On Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 12:06:58PM -0500, Dave Jones wrote: > I've managed to trigger this a few times the last few days, on Linus' tree. > > ================================================================== > BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in pptp_connect+0xb7b/0xc70 [pptp] at addr > ffff8800242da0d0 > Read of size 2 by task trinity-c14/13664 > ============================================================================= > BUG kmalloc-8192 (Not tainted): kasan: bad access detected > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint > INFO: Allocated in copy_thread_tls+0x6b3/0x8d0 age=5483091 cpu=1 pid=18329 > ___slab_alloc.constprop.66+0x4de/0x580 > __slab_alloc.isra.63.constprop.65+0x48/0x80 > __kmalloc_track_caller+0x2a2/0x2f0 > kmemdup+0x20/0x50 > copy_thread_tls+0x6b3/0x8d0 > copy_process.part.40+0x3679/0x57b0 > _do_fork+0x16c/0xba0 > SyS_clone+0x19/0x20 > tracesys_phase2+0x84/0x89 > INFO: Freed in x86_pmu_event_init+0x477/0x550 age=5483145 cpu=1 pid=18329 > __slab_free+0x18b/0x2b0 > kfree+0x272/0x290 > x86_pmu_event_init+0x477/0x550 > perf_try_init_event+0x164/0x1c0 > perf_event_alloc+0x1235/0x18c0 > inherit_event.isra.88+0xd4/0x6c0 > inherit_task_group.isra.90.part.91+0x68/0x200 > perf_event_init_task+0x41f/0x830 > copy_process.part.40+0x15d6/0x57b0 > _do_fork+0x16c/0xba0 > SyS_clone+0x19/0x20 > tracesys_phase2+0x84/0x89
I'm now seeing different bug type, with similar traces. Instead of an out of bounds, it's now a use-after-free, but it's interesting that it's complaining about memory that used to belong to perf again. Could the bug be in perf ? Dave BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in pptp_connect+0x19f/0x5e0 [pptp] at addr ffff8804632ba0d0 Read of size 2 by task trinity-c4/18013 ============================================================================= BUG kmalloc-2048 (Tainted: G W ): kasan: bad access detected ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- INFO: Allocated in perf_event_alloc+0x72/0xd60 age=5653 cpu=0 pid=17555 ___slab_alloc.constprop.71+0x523/0x5c0 __slab_alloc.isra.67.constprop.70+0x48/0x80 kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0x24c/0x2e0 perf_event_alloc+0x72/0xd60 inherit_event.isra.90+0x82/0x3a0 inherit_task_group.isra.92.part.93+0x55/0x120 perf_event_init_task+0x35a/0x530 copy_process.part.40+0xb3d/0x2db0 _do_fork+0x164/0x880 SyS_clone+0x19/0x20 tracesys_phase2+0x84/0x89 INFO: Freed in free_event_rcu+0x38/0x40 age=5635 cpu=0 pid=17555 __slab_free+0x19e/0x2d0 kfree+0x25c/0x280 free_event_rcu+0x38/0x40 rcu_process_callbacks+0xbac/0x1200 __do_softirq+0x1a4/0x590 irq_exit+0xf5/0x100 smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x5c/0x70 apic_timer_interrupt+0x90/0xa0 context_tracking_exit+0x1d/0x20 enter_from_user_mode+0x1f/0x50 syscall_trace_enter_phase1+0x1cb/0x260 tracesys+0xd/0x44 INFO: Slab 0xffffea00118cae00 objects=13 used=9 fp=0xffff8804632bae68 flags=0x8000000000004080 INFO: Object 0xffff8804632b9bd8 @offset=7128 fp=0xffff8804632be618