linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7 1/2] mm, kasan: account for object redzone in SLUB's nearest

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Date:	Wed, 13 Jul 2016 14:14:19 +0200
From:	Alexander Potapenko <glider@...gle.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Andrey Konovalov <adech.fo@...il.com>,
	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>,
	Dmitriy Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>,
	Joonsoo Kim <js1304@...il.com>,
	Kostya Serebryany <kcc@...gle.com>,
	Andrey Ryabinin <aryabinin@...tuozzo.com>,
	Kuthonuzo Luruo <kuthonuzo.luruo@....com>,
	kasan-dev <kasan-dev@...glegroups.com>,
	Linux Memory Management List <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 1/2] mm, kasan: account for object redzone in SLUB's nearest_obj()

Changed the description as follows:

=================================
    mm, kasan: account for object redzone in SLUB's nearest_obj()

    When looking up the nearest SLUB object for a given address, correctly
    calculate its offset if SLAB_RED_ZONE is enabled for that cache.

    Previously, when KASAN had detected an error on an object from a cache
    with SLAB_RED_ZONE set, the actual start address of the object was
    miscalculated, which led to random stacks having been reported.

    Fixes: 7ed2f9e663854db ("mm, kasan: SLAB support")
    Signed-off-by: Alexander Potapenko <glider@...gle.com>
=================================

To avoid sending both patches and the cover page again, I'm going to
wait for other comments.

On Tue, Jul 12, 2016 at 10:02 PM, Andrew Morton
<akpm@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Jul 2016 20:12:44 +0200 Alexander Potapenko <glider@...gle.com> wrote:
>
>> When looking up the nearest SLUB object for a given address, correctly
>> calculate its offset if SLAB_RED_ZONE is enabled for that cache.
>
> What are the runtime effects of this fix?  Please always include this
> info when fixing bugs so that others can decide which kernel(s) need
> patching.
>



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