Re: [PATCH v4 0/6] kasan: add workqueue and timer stack for generic KASAN

From: Thomas Gleixner
Date: Wed Sep 30 2020 - 11:29:47 EST


On Thu, Sep 24 2020 at 12:01, Walter Wu wrote:
> Syzbot reports many UAF issues for workqueue or timer, see [1] and [2].
> In some of these access/allocation happened in process_one_work(),
> we see the free stack is useless in KASAN report, it doesn't help
> programmers to solve UAF on workqueue. The same may stand for times.
>
> This patchset improves KASAN reports by making them to have workqueue
> queueing stack and timer stack information. It is useful for programmers
> to solve use-after-free or double-free memory issue.
>
> Generic KASAN also records the last two workqueue and timer stacks and
> prints them in KASAN report. It is only suitable for generic KASAN.
>
> [1]https://groups.google.com/g/syzkaller-bugs/search?q=%22use-after-free%22+process_one_work
> [2]https://groups.google.com/g/syzkaller-bugs/search?q=%22use-after-free%22%20expire_timers

How are these links useful for people who do not have a gurgle account?