[PATCH] apparmor: Constify 'nulldfa_src' and 'stacksplitdfa_src' arrays

Len Bao posted 1 patch 5 hours ago
security/apparmor/include/match.h | 2 +-
security/apparmor/lsm.c           | 4 ++--
security/apparmor/match.c         | 6 +++---
3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
[PATCH] apparmor: Constify 'nulldfa_src' and 'stacksplitdfa_src' arrays
Posted by Len Bao 5 hours ago
The 'nulldfa_src' and 'stacksplitdfa_src' arrays are initialized in
their declarations and never changed. So, constify them to reduce the
attack surface.

To make this possible, it is also necessary to change the 'unpack_table'
and 'aa_dfa_unpack' function prototypes to pass, as a first argument, a
pointer to a 'const' blob. At the same type, define the blob exact
pointer type (pointer to const char) since all the calls to the
mentioned functions use this same type.

Before the patch (size lsm.o):

  text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex
128768	  28028	    704	 157500	  2673c

After the patch (size lsm.o):

  text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex
131264	  25532	    704	 157500	  2673c

Signed-off-by: Len Bao <len.bao@gmx.us>
---
 security/apparmor/include/match.h | 2 +-
 security/apparmor/lsm.c           | 4 ++--
 security/apparmor/match.c         | 6 +++---
 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/security/apparmor/include/match.h b/security/apparmor/include/match.h
index 7accb1c39..4a92cd044 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/include/match.h
+++ b/security/apparmor/include/match.h
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ static inline size_t table_size(size_t len, size_t el_size)
 
 #define aa_state_t unsigned int
 
-struct aa_dfa *aa_dfa_unpack(void *blob, size_t size, int flags);
+struct aa_dfa *aa_dfa_unpack(const char *blob, size_t size, int flags);
 aa_state_t aa_dfa_match_len(struct aa_dfa *dfa, aa_state_t start,
 			    const char *str, int len);
 aa_state_t aa_dfa_match(struct aa_dfa *dfa, aa_state_t start,
diff --git a/security/apparmor/lsm.c b/security/apparmor/lsm.c
index 3491e9f60..3f995b6a7 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/lsm.c
+++ b/security/apparmor/lsm.c
@@ -2432,12 +2432,12 @@ static int __init apparmor_nf_ip_init(void)
 }
 #endif
 
-static char nulldfa_src[] __aligned(8) = {
+static const char nulldfa_src[] __aligned(8) = {
 	#include "nulldfa.in"
 };
 static struct aa_dfa *nulldfa;
 
-static char stacksplitdfa_src[] __aligned(8) = {
+static const char stacksplitdfa_src[] __aligned(8) = {
 	#include "stacksplitdfa.in"
 };
 struct aa_dfa *stacksplitdfa;
diff --git a/security/apparmor/match.c b/security/apparmor/match.c
index 3a2c6cf02..c6f7bea1e 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/match.c
+++ b/security/apparmor/match.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
  *
  * NOTE: must be freed by kvfree (not kfree)
  */
-static struct table_header *unpack_table(char *blob, size_t bsize)
+static struct table_header *unpack_table(const char *blob, size_t bsize)
 {
 	struct table_header *table = NULL;
 	struct table_header th;
@@ -311,11 +311,11 @@ static struct table_header *remap_data16_to_data32(struct table_header *old)
  *
  * Returns: an unpacked dfa ready for matching or ERR_PTR on failure
  */
-struct aa_dfa *aa_dfa_unpack(void *blob, size_t size, int flags)
+struct aa_dfa *aa_dfa_unpack(const char *blob, size_t size, int flags)
 {
 	int hsize;
 	int error = -ENOMEM;
-	char *data = blob;
+	const char *data = blob;
 	struct table_header *table = NULL;
 	struct aa_dfa *dfa = kzalloc_obj(struct aa_dfa);
 	if (!dfa)
-- 
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