linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Add support for usbfs zerocopy.

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Date:	Wed, 24 Feb 2016 20:33:01 +0100
From:	"Steinar H. Gunderson" <sesse@...gle.com>
To:	Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@...cle.com>
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	stern@...land.harvard.edu
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add support for usbfs zerocopy.

On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 02:30:08PM -0500, Sasha Levin wrote:
> I'm seeing the following warning while fuzzing:
> [ 1595.188189] WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 26063 at mm/page_alloc.c:3207 __alloc_pages_nodemask+0x960/0x29e0()
> [ 1595.188287] Modules linked in:
> [ 1595.188316] CPU: 3 PID: 26063 Comm: syz-executor Not tainted 4.5.0-rc5-next-20160223-sasha-00022-g03b30f1-dirty #2982

I think it was already established that one could cause kernel warnings if
trying to allocate large amounts of memory, but that the usbfs memory limits
could curb truly dangerous amounts. Someone please correct me if I'm
misunderstanding?

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