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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2021-09-08 12:55:35 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2021-09-08 12:55:35 -0700
commit2d338201d5311bcd79d42f66df4cecbcbc5f4f2c (patch)
tree75d87f65c31f4721ba6a5356d2a487af9e2961c3 /Documentation/dev-tools
parentcc09ee80c3b18ae1a897a30a17fe710b2b2f620a (diff)
parentb285437d1d929785a5bef3603da78d2cd5341893 (diff)
Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew)
Merge more updates from Andrew Morton: "147 patches, based on 7d2a07b769330c34b4deabeed939325c77a7ec2f. Subsystems affected by this patch series: mm (memory-hotplug, rmap, ioremap, highmem, cleanups, secretmem, kfence, damon, and vmscan), alpha, percpu, procfs, misc, core-kernel, MAINTAINERS, lib, checkpatch, epoll, init, nilfs2, coredump, fork, pids, criu, kconfig, selftests, ipc, and scripts" * emailed patches from Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>: (94 commits) scripts: check_extable: fix typo in user error message mm/workingset: correct kernel-doc notations ipc: replace costly bailout check in sysvipc_find_ipc() selftests/memfd: remove unused variable Kconfig.debug: drop selecting non-existing HARDLOCKUP_DETECTOR_ARCH configs: remove the obsolete CONFIG_INPUT_POLLDEV prctl: allow to setup brk for et_dyn executables pid: cleanup the stale comment mentioning pidmap_init(). kernel/fork.c: unexport get_{mm,task}_exe_file coredump: fix memleak in dump_vma_snapshot() fs/coredump.c: log if a core dump is aborted due to changed file permissions nilfs2: use refcount_dec_and_lock() to fix potential UAF nilfs2: fix memory leak in nilfs_sysfs_delete_snapshot_group nilfs2: fix memory leak in nilfs_sysfs_create_snapshot_group nilfs2: fix memory leak in nilfs_sysfs_delete_##name##_group nilfs2: fix memory leak in nilfs_sysfs_create_##name##_group nilfs2: fix NULL pointer in nilfs_##name##_attr_release nilfs2: fix memory leak in nilfs_sysfs_create_device_group trap: cleanup trap_init() init: move usermodehelper_enable() to populate_rootfs() ...
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/dev-tools')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/dev-tools/kfence.rst98
1 files changed, 53 insertions, 45 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kfence.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kfence.rst
index fdf04e741ea5..0fbe3308bf37 100644
--- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kfence.rst
+++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kfence.rst
@@ -65,25 +65,27 @@ Error reports
A typical out-of-bounds access looks like this::
==================================================================
- BUG: KFENCE: out-of-bounds read in test_out_of_bounds_read+0xa3/0x22b
+ BUG: KFENCE: out-of-bounds read in test_out_of_bounds_read+0xa6/0x234
- Out-of-bounds read at 0xffffffffb672efff (1B left of kfence-#17):
- test_out_of_bounds_read+0xa3/0x22b
- kunit_try_run_case+0x51/0x85
+ Out-of-bounds read at 0xffff8c3f2e291fff (1B left of kfence-#72):
+ test_out_of_bounds_read+0xa6/0x234
+ kunit_try_run_case+0x61/0xa0
kunit_generic_run_threadfn_adapter+0x16/0x30
- kthread+0x137/0x160
+ kthread+0x176/0x1b0
ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30
- kfence-#17 [0xffffffffb672f000-0xffffffffb672f01f, size=32, cache=kmalloc-32] allocated by task 507:
- test_alloc+0xf3/0x25b
- test_out_of_bounds_read+0x98/0x22b
- kunit_try_run_case+0x51/0x85
+ kfence-#72: 0xffff8c3f2e292000-0xffff8c3f2e29201f, size=32, cache=kmalloc-32
+
+ allocated by task 484 on cpu 0 at 32.919330s:
+ test_alloc+0xfe/0x738
+ test_out_of_bounds_read+0x9b/0x234
+ kunit_try_run_case+0x61/0xa0
kunit_generic_run_threadfn_adapter+0x16/0x30
- kthread+0x137/0x160
+ kthread+0x176/0x1b0
ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30
- CPU: 4 PID: 107 Comm: kunit_try_catch Not tainted 5.8.0-rc6+ #7
- Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.13.0-1 04/01/2014
+ CPU: 0 PID: 484 Comm: kunit_try_catch Not tainted 5.13.0-rc3+ #7
+ Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.14.0-2 04/01/2014
==================================================================
The header of the report provides a short summary of the function involved in
@@ -96,30 +98,32 @@ Use-after-free accesses are reported as::
==================================================================
BUG: KFENCE: use-after-free read in test_use_after_free_read+0xb3/0x143
- Use-after-free read at 0xffffffffb673dfe0 (in kfence-#24):
+ Use-after-free read at 0xffff8c3f2e2a0000 (in kfence-#79):
test_use_after_free_read+0xb3/0x143
- kunit_try_run_case+0x51/0x85
+ kunit_try_run_case+0x61/0xa0
kunit_generic_run_threadfn_adapter+0x16/0x30
