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Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2023 11:12:07 +0100
From: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
To: Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>
Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org,
kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fs: Use CHECK_DATA_CORRUPTION() when kernel bugs are
detected
On Mon, Jan 16, 2023 at 08:14:25PM +0100, Jann Horn wrote:
> Currently, filp_close() and generic_shutdown_super() use printk() to log
> messages when bugs are detected. This is problematic because infrastructure
> like syzkaller has no idea that this message indicates a bug.
> In addition, some people explicitly want their kernels to BUG() when kernel
> data corruption has been detected (CONFIG_BUG_ON_DATA_CORRUPTION).
> And finally, when generic_shutdown_super() detects remaining inodes on a
> system without CONFIG_BUG_ON_DATA_CORRUPTION, it would be nice if later
> accesses to a busy inode would at least crash somewhat cleanly rather than
> walking through freed memory.
>
> To address all three, use CHECK_DATA_CORRUPTION() when kernel bugs are
> detected.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>
> ---
Looks good,
Reviewed-by: Christian Brauner (Microsoft) <brauner@...nel.org>
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