[PATCH] locking/lockdep: Prevent abuse of lockdep subclass
From: Waiman Long
Date: Wed Apr 09 2025 - 10:40:40 EST
As I have seen code trying to use a subclass value >=
MAX_LOCKDEP_SUBCLASSES (8), add a DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON() statement to
notify the users that such a large value is not allowed.
Signed-off-by: Waiman Long <longman@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/locking/lockdep.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/kernel/locking/lockdep.c b/kernel/locking/lockdep.c
index 58d78a33ac65..3fb79d8fecdf 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/lockdep.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/lockdep.c
@@ -5101,6 +5101,9 @@ static int __lock_acquire(struct lockdep_map *lock, unsigned int subclass,
lockevent_inc(lockdep_nocheck);
}
+ if (DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(subclass >= MAX_LOCKDEP_SUBCLASSES))
+ return 0;
+
if (subclass < NR_LOCKDEP_CACHING_CLASSES)
class = lock->class_cache[subclass];
/*
--
2.48.1