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Commit f70b0049 authored by Alexander Potapenko's avatar Alexander Potapenko Committed by Linus Torvalds
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kasan: slab: always reset the tag in get_freepointer_safe()

With CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC enabled, the kernel should also untag the
object pointer, as done in get_freepointer().

Failing to do so reportedly leads to SLUB freelist corruptions that
manifest as boot-time crashes.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210514072228.534418-1-glider@google.com


Signed-off-by: default avatarAlexander Potapenko <glider@google.com>
Cc: Marco Elver <elver@google.com>
Cc: Vincenzo Frascino <vincenzo.frascino@arm.com>
Cc: Andrey Ryabinin <aryabinin@virtuozzo.com>
Cc: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@gmail.com>
Cc: Elliot Berman <eberman@codeaurora.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
parent 4d1cd3b2
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