[PATCH v7 0/8] Improve the copy of task comm

[Yafang Shao]

On Sat, Aug 17, 2024 at 10:56 AM Yafang Shao <laoar.shao at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Using {memcpy,strncpy,strcpy,kstrdup} to copy the task comm relies on the
> length of task comm. Changes in the task comm could result in a destination
> string that is overflow. Therefore, we should explicitly ensure the
> destination string is always NUL-terminated, regardless of the task comm.
> This approach will facilitate future extensions to the task comm.
>
> As suggested by Linus [0], we can identify all relevant code with the
> following git grep command:
>
>   git grep 'memcpy.*->comm\>'
>   git grep 'kstrdup.*->comm\>'
>   git grep 'strncpy.*->comm\>'
>   git grep 'strcpy.*->comm\>'
>
> PATCH #2~#4:   memcpy
> PATCH #5~#6:   kstrdup
> PATCH #7~#8:   strcpy
>
> Please note that strncpy() is not included in this series as it is being
> tracked by another effort. [1]
>
> In this series, we have removed __get_task_comm() because the task_lock()
> and BUILD_BUG_ON() within it are unnecessary.
>
> Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds at linux-foundation.org>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAHk-=wjAmmHUg6vho1KjzQi2=psR30+CogFd4aXrThr2gsiS4g@mail.gmail.com/ [0]
>
> Changes:
> v6->v7:
> - Improve the comment (Alejandro)
> - Drop strncpy as it is being tracked by another effort (Justin)
>   https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/90 [1]
>
> v5->v6: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/20240812022933.69850-1-laoar.shao@gmail.com/
> - Get rid of __get_task_comm() (Linus)
> - Use ARRAY_SIZE() in get_task_comm() (Alejandro)
>
> v4->v5: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240804075619.20804-1-laoar.shao@gmail.com/
> - Drop changes in the mm/kmemleak.c as it was fixed by
>   commit 0b84780134fb ("mm/kmemleak: replace strncpy() with strscpy()")
> - Drop changes in kernel/tsacct.c as it was fixed by
>   commmit 0fe2356434e ("tsacct: replace strncpy() with strscpy()")
>
> v3->v4: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/20240729023719.1933-1-laoar.shao@gmail.com/
> - Rename __kstrndup() to __kmemdup_nul() and define it inside mm/util.c
>   (Matthew)
> - Remove unused local varaible (Simon)
>
> v2->v3: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240621022959.9124-1-laoar.shao@gmail.com/
> - Deduplicate code around kstrdup (Andrew)
> - Add commit log for dropping task_lock (Catalin)
>
> v1->v2: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20240613023044.45873-1-laoar.shao@gmail.com/
> - Add comment for dropping task_lock() in __get_task_comm() (Alexei)
> - Drop changes in trace event (Steven)
> - Fix comment on task comm (Matus)
>
> v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240602023754.25443-1-laoar.shao@gmail.com/
>
> Yafang Shao (8):
>   Get rid of __get_task_comm()
>   auditsc: Replace memcpy() with strscpy()
>   security: Replace memcpy() with get_task_comm()
>   bpftool: Ensure task comm is always NUL-terminated
>   mm/util: Fix possible race condition in kstrdup()
>   mm/util: Deduplicate code in {kstrdup,kstrndup,kmemdup_nul}
>   net: Replace strcpy() with strscpy()
>   drm: Replace strcpy() with strscpy()
>
>  drivers/gpu/drm/drm_framebuffer.c     |  2 +-
>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gpu_error.c |  2 +-
>  fs/exec.c                             | 10 -----
>  fs/proc/array.c                       |  2 +-
>  include/linux/sched.h                 | 32 +++++++++++---
>  kernel/auditsc.c                      |  6 +--
>  kernel/kthread.c                      |  2 +-
>  mm/util.c                             | 61 ++++++++++++---------------
>  net/ipv6/ndisc.c                      |  2 +-
>  security/lsm_audit.c                  |  4 +-
>  security/selinux/selinuxfs.c          |  2 +-
>  tools/bpf/bpftool/pids.c              |  2 +
>  12 files changed, 65 insertions(+), 62 deletions(-)
>
> --
> 2.43.5
>

Hello Andrew,

Could you please apply this series to the mm tree ?

-- 
Regards
Yafang