From: Kees Cook Date: Fri, 26 May 2017 04:40:22 +0000 (-0700) Subject: randstruct: Whitelist big_key path struct overloading X-Git-Tag: v4.13-rc1~159^2^2~3 X-Git-Url: https://git.kernelconcepts.de/?p=karo-tx-linux.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=802762cdfff256b6bf3fdb624ac2c56ec043c4f0 randstruct: Whitelist big_key path struct overloading The big_key payload structure intentionally stores a struct path in two void pointers to avoid header soup. Whitelist this case: security/keys/big_key.c: In function ‘big_key_read’: security/keys/big_key.c:293:16: note: found mismatched rhs struct pointer types: ‘struct path’ and ‘void *’ struct path *path = (struct path *)&key->payload.data[big_key_path]; ^~~~ Cc: David Howells Signed-off-by: Kees Cook --- diff --git a/scripts/gcc-plugins/randomize_layout_plugin.c b/scripts/gcc-plugins/randomize_layout_plugin.c index 2e710bf29699..c07818dac401 100644 --- a/scripts/gcc-plugins/randomize_layout_plugin.c +++ b/scripts/gcc-plugins/randomize_layout_plugin.c @@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ struct whitelist_entry { static const struct whitelist_entry whitelist[] = { /* unix_skb_parms via UNIXCB() buffer */ { "net/unix/af_unix.c", "unix_skb_parms", "char" }, + /* big_key payload.data struct splashing */ + { "security/keys/big_key.c", "path", "void *" }, /* walk struct security_hook_heads as an array of struct list_head */ { "security/security.c", "list_head", "security_hook_heads" }, { }