[PATCH v4 2/3] mm/slub: Fix redzoning for small allocations

From: Kees Cook
Date: Tue Jun 08 2021 - 14:45:21 EST


The redzone area for SLUB exists between s->object_size and s->inuse
(which is at least the word-aligned object_size). If a cache were created
with an object_size smaller than sizeof(void *), the in-object stored
freelist pointer would overwrite the redzone (e.g. with boot param
"slub_debug=ZF"):

BUG test (Tainted: G B ): Right Redzone overwritten
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

INFO: 0xffff957ead1c05de-0xffff957ead1c05df @offset=1502. First byte 0x1a instead of 0xbb
INFO: Slab 0xffffef3950b47000 objects=170 used=170 fp=0x0000000000000000 flags=0x8000000000000200
INFO: Object 0xffff957ead1c05d8 @offset=1496 fp=0xffff957ead1c0620

Redzone (____ptrval____): bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb ........
Object (____ptrval____): f6 f4 a5 40 1d e8 ...@..
Redzone (____ptrval____): 1a aa ..
Padding (____ptrval____): 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........

Store the freelist pointer out of line when object_size is smaller than
sizeof(void *) and redzoning is enabled.

Additionally remove the "smaller than sizeof(void *)" check under
CONFIG_DEBUG_VM in kmem_cache_sanity_check() as it is now redundant:
SLAB and SLOB both handle small sizes.

(Note that no caches within this size range are known to exist in the
kernel currently.)

Fixes: 81819f0fc828 ("SLUB core")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/slab_common.c | 3 +--
mm/slub.c | 8 +++++---
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/slab_common.c b/mm/slab_common.c
index a4a571428c51..7cab77655f11 100644
--- a/mm/slab_common.c
+++ b/mm/slab_common.c
@@ -97,8 +97,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmem_cache_size);
#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_VM
static int kmem_cache_sanity_check(const char *name, unsigned int size)
{
- if (!name || in_interrupt() || size < sizeof(void *) ||
- size > KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE) {
+ if (!name || in_interrupt() || size > KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE) {
pr_err("kmem_cache_create(%s) integrity check failed\n", name);
return -EINVAL;
}
diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index f91d9fe7d0d8..f58cfd456548 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -3734,15 +3734,17 @@ static int calculate_sizes(struct kmem_cache *s, int forced_order)
*/
s->inuse = size;

- if (((flags & (SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU | SLAB_POISON)) ||
- s->ctor)) {
+ if ((flags & (SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU | SLAB_POISON)) ||
+ ((flags & SLAB_RED_ZONE) && s->object_size < sizeof(void *)) ||
+ s->ctor) {
/*
* Relocate free pointer after the object if it is not
* permitted to overwrite the first word of the object on
* kmem_cache_free.
*
* This is the case if we do RCU, have a constructor or
- * destructor or are poisoning the objects.
+ * destructor, are poisoning the objects, or are
+ * redzoning an object smaller than sizeof(void *).
*
* The assumption that s->offset >= s->inuse means free
* pointer is outside of the object is used in the
--
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