Re: general protection fault in mas_empty_area_rev

From: Liam R. Howlett
Date: Mon Apr 22 2024 - 11:25:05 EST


* Marius Fleischer <fleischermarius@xxxxxxxxx> [240422 11:11]:
> Hi Liam,
>
> Thank you so much for the response!
>
> > >
> > > Crash log:
> > >
> > > general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address
> > > 0xdffffc0000000000: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN NOPTI
> > >
> > > KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000000-0x0000000000000007]
> > >
> > > CPU: 0 PID: 79545 Comm: syz-executor.0 Not tainted 6.9.0-rc4-dirty #3
> >
> > This indicates that you built with your own patches. Could you test an
> > unmodified 6.9.0-rc4 with your setup?
> >
>
> I'm very sorry for this oversight. I had applied the patches for another bug
> from this conversation
> (https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240404070702.2744-3-osalvador@xxxxxxx/T/#m480f21ab850996395082d0faab7f624f45b83781)
> I will test the reproducer without these patches and get back to you!

After testing with your config, I can see that those fixes are needed to
boot.

I am going to try 6.9-rc5 with your configuration and see if I can
trigger the issue there.

>
> If there is any other information I can provide to help you, please let me know!
>
> Wishing you a lovely start to the week!

Thanks for the prompt response and information.

Regards,
Liam