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From: deller@kernel.org
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, apparmor@lists.ubuntu.com,
	John Johansen <john.johansen@canonical.com>,
	linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>, stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] apparmor: Fix 8-byte alignment for initial dfa blob streams
Date: Sat, 31 May 2025 17:08:21 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250531150822.135803-2-deller@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250531150822.135803-1-deller@kernel.org>

From: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>

The dfa blob stream for the aa_dfa_unpack() function is expected to be aligned
on a 8 byte boundary.

The static nulldfa_src[] and stacksplitdfa_src[] arrays store the inital
apparmor dfa blob streams, but since they are declared as an array-of-chars
the compiler and linker will only ensure a "char" (1-byte) alignment.

Add an __aligned(8) annotation to the arrays to tell the linker to always
align them on a 8-byte boundary. This avoids runtime warnings at startup on
alignment-sensitive platforms like parisc such as:

 Kernel: unaligned access to 0x7f2a584a in aa_dfa_unpack+0x124/0x788 (iir 0xca0109f)
 Kernel: unaligned access to 0x7f2a584e in aa_dfa_unpack+0x210/0x788 (iir 0xca8109c)
 Kernel: unaligned access to 0x7f2a586a in aa_dfa_unpack+0x278/0x788 (iir 0xcb01090)

Signed-off-by: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
---
 security/apparmor/lsm.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/security/apparmor/lsm.c b/security/apparmor/lsm.c
index 9b6c2f157f83..531bde29cccb 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/lsm.c
+++ b/security/apparmor/lsm.c
@@ -2149,12 +2149,12 @@ static int __init apparmor_nf_ip_init(void)
 __initcall(apparmor_nf_ip_init);
 #endif
 
-static char nulldfa_src[] = {
+static char nulldfa_src[] __aligned(8) = {
 	#include "nulldfa.in"
 };
 static struct aa_dfa *nulldfa;
 
-static char stacksplitdfa_src[] = {
+static char stacksplitdfa_src[] __aligned(8) = {
 	#include "stacksplitdfa.in"
 };
 struct aa_dfa *stacksplitdfa;
-- 
2.47.0


  reply	other threads:[~2025-05-31 15:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-05-31 15:08 [PATCH 0/2] apparmor unaligned memory fixes deller
2025-05-31 15:08 ` deller [this message]
2025-05-31 15:08 ` [PATCH 2/2] apparmor: Fix unaligned memory accesses in KUnit test deller
2025-11-18  9:04 ` [PATCH 0/2] apparmor unaligned memory fixes John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
2025-11-18 11:09   ` Helge Deller
2025-11-18 11:43     ` John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
2025-11-18 12:49       ` Helge Deller
2025-11-23  2:08         ` John Johansen
2025-11-25 15:11           ` Helge Deller
2025-11-25 19:20             ` John Johansen
2025-11-25 21:13               ` Helge Deller
2025-11-26  9:11                 ` John Johansen
2025-11-26 10:44                   ` david laight
2025-11-26 11:03                     ` Helge Deller
2025-11-26 11:31                       ` Helge Deller
2025-11-26 16:16                         ` John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
2025-11-26 16:58                           ` Helge Deller
2025-11-26 17:26                             ` John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
2025-11-26 14:22                       ` david laight
2025-11-26 15:12                         ` Helge Deller
2025-11-26 19:33                           ` John Johansen
2025-11-26 20:15                             ` Helge Deller
2025-11-26 21:10                               ` John Johansen
2025-11-27  9:25                               ` John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
2025-11-27  9:43                                 ` John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
2025-11-28  9:54                               ` John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
2025-11-26 21:23                           ` david laight
2025-11-26 22:18                             ` John Johansen
2025-11-26 19:22                     ` John Johansen
2025-11-26  7:27             ` John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
2025-11-26  7:52             ` John Paul Adrian Glaubitz

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