Hi,
On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 05:59:52PM +0800, Weikang shi wrote:
> From: swkhack <swkh...@gmail.com>
>
> The function lkdtm_READ_AFTER_FREE calls kfree(base) to free the memory
> of base. However, following kfree(base),
> it access the memory which base point to via base[offset]. This may result in
> a
> use-after-free bug.
This is deliberate; the test is designed to provoke a use-after-free to
verify that this can be detected by tools such as KASAN.
> This patch moves kfree(base) after the dereference.
Doing this would break the test, so we should not make this change.
Was this something you spotted with a static analysis tool?
> Signed-off-by: swkhack <swkh...@gmail.com>
A signed-off-by line should have your real name rather than an alias.
Thanks,
Mark.
> ---
> drivers/misc/lkdtm/heap.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/misc/lkdtm/heap.c b/drivers/misc/lkdtm/heap.c
> index 65026d7de..3e2f1580a 100644
> --- a/drivers/misc/lkdtm/heap.c
> +++ b/drivers/misc/lkdtm/heap.c
> @@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ void lkdtm_READ_AFTER_FREE(void)
> base[offset] = *val;
> pr_info("Value in memory before free: %x\n", base[offset]);
>
> - kfree(base);
>
> pr_info("Attempting bad read from freed memory\n");
> saw = base[offset];
> @@ -88,6 +87,7 @@ void lkdtm_READ_AFTER_FREE(void)
> }
> pr_info("Memory was not poisoned\n");
>
> + kfree(base);
> kfree(val);
> }
>
> --
> 2.17.1
>
