linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.16 391/410] mm/mempolicy.c: avoid use uninitialized preferred

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Date:   Thu, 07 Jun 2018 15:05:21 +0100
From:   Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
CC:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, "Michal Hocko" <mhocko@...nel.org>,
        "Vlastimil Babka" <vbabka@...e.cz>,
        "Linus Torvalds" <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        "Yisheng Xie" <xieyisheng1@...wei.com>,
        "Alexander Potapenko" <glider@...gle.com>,
        "Dmitriy Vyukov" <dvyukov@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3.16 391/410] mm/mempolicy.c: avoid use uninitialized
 preferred_node

3.16.57-rc1 review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Yisheng Xie <xieyisheng1@...wei.com>

commit 8970a63e965b43288c4f5f40efbc2bbf80de7f16 upstream.

Alexander reported a use of uninitialized memory in __mpol_equal(),
which is caused by incorrect use of preferred_node.

When mempolicy in mode MPOL_PREFERRED with flags MPOL_F_LOCAL, it uses
numa_node_id() instead of preferred_node, however, __mpol_equal() uses
preferred_node without checking whether it is MPOL_F_LOCAL or not.

[akpm@...ux-foundation.org: slight comment tweak]
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/4ebee1c2-57f6-bcb8-0e2d-1833d1ee0bb7@huawei.com
Fixes: fc36b8d3d819 ("mempolicy: use MPOL_F_LOCAL to Indicate Preferred Local Policy")
Signed-off-by: Yisheng Xie <xieyisheng1@...wei.com>
Reported-by: Alexander Potapenko <glider@...gle.com>
Tested-by: Alexander Potapenko <glider@...gle.com>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Dmitriy Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>
Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
---
 mm/mempolicy.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -2160,6 +2160,9 @@ bool __mpol_equal(struct mempolicy *a, s
 	case MPOL_INTERLEAVE:
 		return !!nodes_equal(a->v.nodes, b->v.nodes);
 	case MPOL_PREFERRED:
+		/* a's ->flags is the same as b's */
+		if (a->flags & MPOL_F_LOCAL)
+			return true;
 		return a->v.preferred_node == b->v.preferred_node;
 	default:
 		BUG();