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Subject[PATCH 7/9] mm: kmemleak: erase page->s_mem in slab_destroy
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The field s_mem of struct page is initialized with the virtual address
of the page in function alloc_slabmgmt. If kmalloc allocates an object
that starts on this page, then kmemleak knows that this object has 2
references. On slab_destroy, s_mem should not continue referring to any
allocated object in the future.

Specifically, assume that initially the 4KB cache uses page[5] and its
s_mem = 0x5000. Then assume that this cache releases page[5] and the 8KB
cache allocates page[4] and page[5]. Subsequently, kmalloc returns an
8KB object at address 0x4000 which will have 3 references: the returned
pointer from kmalloc, page[4].s_mem = 0x4000, and page[5].s_mem. This
object can leak without detection.

Signed-off-by: George Prekas <george@enfabrica.net>
---
mm/slab.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/mm/slab.c b/mm/slab.c
index a927e1a285d1..aa5eb725ee9c 100644
--- a/mm/slab.c
+++ b/mm/slab.c
@@ -1611,6 +1611,9 @@ static void slab_destroy(struct kmem_cache *cachep, struct slab *slab)
{
void *freelist;

+ /* Erase the page's virtual address from s_mem */
+ kmemleak_erase(&slab->s_mem);
+
freelist = slab->freelist;
slab_destroy_debugcheck(cachep, slab);
if (unlikely(cachep->flags & SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU))
--
2.37.1
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