From: Joel Fernandes <joelagnelf@nvidia.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Andrey Ryabinin <ryabinin.a.a@gmail.com>,
Alexander Potapenko <glider@google.com>,
Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@gmail.com>,
Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@google.com>,
Vincenzo Frascino <vincenzo.frascino@arm.com>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Joel Fernandes <joelagnelf@nvidia.com>,
kasan-dev@googlegroups.com, linux-mm@kvack.org
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] kasan: Avoid an unrelated RCU warning in the callback test
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2026 18:47:12 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261108234714.3713501-4-joelagnelf@nvidia.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261108234714.3713501-1-joelagnelf@nvidia.com>
rcu_uaf() passes a false protection condition to
rcu_dereference_protected(), which produces a suspicious-RCU-usage
warning before the intended KASAN failure occurs.
The pointer refers to a fresh allocation that has not been published to
readers. State that protection condition explicitly, leaving the intended
tests intact.
Test:
Built with CONFIG_KASAN_KUNIT_TEST=m
Booted Qemu guest (8 CPUs), ran modprobe kasan_test filtered to kasan.*rcu_uaf*
Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes <joelagnelf@nvidia.com>
---
mm/kasan/kasan_test_c.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/mm/kasan/kasan_test_c.c b/mm/kasan/kasan_test_c.c
index b9e167ed5be3..4e23765d722c 100644
--- a/mm/kasan/kasan_test_c.c
+++ b/mm/kasan/kasan_test_c.c
@@ -967,8 +967,9 @@ static void rcu_uaf(struct kunit *test)
ptr = kmalloc_obj(struct kasan_rcu_info);
KUNIT_ASSERT_NOT_ERR_OR_NULL(test, ptr);
+ /* The freshly allocated object has not been published to readers. */
global_rcu_ptr = rcu_dereference_protected(
- (struct kasan_rcu_info __rcu *)ptr, NULL);
+ (struct kasan_rcu_info __rcu *)ptr, true);
KUNIT_EXPECT_KASAN_FAIL_READ(test,
call_rcu(&global_rcu_ptr->rcu, rcu_uaf_reclaim);
--
2.54.0
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-11-08 23:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-11-08 23:47 [PATCH 1/4] rcu-tasks: Track barrier callbacks in debugobjects Joel Fernandes
2026-11-08 23:47 ` [PATCH 2/4] scftorture: Reject empty workloads before starting helpers Joel Fernandes
2026-11-08 23:47 ` [PATCH 3/4] scftorture: Protect the initial affinity check from hotplug Joel Fernandes
2026-11-08 23:47 ` Joel Fernandes [this message]
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