linux-kernel - Re: [linux-next][Oops] CPU toggle resulted in kernel crash

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Message-ID: <87o9plyznz.fsf@concordia.ellerman.id.au>
Date:   Fri, 06 Oct 2017 09:53:36 +1100
From:   Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Abdul Haleem <abdhalee@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:     sachinp <sachinp@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
        linux-next <linux-next@...r.kernel.org>,
        linuxppc-dev <linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [linux-next][Oops] CPU toggle resulted in kernel crash

Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> writes:

> On Thu, Oct 5, 2017 at 10:21 AM, Abdul Haleem
> <abdhalee@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> CPU off on in a loop for single cpu results in kernel panic for
>> 4.14.0-rc2-next-20170929
>>
>> Machine: Power 8 PowerVM LPAR
>> Kernel: 4.14.0-rc2-next-20170929
>> gcc: 5.1.1
>> config : attached
>>
>> Steps to recreate:
>> -----------------
>> The issue is not reproducible all the time.
>>
>> The trace occurred when CPU toggle operation for cpu14 in a loop for 10
>> iterations.
>>
>> the Faulting instruction address: 0xc00000000035465c
>> maps to:
>>
>> 0xc00000000035465c is in deactivate_slab (mm/slub.c:261).
>> 256
>> 257     /* Returns the freelist pointer recorded at location ptr_addr. */
>> 258     static inline void *freelist_dereference(const struct kmem_cache *s,
>> 259                                              void *ptr_addr)
>> 260     {
>> 261             return freelist_ptr(s, (void *)*(unsigned long *)(ptr_addr),
>> 262                                 (unsigned long)ptr_addr);
>> 263     }
>> 264
>> 265     static inline void *get_freepointer(struct kmem_cache *s, void *object)
>
> This looks like slub cache corruption (a NULL pointer dereference for
> the heap freelist).

Abdul, try turning on CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG, and booting with slub_debug=FZP
on the command line.

cheers