On 30/09/2019 06:36, Walter Wu wrote: > bool check_memory_region(unsigned long addr, size_t size, bool write, > unsigned long ret_ip) > { > + if (long(size) < 0) { > + kasan_report_invalid_size(src, dest, len, _RET_IP_); > + return false; > + } > + > return check_memory_region_inline(addr, size, write, ret_ip); > }
Is it expected that memcpy/memmove may sometimes (incorrectly) be passed a negative value? (It would indeed turn up as a "large" size_t) IMO, casting to long is suspicious. There seem to be some two implicit assumptions. 1) size >= ULONG_MAX/2 is invalid input 2) casting a size >= ULONG_MAX/2 to long yields a negative value 1) seems reasonable because we can't copy more than half of memory to the other half of memory. I suppose the constraint could be even tighter, but it's not clear where to draw the line, especially when considering 32b vs 64b arches. 2) is implementation-defined, and gcc works "as expected" (clang too probably) https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Integers-implementation.html A comment might be warranted to explain the rationale. Regards.