[PATCH v1 1/1] lkdtm/stackleak: Make the stack erasing test more verbose

From: Alexander Popov
Date: Thu Dec 19 2019 - 09:57:56 EST


Make the stack erasing test more verbose about the errors that it
can detect. BUG() in case of test failure is useful when the test
is running in a loop.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Popov <alex.popov@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/misc/lkdtm/stackleak.c | 25 +++++++++++++++++--------
1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/misc/lkdtm/stackleak.c b/drivers/misc/lkdtm/stackleak.c
index d5a084475abc..d198de4d4c7e 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/lkdtm/stackleak.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/lkdtm/stackleak.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ void lkdtm_STACKLEAK_ERASING(void)
unsigned long *sp, left, found, i;
const unsigned long check_depth =
STACKLEAK_SEARCH_DEPTH / sizeof(unsigned long);
+ bool test_failed = false;

/*
* For the details about the alignment of the poison values, see
@@ -34,7 +35,8 @@ void lkdtm_STACKLEAK_ERASING(void)
left--;
} else {
pr_err("FAIL: not enough stack space for the test\n");
- return;
+ test_failed = true;
+ goto end;
}

pr_info("checking unused part of the thread stack (%lu bytes)...\n",
@@ -52,22 +54,29 @@ void lkdtm_STACKLEAK_ERASING(void)
}

if (found <= check_depth) {
- pr_err("FAIL: thread stack is not erased (checked %lu bytes)\n",
+ pr_err("FAIL: the erased part is not found (checked %lu bytes)\n",
i * sizeof(unsigned long));
- return;
+ test_failed = true;
+ goto end;
}

- pr_info("first %lu bytes are unpoisoned\n",
+ pr_info("the erased part begins after %lu not poisoned bytes\n",
(i - found) * sizeof(unsigned long));

/* The rest of thread stack should be erased */
for (; i < left; i++) {
if (*(sp - i) != STACKLEAK_POISON) {
- pr_err("FAIL: thread stack is NOT properly erased\n");
- return;
+ pr_err("FAIL: bad value number %lu in the erased part: 0x%lx\n",
+ i, *(sp - i));
+ test_failed = true;
}
}

- pr_info("OK: the rest of the thread stack is properly erased\n");
- return;
+end:
+ if (test_failed) {
+ pr_err("FAIL: the thread stack is NOT properly erased\n");
+ BUG();
+ } else {
+ pr_info("OK: the rest of the thread stack is properly erased\n");
+ }
}
--
2.23.0