- kthread+0x137/0x160
+ kthread+0x176/0x1b0
ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30
- kfence-#24 [0xffffffffb673dfe0-0xffffffffb673dfff, size=32, cache=kmalloc-32] allocated by task 507:
- test_alloc+0xf3/0x25b
+ kfence-#79: 0xffff8c3f2e2a0000-0xffff8c3f2e2a001f, size=32, cache=kmalloc-32
+
+ allocated by task 488 on cpu 2 at 33.871326s:
+ test_alloc+0xfe/0x738
test_use_after_free_read+0x76/0x143
- kunit_try_run_case+0x51/0x85
+ kunit_try_run_case+0x61/0xa0
kunit_generic_run_threadfn_adapter+0x16/0x30
- kthread+0x137/0x160
+ kthread+0x176/0x1b0
ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30
- freed by task 507:
+ freed by task 488 on cpu 2 at 33.871358s:
test_use_after_free_read+0xa8/0x143
- kunit_try_run_case+0x51/0x85
+ kunit_try_run_case+0x61/0xa0
kunit_generic_run_threadfn_adapter+0x16/0x30
- kthread+0x137/0x160
+ kthread+0x176/0x1b0
ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30
- CPU: 4 PID: 109 Comm: kunit_try_catch Tainted: G W 5.8.0-rc6+ #7
- Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.13.0-1 04/01/2014
+ CPU: 2 PID: 488 Comm: kunit_try_catch Tainted: G B 5.13.0-rc3+ #7
+ Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.14.0-2 04/01/2014
==================================================================
KFENCE also reports on invalid frees, such as double-frees::
@@ -127,30 +131,32 @@ KFENCE also reports on invalid frees, such as double-frees::
==================================================================
BUG: KFENCE: invalid free in test_double_free+0xdc/0x171
- Invalid free of 0xffffffffb6741000:
+ Invalid free of 0xffff8c3f2e2a4000 (in kfence-#81):
test_double_free+0xdc/0x171
- kunit_try_run_case+0x51/0x85
+ kunit_try_run_case+0x61/0xa0
kunit_generic_run_threadfn_adapter+0x16/0x30
- kthread+0x137/0x160
+ kthread+0x176/0x1b0
ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30
- kfence-#26 [0xffffffffb6741000-0xffffffffb674101f, size=32, cache=kmalloc-32] allocated by task 507:
- test_alloc+0xf3/0x25b
+ kfence-#81: 0xffff8c3f2e2a4000-0xffff8c3f2e2a401f, size=32, cache=kmalloc-32
+
+ allocated by task 490 on cpu 1 at 34.175321s:
+ test_alloc+0xfe/0x738
test_double_free+0x76/0x171
- kunit_try_run_case+0x51/0x85
+ kunit_try_run_case+0x61/0xa0
kunit_generic_run_threadfn_adapter+0x16/0x30
- kthread+0x137/0x160
+ kthread+0x176/0x1b0
ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30
- freed by task 507:
+ freed by task 490 on cpu 1 at 34.175348s:
test_double_free+0xa8/0x171
- kunit_try_run_case+0x51/0x85
+ kunit_try_run_case+0x61/0xa0
kunit_generic_run_threadfn_adapter+0x16/0x30
- kthread+0x137/0x160
+ kthread+0x176/0x1b0
ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30
- CPU: 4 PID: 111 Comm: kunit_try_catch Tainted: G W 5.8.0-rc6+ #7
- Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.13.0-1 04/01/2014
+ CPU: 1 PID: 490 Comm: kunit_try_catch Tainted: G B 5.13.0-rc3+ #7
+ Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.14.0-2 04/01/2014
==================================================================
KFENCE also uses pattern-based redzones on the other side of an object's guard
@@ -160,23 +166,25 @@ These are reported on frees::
==================================================================
BUG: KFENCE: memory corruption in test_kmalloc_aligned_oob_write+0xef/0x184
- Corrupted memory at 0xffffffffb6797ff9 [ 0xac . . . . . . ] (in kfence-#69):
+ Corrupted memory at 0xffff8c3f2e33aff9 [ 0xac . . . . . . ] (in kfence-#156):
test_kmalloc_aligned_oob_write+0xef/0x184
- kunit_try_run_case+0x51/0x85
+ kunit_try_run_case+0x61/0xa0
kunit_generic_run_threadfn_adapter+0x16/0x30
- kthread+0x137/0x160
+ kthread+0x176/0x1b0
ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30
- kfence-#69 [0xffffffffb6797fb0-0xffffffffb6797ff8, size=73, cache=kmalloc-96] allocated by task 507:
- test_alloc+0xf3/0x25b
+ kfence-#156: 0xffff8c3f2e33afb0-0xffff8c3f2e33aff8, size=73, cache=kmalloc-96
+
+ allocated by task 502 on cpu 7 at 42.159302s:
+ test_alloc+0xfe/0x738
test_kmalloc_aligned_oob_write+0x57/0x184
- kunit_try_run_case+0x51/0x85
+ kunit_try_run_case+0x61/0xa0
kunit_generic_run_threadfn_adapter+0x16/0x30
- kthread+0x137/0x160
+ kthread+0x176/0x1b0
ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30
- CPU: 4 PID: 120 Comm: kunit_try_catch Tainted: G W 5.8.0-rc6+ #7
- Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.13.0-1 04/01/2014
+ CPU: 7 PID: 502 Comm: kunit_try_catch Tainted: G B 5.13.0-rc3+ #7
+ Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.14.0-2 04/01/2014
==================================================================
For such errors, the address where the corruption occurred as well as the