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author | Yeoreum Yun <yeoreum.yun@arm.com> | 2025-07-03 19:10:18 +0100 |
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committer | Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> | 2025-07-09 21:07:54 -0700 |
commit | 6ee9b3d84775944fb8c8a447961cd01274ac671c (patch) | |
tree | cb1db3402dc0d6ad943f353386745559e607ce97 /scripts/gdb/linux/xarray.py | |
parent | e6d3e653b084f003977bf2e33820cb84d2e4541f (diff) |
kasan: remove kasan_find_vm_area() to prevent possible deadlock
find_vm_area() couldn't be called in atomic_context. If find_vm_area() is
called to reports vm area information, kasan can trigger deadlock like:
CPU0 CPU1
vmalloc();
alloc_vmap_area();
spin_lock(&vn->busy.lock)
spin_lock_bh(&some_lock);
<interrupt occurs>
<in softirq>
spin_lock(&some_lock);
<access invalid address>
kasan_report();
print_report();
print_address_description();
kasan_find_vm_area();
find_vm_area();
spin_lock(&vn->busy.lock) // deadlock!
To prevent possible deadlock while kasan reports, remove kasan_find_vm_area().
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250703181018.580833-1-yeoreum.yun@arm.com
Fixes: c056a364e954 ("kasan: print virtual mapping info in reports")
Signed-off-by: Yeoreum Yun <yeoreum.yun@arm.com>
Reported-by: Yunseong Kim <ysk@kzalloc.com>
Reviewed-by: Andrey Ryabinin <ryabinin.a.a@gmail.com>
Cc: Alexander Potapenko <glider@google.com>
Cc: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@gmail.com>
Cc: Byungchul Park <byungchul@sk.com>
Cc: Dmitriy Vyukov <dvyukov@google.com>
Cc: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: Vincenzo Frascino <vincenzo.frascino@arm.com>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
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