linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm: slub: Fix slab walking for init_on

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Date:   Wed, 31 Jul 2019 13:04:55 -0700
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
Cc:     Laura Abbott <labbott@...hat.com>,
        Alexander Potapenko <glider@...gle.com>,
        kernel test robot <rong.a.chen@...el.com>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>,
        Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>,
        "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        Kostya Serebryany <kcc@...gle.com>,
        Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>,
        Sandeep Patil <sspatil@...roid.com>,
        Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Marco Elver <elver@...gle.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, LKP <lkp@...org>,
        linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: slub: Fix slab walking for init_on_free

On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 12:35:09PM -0700, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 03:32:40PM -0400, Laura Abbott wrote:
> > Fix this by ensuring the value we set with set_freepointer is either NULL
> > or another value in the chain.
> > 
> > Reported-by: kernel test robot <rong.a.chen@...el.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Laura Abbott <labbott@...hat.com>
> 
> Fixes: 6471384af2a6 ("mm: security: introduce init_on_alloc=1 and init_on_free=1 boot options")

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>

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Kees Cook