diff --git a/rust/kernel/types.rs b/rust/kernel/types.rs
index 2e7c9008621f5dce10437ef577ebb2ea3d9d2d7f..bd189d646adb9a111cdb7ffe2dd6282e2069dabe 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/types.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/types.rs
@@ -409,3 +409,67 @@ pub enum Either<L, R> {
/// Constructs an instance of [`Either`] containing a value of type `R`.
Right(R),
}
+
+/// Types for which any bit pattern is valid.
+///
+/// Not all types are valid for all values. For example, a `bool` must be either zero or one, so
+/// reading arbitrary bytes into something that contains a `bool` is not okay.
+///
+/// It's okay for the type to have padding, as initializing those bytes has no effect.
+///
+/// # Safety
+///
+/// All bit-patterns must be valid for this type. This type must not have interior mutability.
+pub unsafe trait FromBytes {}
+
+// SAFETY: All bit patterns are acceptable values of the types below.
+unsafe impl FromBytes for u8 {}
+unsafe impl FromBytes for u16 {}
+unsafe impl FromBytes for u32 {}
+unsafe impl FromBytes for u64 {}
+unsafe impl FromBytes for usize {}
+unsafe impl FromBytes for i8 {}
+unsafe impl FromBytes for i16 {}
+unsafe impl FromBytes for i32 {}
+unsafe impl FromBytes for i64 {}
+unsafe impl FromBytes for isize {}
+// SAFETY: If all bit patterns are acceptable for individual values in an array, then all bit
+// patterns are also acceptable for arrays of that type.
+unsafe impl<T: FromBytes> FromBytes for [T] {}
+unsafe impl<T: FromBytes, const N: usize> FromBytes for [T; N] {}
+
+/// Types that can be viewed as an immutable slice of initialized bytes.
+///
+/// If a struct implements this trait, then it is okay to copy it byte-for-byte to userspace. This
+/// means that it should not have any padding, as padding bytes are uninitialized. Reading
+/// uninitialized memory is not just undefined behavior, it may even lead to leaking sensitive
+/// information on the stack to userspace.
+///
+/// The struct should also not hold kernel pointers, as kernel pointer addresses are also considered
+/// sensitive. However, leaking kernel pointers is not considered undefined behavior by Rust, so
+/// this is a correctness requirement, but not a safety requirement.
+///
+/// # Safety
+///
+/// Values of this type may not contain any uninitialized bytes. This type must not have interior
+/// mutability.
+pub unsafe trait AsBytes {}
+
+// SAFETY: Instances of the following types have no uninitialized portions.
+unsafe impl AsBytes for u8 {}
+unsafe impl AsBytes for u16 {}
+unsafe impl AsBytes for u32 {}
+unsafe impl AsBytes for u64 {}
+unsafe impl AsBytes for usize {}
+unsafe impl AsBytes for i8 {}
+unsafe impl AsBytes for i16 {}
+unsafe impl AsBytes for i32 {}
+unsafe impl AsBytes for i64 {}
+unsafe impl AsBytes for isize {}
+unsafe impl AsBytes for bool {}
+unsafe impl AsBytes for char {}
+unsafe impl AsBytes for str {}
+// SAFETY: If individual values in an array have no uninitialized portions, then the array itself
+// does not have any uninitialized portions either.
+unsafe impl<T: AsBytes> AsBytes for [T] {}
+unsafe impl<T: AsBytes, const N: usize> AsBytes for [T; N] {}
diff --git a/rust/kernel/uaccess.rs b/rust/kernel/uaccess.rs
index 55f0d7ecfa3f5344d0fa7c9540be785803981d55..e9347cff99ab202e3d19a612ddeb2edd970022b7 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/uaccess.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/uaccess.rs
@@ -4,10 +4,16 @@
//!
//! C header: [`include/linux/uaccess.h`](srctree/include/linux/uaccess.h)
-use crate::{alloc::Flags, bindings, error::Result, prelude::*};
+use crate::{
+ alloc::Flags,
+ bindings,
+ error::Result,
+ prelude::*,
+ types::{AsBytes, FromBytes},
+};
use alloc::vec::Vec;
use core::ffi::{c_ulong, c_void};
-use core::mem::MaybeUninit;
+use core::mem::{size_of, MaybeUninit};
/// The type used for userspace addresses.
pub type UserPtr = usize;
@@ -247,6 +253,41 @@ pub fn read_slice(&mut self, out: &mut [u8]) -> Result {
self.read_raw(out)
}
+ /// Reads a value of the specified type.
+ ///
+ /// Fails with [`EFAULT`] if the read happens on a bad address, or if the read goes out of
+ /// bounds of this [`UserSliceReader`].
+ pub fn read<T: FromBytes>(&mut self) -> Result<T> {
+ let len = size_of::<T>();
+ if len > self.length {
+ return Err(EFAULT);
+ }
+ let Ok(len_ulong) = c_ulong::try_from(len) else {
+ return Err(EFAULT);
+ };
+ let mut out: MaybeUninit<T> = MaybeUninit::uninit();
+ // SAFETY: The local variable `out` is valid for writing `size_of::<T>()` bytes.
+ //
+ // By using the _copy_from_user variant, we skip the check_object_size check that verifies
+ // the kernel pointer. This mirrors the logic on the C side that skips the check when the
+ // length is a compile-time constant.
+ let res = unsafe {
+ bindings::_copy_from_user(
+ out.as_mut_ptr().cast::<c_void>(),
+ self.ptr as *const c_void,
+ len_ulong,
+ )
+ };
+ if res != 0 {
+ return Err(EFAULT);
+ }
+ self.ptr = self.ptr.wrapping_add(len);
+ self.length -= len;
+ // SAFETY: The read above has initialized all bytes in `out`, and since `T` implements
+ // `FromBytes`, any bit-pattern is a valid value for this type.
+ Ok(unsafe { out.assume_init() })
+ }
+
/// Reads the entirety of the user slice, appending it to the end of the provided buffer.
///
/// Fails with [`EFAULT`] if the read happens on a bad address.
@@ -310,4 +351,38 @@ pub fn write_slice(&mut self, data: &[u8]) -> Result {
self.length -= len;
Ok(())
}
+
+ /// Writes the provided Rust value to this userspace pointer.
+ ///
+ /// Fails with [`EFAULT`] if the write happens on a bad address, or if the write goes out of
+ /// bounds of this [`UserSliceWriter`]. This call may modify the associated userspace slice even
+ /// if it returns an error.
+ pub fn write<T: AsBytes>(&mut self, value: &T) -> Result {
+ let len = size_of::<T>();
+ if len > self.length {
+ return Err(EFAULT);
+ }
+ let Ok(len_ulong) = c_ulong::try_from(len) else {
+ return Err(EFAULT);
+ };
+ // SAFETY: The reference points to a value of type `T`, so it is valid for reading
+ // `size_of::<T>()` bytes.
+ //
+ // By using the _copy_to_user variant, we skip the check_object_size check that verifies the
+ // kernel pointer. This mirrors the logic on the C side that skips the check when the length
+ // is a compile-time constant.
+ let res = unsafe {
+ bindings::_copy_to_user(
+ self.ptr as *mut c_void,
+ (value as *const T).cast::<c_void>(),
+ len_ulong,
+ )
+ };
+ if res != 0 {
+ return Err(EFAULT);
+ }
+ self.ptr = self.ptr.wrapping_add(len);
+ self.length -= len;
+ Ok(())
+ }
}