From: Chris Gellermann <christian.gellermann@codasip.com>
To: christian.gellermann@codasip.com
Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org, brauner@kernel.org, david@kernel.org,
liam@infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org,
ljs@kernel.org, mhocko@suse.com, rppt@kernel.org,
shuah@kernel.org, surenb@google.com, vbabka@kernel.org,
stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 2/2] selftests/mm: Fix potential wild pointer access of getline due to missing init
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2026 15:02:46 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260722130246.2135563-3-christian.gellermann@codasip.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260722130246.2135563-1-christian.gellermann@codasip.com>
This is another occurrence of using getline where the code assumes that
getline allocates memory to store the line, but the pointer passed to
it is uninitialized and potentially a non-null pointer. This
violates the Open Group Spec[1] and caused a segfault in a similar
situation in selftest/clone3/clone3_set_tid. Fix it by initializing the
line pointer to NULL.
The issue has been found by simply grepping through the selftest code
after running into the issue in clone3_set_tid. Whether it segfaults in
its current state is unknown to me. But it's good to be addressed due to
defensive reasons.
[1] https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9799919799/functions/getline.html
Fixes: 26b4224d9961 ("selftests: expanding more mlock selftest")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Acked-by: David Hildenbrand (arm) <david@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Chris Gellermann <christian.gellermann@codasip.com>
---
tools/testing/selftests/mm/mlock-random-test.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/mlock-random-test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/mlock-random-test.c
index 9d349c151360..16294bc7dae6 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/mlock-random-test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/mlock-random-test.c
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ int get_proc_locked_vm_size(void)
int get_proc_page_size(unsigned long addr)
{
FILE *smaps;
- char *line;
+ char *line = NULL;
unsigned long mmupage_size = 0;
size_t size;
--
2.47.3
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-22 13:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-26 11:38 [PATCH] selftest: Fix UB of getline due to missing var init Chris Gellermann
2026-05-26 12:19 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-05-26 13:33 ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2026-05-26 18:34 ` Andrew Morton
2026-05-27 16:23 ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2026-06-03 10:43 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] selftests/clone3: Fix wild pointer access of getline due to missing init Chris Gellermann
2026-06-03 10:43 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] selftests/mm: Fix potential " Chris Gellermann
2026-06-03 12:05 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] selftests/clone3: Fix " Lorenzo Stoakes
2026-06-03 14:57 ` Chris Gellermann
2026-07-22 13:02 ` [PATCH v2 0/2] selftests: Add missing initalization of pointer passed to getline Chris Gellermann
2026-07-22 13:02 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] selftests/clone3: Fix wild pointer access of getline due to missing init Chris Gellermann
2026-07-22 13:02 ` Chris Gellermann [this message]
2026-07-28 19:31 ` [PATCH v2 0/2] selftests: Add missing initalization of pointer passed to getline David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-07-29 0:27 ` Andrew Morton
2026-07-29 7:59 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
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