Re: [PATCH 16/16] mm/sl[au]b: check if large object is valid in __ksize()

From: Vlastimil Babka
Date: Fri Jul 29 2022 - 07:50:57 EST


On 7/12/22 15:39, Hyeonggon Yoo wrote:
> __ksize() returns size of objects allocated from slab allocator.
> When invalid object is passed to __ksize(), returning zero
> prevents further memory corruption and makes caller be able to
> check if there is an error.
>
> If address of large object is not beginning of folio or size of
> the folio is too small, it must be invalid. Return zero in such cases.
>
> Suggested-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Hyeonggon Yoo <42.hyeyoo@xxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>

If you want to change it to BUG() I won't object, no strong opinion.

> ---
> mm/slab_common.c | 6 +++++-
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/slab_common.c b/mm/slab_common.c
> index 1f8db7959366..0d6cbe9d7ad0 100644
> --- a/mm/slab_common.c
> +++ b/mm/slab_common.c
> @@ -1013,8 +1013,12 @@ size_t __ksize(const void *object)
>
> folio = virt_to_folio(object);
>
> - if (unlikely(!folio_test_slab(folio)))
> + if (unlikely(!folio_test_slab(folio))) {
> + if (WARN_ON(object != folio_address(folio) ||
> + folio_size(folio) <= KMALLOC_MAX_CACHE_SIZE))
> + return 0;
> return folio_size(folio);
> + }
>
> return slab_ksize(folio_slab(folio)->slab_cache);
> }