LTP CVE cve-2017-17053 test failed on x86_64 device

From: Naresh Kamboju
Date: Wed Jun 20 2018 - 02:44:30 EST


LTP CVE cve-2017-17053 test failed on x86_64 device.
FAIL on linux-next, mainline, and stable-rc-4.17.
PASS on stable-rc 4.16, 4.14, 4.9 and 4.4 kernel.

Test FAIL case output,
tst_test.c:1015: INFO: Timeout per run is 0h 15m 00s
tst_taint.c:88: BROK: Kernel is already tainted: 512
Summary:
passed 0
failed 0
skipped 0
warnings 0

Test comments,
/* Regression test for CVE-2017-17053, original reproducer can be found
* here:
* https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ccd5b3235180eef3cfec337df1c8554ab151b5cc
*
* Be careful! This test may crash your kernel!
*/

Full test log:
https://lkft.validation.linaro.org/scheduler/job/290429#L9581
https://lkft.validation.linaro.org/scheduler/job/259217#L10308

History of the test case shows failed on
Linux next kernel,
https://qa-reports.linaro.org/lkft/linux-next-oe/tests/ltp-cve-tests/cve-2017-17053

Linux mainline kernel,
https://qa-reports.linaro.org/lkft/linux-mainline-oe/tests/ltp-cve-tests \
/cve-2017-17053
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Linux stable rc 4.17,
https://qa-reports.linaro.org/lkft/linux-stable-rc-4.17-oe/tests/ltp-cve-tests \
/cve-2017-17053
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Test PASS on 4.16 kernel.
https://qa-reports.linaro.org/lkft/linux-stable-rc-4.16-oe/tests/ltp-cve-tests \
/cve-2017-17053
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Best regards
Naresh Kamboju