linux-kernel - Re: general protection fault in mas_empty_area

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Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2024 11:24:39 -0400
From: "Liam R. Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@...cle.com>
To: Marius Fleischer <fleischermarius@...il.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, maple-tree@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, syzkaller@...glegroups.com,
        harrisonmichaelgreen@...il.com
Subject: Re: general protection fault in mas_empty_area_rev

* Marius Fleischer <fleischermarius@...il.com> [240422 11:11]:
> Hi Liam,
> 
> Thank you so much for the response!
> 
> > >
> > > Crash log:
> > >
> > > general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address
> > > 0xdffffc0000000000: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN NOPTI
> > >
> > > KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000000-0x0000000000000007]
> > >
> > > CPU: 0 PID: 79545 Comm: syz-executor.0 Not tainted 6.9.0-rc4-dirty #3
> >
> > This indicates that you built with your own patches.  Could you test an
> > unmodified 6.9.0-rc4 with your setup?
> >
> 
> I'm very sorry for this oversight. I had applied the patches for another bug
> from this conversation
> (https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240404070702.2744-3-osalvador@suse.de/T/#m480f21ab850996395082d0faab7f624f45b83781)
> I will test the reproducer without these patches and get back to you!

After testing with your config, I can see that those fixes are needed to
boot.

I am going to try 6.9-rc5 with your configuration and see if I can
trigger the issue there.

> 
> If there is any other information I can provide to help you, please let me know!
> 
> Wishing you a lovely start to the week!

Thanks for the prompt response and information.

Regards,
Liam