linux-kernel - [PATCH] kasan: slab: always reset the tag in get_freepointer

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Date:   Fri, 14 May 2021 09:22:28 +0200
From:   Alexander Potapenko <glider@...gle.com>
To:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:     Alexander Potapenko <glider@...gle.com>,
        Marco Elver <elver@...gle.com>,
        Vincenzo Frascino <vincenzo.frascino@....com>,
        Andrey Ryabinin <aryabinin@...tuozzo.com>,
        Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@...il.com>,
        Elliot Berman <eberman@...eaurora.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] kasan: slab: always reset the tag in get_freepointer_safe()

With CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC enabled, the kernel should also untag the
object pointer, as done in get_freepointer().

Failing to do so reportedly leads to SLUB freelist corruptions that
manifest as boot-time crashes.

Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Marco Elver <elver@...gle.com>
Cc: Vincenzo Frascino <vincenzo.frascino@....com>
Cc: Andrey Ryabinin <aryabinin@...tuozzo.com>
Cc: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@...il.com>
Cc: Elliot Berman <eberman@...eaurora.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Alexander Potapenko <glider@...gle.com>
---
 mm/slub.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index feda53ae62ba..9a4f59e5b0c2 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -301,6 +301,7 @@ static inline void *get_freepointer_safe(struct kmem_cache *s, void *object)
 	if (!debug_pagealloc_enabled_static())
 		return get_freepointer(s, object);
 
+	object = kasan_reset_tag(object);
 	freepointer_addr = (unsigned long)object + s->offset;
 	copy_from_kernel_nofault(&p, (void **)freepointer_addr, sizeof(p));
 	return freelist_ptr(s, p, freepointer_addr);
-- 
2.31.1.751.gd2f1c929bd-goog