linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][next] sched/debug: fix memory corruption caused by multiple small reads of flags

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Date:   Thu, 29 Oct 2020 15:42:58 +0000
From:   Valentin Schneider <valentin.schneider@....com>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Cc:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@...hat.com>,
        Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>,
        Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@....com>,
        Ben Segall <bsegall@...gle.com>, Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>,
        Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@...hat.com>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][next] sched/debug: fix memory corruption caused by multiple small reads of flags


On 29/10/20 15:29, Valentin Schneider wrote:
>> @@ -269,17 +269,17 @@ static int sd_ctl_doflags(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
>>               return 0;
>>       }
>>
>> -	tmp = kcalloc(data_size + 1, sizeof(*tmp), GFP_KERNEL);
> [...]
>> -	tmp += *ppos;
> [...]
>> -	kfree(tmp);
>
> Yeah, that's downright sloppy :( I can't remember which one it was in a
> hurry, but I was "inspired" by another proc handler somewhere; I'll try to
> find out if there's any issue in that one or if I really cannot shift the
> blame elsewhere.

Nope, blame is all mine.