[PATCH v2 0/2] mm/kmemleak: Simplify kmemleak_cond_resched() & fix UAF

From: Waiman Long
Date: Thu Dec 15 2022 - 11:04:04 EST


It was found that a KASAN use-after-free error was reported in the
kmemleak_scan() function. After further examination, it is believe
that even though a reference is taken from the current object, it does
not prevent the object pointed to by the next pointer from going away
after a cond_resched().

To fix that, additional flags are added to make sure that the current
object won't be removed from the object_list during the duration of
the cond_resched() to ensure the validity of the next pointer.

While making the change, I also simplify the current usage of
kmemleak_cond_resched() to make it easier to understand.

Waiman Long (2):
mm/kmemleak: Simplify kmemleak_cond_resched() usage
mm/kmemleak: Fix UAF bug in kmemleak_scan()

[v2: Update patch 2 to prevent object_list removal of current object]

mm/kmemleak.c | 83 +++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------------
1 file changed, 41 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)

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