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mm/slub: avoid accessing metadata when pointer is invalid in object_err()
authorLi Qiong <liqiong@nfschina.com>
Mon, 4 Aug 2025 02:57:59 +0000 (10:57 +0800)
committerVlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Mon, 25 Aug 2025 15:22:20 +0000 (17:22 +0200)
commitb4efccec8d06ceb10a7d34d7b1c449c569d53770
tree361472e6bdf03f72448ed971aaeb480bbcf4a01a
parent1b237f190eb3d36f52dffe07a40b5eb210280e00
mm/slub: avoid accessing metadata when pointer is invalid in object_err()

object_err() reports details of an object for further debugging, such as
the freelist pointer, redzone, etc. However, if the pointer is invalid,
attempting to access object metadata can lead to a crash since it does
not point to a valid object.

One known path to the crash is when alloc_consistency_checks()
determines the pointer to the allocated object is invalid because of a
freelist corruption, and calls object_err() to report it. The debug code
should report and handle the corruption gracefully and not crash in the
process.

In case the pointer is NULL or check_valid_pointer() returns false for
the pointer, only print the pointer value and skip accessing metadata.

Fixes: 81819f0fc828 ("SLUB core")
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Li Qiong <liqiong@nfschina.com>
Reviewed-by: Harry Yoo <harry.yoo@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
mm/slub.c