linux-kernel - Re: [RFC/PATCH v2 01/10] Add kernel address sanitizer infrastructure.

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Date:	Mon, 15 Sep 2014 09:24:41 -0700
From:	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To:	Andrey Ryabinin <a.ryabinin@...sung.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
CC:	Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>,
	Konstantin Serebryany <kcc@...gle.com>,
	Dmitry Chernenkov <dmitryc@...gle.com>,
	Andrey Konovalov <adech.fo@...il.com>,
	Yuri Gribov <tetra2005@...il.com>,
	Konstantin Khlebnikov <koct9i@...il.com>,
	Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@...cle.com>,
	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>,
	Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@...il.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, x86@...nel.org,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH v2 01/10] Add kernel address sanitizer infrastructure.

On 09/15/14 08:28, Andrey Ryabinin wrote:
> On 09/14/2014 05:35 AM, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>> Following sentence is confusing.  I'm not sure how to fix it.
>>
> 
> 
> Perhaps rephrase is like this:
> 
> Do not use slub poisoning with KASan if user tracking enabled (iow slub_debug=PU).

                                       if user tracking is enabled

> User tracking info (allocation/free stacktraces) are stored inside slub object's metadata.
> Slub poisoning overwrites slub object and it's metadata with poison value on freeing.

                                            its

> So if KASan will detect use after free, allocation/free stacktraces will be overwritten

  So if KASan detects a use after free, allocation/free stacktraces are overwritten

> and KASan won't be able to print them.


Thanks.

-- 
~Randy
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