linux-kernel - [PATCH 5.8 22/38] lkdtm/heap: Avoid edge and middle of slabs

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Message-Id: <20200810151804.989498491@linuxfoundation.org>
Date:   Mon, 10 Aug 2020 17:19:12 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Subject: [PATCH 5.8 22/38] lkdtm/heap: Avoid edge and middle of slabs

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

commit e12145cf1c3a8077e6d9f575711e38dd7d8a3ebc upstream.

Har har, after I moved the slab freelist pointer into the middle of the
slab, now it looks like the contents are getting poisoned. Adjust the
test to avoid the freelist pointer again.

Fixes: 3202fa62fb43 ("slub: relocate freelist pointer to middle of object")
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200625203704.317097-3-keescook@chromium.org
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 drivers/misc/lkdtm/heap.c |    9 +++++----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/misc/lkdtm/heap.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/lkdtm/heap.c
@@ -58,11 +58,12 @@ void lkdtm_READ_AFTER_FREE(void)
 	int *base, *val, saw;
 	size_t len = 1024;
 	/*
-	 * The slub allocator uses the first word to store the free
-	 * pointer in some configurations. Use the middle of the
-	 * allocation to avoid running into the freelist
+	 * The slub allocator will use the either the first word or
+	 * the middle of the allocation to store the free pointer,
+	 * depending on configurations. Store in the second word to
+	 * avoid running into the freelist.
 	 */
-	size_t offset = (len / sizeof(*base)) / 2;
+	size_t offset = sizeof(*base);
 
 	base = kmalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!base) {