivers. The string is used in '%s' format strings and via
> > the module code, which appears to do its own length encoding. This size
> > was chosen because there was already a 4 byte hole in the structure:
> > 
> > struct platform_device_id {
> >         char                       name[20];             /*     0    20 */
> > 
> >         /* XXX 4 bytes hole, try to pack */
> > 
> >         kernel_ulong_t             driver_data;          /*    24     8 */
> > 
> >         /* size: 32, cachelines: 1, members: 2 */
> >         /* sum members: 28, holes: 1, sum holes: 4 */
> >         /* last cacheline: 32 bytes */
> > };
> 
> Since there is no even potential ABI breakage, I'm fine with the change.
> Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>

This definitely breaks ABI on 32-bit architectures such as i586, because there
is no gap from alignment. Perhaps, this also make the commit not suitable for
backporting to stable branches?

I recently stumbled on build failure on v5.10.239 for i586:

  make: Entering directory '/usr/src/kernel-source-5.10'
    DEPMOD  5.10.239
  depmod: FATAL: Module index: bad character '�'=0x80 - only 7-bit ASCII is supported:
  platform:jsl_rt5682_max98360ax�
  make: *** [Makefile:1786: modules_install] Error 1
  make: Leaving directory '/usr/src/kernel-source-5.10'

With this patch not applied "jsl_rt5682_max98360a" have terminating '\0'
truncated due to PLATFORM_NAME_SIZE being same as the string length and
concatenated with the following binary data:

        {
                .name = "jsl_rt5682_max98360a",
                .driver_data = (kernel_ulong_t)(SOF_RT5682_MCLK_EN |
                                        SOF_RT5682_MCLK_24MHZ |
                                        SOF_RT5682_SSP_CODEC(0) |
                                        SOF_SPEAKER_AMP_PRESENT |
                                        SOF_MAX98360A_SPEAKER_AMP_PRESENT |
                                        SOF_RT5682_SSP_AMP(1)),
        },

modpost then interprets it as an asciiz string concatenating with `driver_data`
resulting in bad characters.

  static int do_platform_entry(const char *filename,
			       void *symval, char *alias)
  {
	  DEF_FIELD_ADDR(symval, platform_device_id, name);
	  sprintf(alias, PLATFORM_MODULE_PREFIX "%s", *name);
	  return 1;
  }

creating in an incorrect alias, and this somehow breaks depmod in kmod 34.2
(maybe earlier).

Old kmod 30 successfully adds incorrect alias:

  $ modinfo snd-soc-sof_rt5682.ko | grep jsl_rt5682_max98360a
  alias:          platform:jsl_rt5682_max98360a
  alias:          platform:jsl_rt5682_max98360ax�

and 

  modules.alias:alias platform:jsl_rt5682_max98360ax� snd_soc_sof_rt5682

Perhaps, scripts/mod/file2alias.c should be updated with:

-	  sprintf(alias, PLATFORM_MODULE_PREFIX "%s", *name);
+	  sprintf(alias, PLATFORM_MODULE_PREFIX "%.*s", PLATFORM_NAME_SIZE, *name);

(Or even producing an error if more serious truncation occurs.)

Thanks,

> 
> -- 
> With Best Regards,
> Andy Shevchenko
> 
> 

Re: [PATCH] mod_devicetable: Enlarge the maximum platform_device_id name length

[Kees Cook]

On Tue, 15 Apr 2025 16:14:24 -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> The 20 byte length of struct platform_device_id::name is not long enough
> for many devices (especially regulators), where the string initialization
> is getting truncated and missing the trailing NUL byte. This is seen
> with GCC 15's -Wunterminated-string-initialization option:
> 
> drivers/regulator/hi6421v530-regulator.c:189:19: warning: initializer-string for array of 'char' truncates NUL terminator but destination lacks 'nonstring' attribute (21 chars into 20 available) [-Wunterminated-string-initialization]
>   189 |         { .name = "hi6421v530-regulator" },
>       |                   ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> drivers/regulator/hi6421v600-regulator.c:278:19: warning: initializer-string for array of 'char' truncates NUL terminator but destination lacks 'nonstring' attribute (21 chars into 20 available) [-Wunterminated-string-initialization]
>   278 |         { .name = "hi6421v600-regulator" },
>       |                   ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> drivers/regulator/lp87565-regulator.c:233:11: warning: initializer-string for array of 'char' truncates NUL terminator but destination lacks 'nonstring' attribute (21 chars into 20 available) [-Wunterminated-string-initialization]
>   233 |         { "lp87565-q1-regulator", },
>       |           ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> sound/soc/fsl/imx-pcm-rpmsg.c:818:19: warning: initializer-string for array of 'char' truncates NUL terminator but destination lacks 'nonstring' attribute (21 chars into 20 available) [-Wunterminated-string-initialization]
>   818 |         { .name = "rpmsg-micfil-channel" },
>       |                   ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> drivers/iio/light/hid-sensor-als.c:457:25: warning: initializer-string for array of 'char' truncates NUL terminator but destination lacks 'nonstring' attribute (21 chars into 20 available) [-Wunterminated-string-initialization]
>   457 |                 .name = "HID-SENSOR-LISS-0041",
>       |                         ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> drivers/iio/light/hid-sensor-prox.c:366:25: warning: initializer-string for array of 'char' truncates NUL terminator but destination lacks 'nonstring' attribute (21 chars into 20 available) [-Wunterminated-string-initialization]
>   366 |                 .name = "HID-SENSOR-LISS-0226",
>       |                         ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
> [...]

Applied to for-next/hardening, thanks!

[1/1] mod_devicetable: Enlarge the maximum platform_device_id name length
      https://git.kernel.org/kees/c/94a821d9355c

Take care,

-- 
Kees Cook