Re: [PATCH for-4.10] pstore: don't OOPS when there are no ftrace zones

From: Kees Cook
Date: Thu Feb 09 2017 - 14:55:20 EST


On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 10:44 PM, Brian Norris <briannorris@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> We'll OOPS in ramoops_get_next_prz() if the platform didn't ask for any
> ftrace zones (i.e., cxt->fprzs will be NULL). Let's just skip this
> entire FTRACE section if there's no 'fprzs'.
>
> Regression seen on a coreboot/depthcharge-based Chromebook.
>
> Fixes: 2fbea82bbb89 ("pstore: Merge per-CPU ftrace records into one")
> Cc: Joel Fernandes <joelaf@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Brian Norris <briannorris@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Sorry for the late notice, but I just booted 4.10 on a Chromebook. This also
> may not be the "perfect" fix, but it's what I scrounged up in 5 minutes today.

Eek! Thank you for catching this. I'll send to Linus for -rc8 (or
final?). If it's too late we'll get it in via -stable.

Thanks!

-Kees

>
> fs/pstore/ram.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/pstore/ram.c b/fs/pstore/ram.c
> index 27c059e1760a..1d887efaaf71 100644
> --- a/fs/pstore/ram.c
> +++ b/fs/pstore/ram.c
> @@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ static ssize_t ramoops_pstore_read(u64 *id, enum pstore_type_id *type,
> 1, id, type, PSTORE_TYPE_PMSG, 0);
>
> /* ftrace is last since it may want to dynamically allocate memory. */
> - if (!prz_ok(prz)) {
> + if (!prz_ok(prz) && cxt->fprzs) {
> if (!(cxt->flags & RAMOOPS_FLAG_FTRACE_PER_CPU)) {
> prz = ramoops_get_next_prz(cxt->fprzs,
> &cxt->ftrace_read_cnt, 1, id, type,
> --
> 2.11.0.483.g087da7b7c-goog
>



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Kees Cook
Pixel Security