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[5/8] kasan: test: only do kmalloc_uaf_memset for generic mode

Message ID 6e0ddf32ce140b9e8aaf127e9e40cbfff4430995.1628709663.git.andreyknvl@gmail.com (mailing list archive)
State New
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Series kasan: test: avoid crashing the kernel with HW_TAGS | expand

Commit Message

andrey.konovalov@linux.dev Aug. 11, 2021, 7:21 p.m. UTC
From: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@gmail.com>

kmalloc_uaf_memset() writes to freed memory, which is only safe with the
GENERIC mode (as it uses quarantine). For other modes, this test corrupts
kernel memory, which might result in a crash.

Only enable kmalloc_uaf_memset() for the GENERIC mode.

Signed-off-by: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@gmail.com>
---
 lib/test_kasan.c | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

Comments

Marco Elver Aug. 12, 2021, 8:56 a.m. UTC | #1
On Wed, 11 Aug 2021 at 21:21, <andrey.konovalov@linux.dev> wrote:
> From: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@gmail.com>
>
> kmalloc_uaf_memset() writes to freed memory, which is only safe with the
> GENERIC mode (as it uses quarantine). For other modes, this test corrupts
> kernel memory, which might result in a crash.
>
> Only enable kmalloc_uaf_memset() for the GENERIC mode.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@gmail.com>

Acked-by: Marco Elver <elver@google.com>


> ---
>  lib/test_kasan.c | 6 ++++++
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/lib/test_kasan.c b/lib/test_kasan.c
> index 0b5698cd7d1d..efd0da5c750f 100644
> --- a/lib/test_kasan.c
> +++ b/lib/test_kasan.c
> @@ -528,6 +528,12 @@ static void kmalloc_uaf_memset(struct kunit *test)
>         char *ptr;
>         size_t size = 33;
>
> +       /*
> +        * Only generic KASAN uses quarantine, which is required to avoid a
> +        * kernel memory corruption this test causes.
> +        */
> +       KASAN_TEST_NEEDS_CONFIG_ON(test, CONFIG_KASAN_GENERIC);
> +
>         ptr = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
>         KUNIT_ASSERT_NOT_ERR_OR_NULL(test, ptr);
>
> --
> 2.25.1
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diff --git a/lib/test_kasan.c b/lib/test_kasan.c
index 0b5698cd7d1d..efd0da5c750f 100644
--- a/lib/test_kasan.c
+++ b/lib/test_kasan.c
@@ -528,6 +528,12 @@  static void kmalloc_uaf_memset(struct kunit *test)
 	char *ptr;
 	size_t size = 33;
 
+	/*
+	 * Only generic KASAN uses quarantine, which is required to avoid a
+	 * kernel memory corruption this test causes.
+	 */
+	KASAN_TEST_NEEDS_CONFIG_ON(test, CONFIG_KASAN_GENERIC);
+
 	ptr = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	KUNIT_ASSERT_NOT_ERR_OR_NULL(test, ptr);