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
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