linux-kernel - Re: System crash with perf

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Date:   Fri, 1 Feb 2019 18:38:16 +0100
From:   Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
To:     Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@...ne.edu>
Cc:     Ravi Bangoria <ravi.bangoria@...ux.ibm.com>,
        lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>, eranian@...gle.com,
        "Naveen N. Rao" <naveen.n.rao@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: System crash with perf_fuzzer (kernel: 5.0.0-rc3)

On Fri, Feb 01, 2019 at 11:27:28AM -0500, Vince Weaver wrote:
> On Fri, 1 Feb 2019, Jiri Olsa wrote:
> 
> > with attached patch I did not trigger the fuzzer crash
> > for over a day now, could you guys try?
> 
> I've just started fuzzing with the patch applied.  Often it takes a few 
> hours to trigger the bug.

cool, thanks

> 
> Added question about this bug.  It appeared that the crash was triggered 
> by the BTS driver over-writing kernel memory.  The data being written, was 
> this user controllable?  Meaning, is this a security issue being fixed, or 
> just a crashing issue?

yea, I have an example that can trigger it immediately

jirka