linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/2] slub: Fix kmem_ptr_validate() for non-kernel pointers

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Date:	Wed,  7 Apr 2010 19:23:41 +0300
From:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
To:	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux-foundation.org>,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>,
	Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] slub: Fix kmem_ptr_validate() for non-kernel pointers

As suggested by Linus, fix up kmem_ptr_validate() to handle non-kernel pointers
more graciously. The patch changes kmem_ptr_validate() to use the newly
introduced kern_ptr_validate() helper to check that a pointer is a valid kernel
pointer before we attempt to convert it into a 'struct page'.

Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc: Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>
Cc: Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>
Signed-off-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
---
 mm/slub.c |    3 +++
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index b364844..7d6c8b1 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -2386,6 +2386,9 @@ int kmem_ptr_validate(struct kmem_cache *s, const void *object)
 {
 	struct page *page;
 
+	if (!kern_ptr_validate(object, s->size))
+		return 0;
+
 	page = get_object_page(object);
 
 	if (!page || s != page->slab)
-- 
1.6.3.3

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