linux-kernel - [PATCH v6] mm/slub: avoid accessing metadata when pointer is invalid in object

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Message-Id: <20250804025759.382343-1-liqiong@nfschina.com>
Date: Mon,  4 Aug 2025 10:57:59 +0800
From: Li Qiong <liqiong@...china.com>
To: Christoph Lameter <cl@...two.org>,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
Cc: Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@...ux.dev>,
	Harry Yoo <harry.yoo@...cle.com>,
	linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	stable@...r.kernel.org,
	Li Qiong <liqiong@...china.com>
Subject: [PATCH v6] mm/slub: avoid accessing metadata when pointer is invalid in object_err()

object_err() reports details of an object for further debugging, such as
the freelist pointer, redzone, etc. However, if the pointer is invalid,
attempting to access object metadata can lead to a crash since it does
not point to a valid object.

In case the pointer is NULL or check_valid_pointer() returns false for
the pointer, only print the pointer value and skip accessing metadata.

Fixes: 81819f0fc828 ("SLUB core")
Cc: <stable@...r.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Li Qiong <liqiong@...china.com>
---
v2:
- rephrase the commit message, add comment for object_err().
v3:
- check object pointer in object_err().
v4:
- restore changes in alloc_consistency_checks().
v5:
- rephrase message, fix code style.
v6:
- add checking 'object' if NULL.
---
 mm/slub.c | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index 31e11ef256f9..972cf2bb2ee6 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -1104,7 +1104,12 @@ static void object_err(struct kmem_cache *s, struct slab *slab,
 		return;
 
 	slab_bug(s, reason);
-	print_trailer(s, slab, object);
+	if (!object || !check_valid_pointer(s, slab, object)) {
+		print_slab_info(slab);
+		pr_err("Invalid pointer 0x%p\n", object);
+	} else {
+		print_trailer(s, slab, object);
+	}
 	add_taint(TAINT_BAD_PAGE, LOCKDEP_NOW_UNRELIABLE);
 
 	WARN_ON(1);
-- 
2.30.2