From: Julian Braha <julianbraha@gmail.com>
To: Leizhen Zhang <lzsx618@gmail.com>, nathan@kernel.org, nsc@kernel.org
Cc: linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] kconfig: fix dangling check_top after an unexpected recursive dependency
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2026 16:09:21 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <e868eae8-7fd4-4a13-bdac-92aa2198b84c@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261008164528.3685545-1-lzsx618@gmail.com>
On 10/8/26 17:45, Leizhen Zhang wrote:
> If the last symbol of a recursive dependency is a choice value,
> sym_check_print_recursive() pushes the on-stack cv_stack onto the
> dependency stack. If the choice is then not found on the stack, the
> function prints "unexpected recursive dependency error" and returns
> without removing cv_stack again. check_top is left pointing into the
> stack frame of the returned function, and the next dep_stack_remove()
> dereferences it:
>
> AddressSanitizer: stack-use-after-return ... in dep_stack_remove
>
> This can be triggered by an (invalid) Kconfig file in which a symbol is
> a choice value of two choices and the second choice depends on it:
>
> choice
> prompt "c1"
> config A
> bool "a"
> endchoice
>
> choice
> prompt "c2"
> depends on A
> config A
> bool "a"
> endchoice
>
> Jump to the existing cleanup at the end of the function instead of
> returning directly.
>
> Found by fuzzing Kconfig input with ASan/UBSan.
>
> Fixes: d595cea62403 ("kconfig: print more info when we see a recursive dependency")
> Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-5-5 ASan UBSan libFuzzer
> Signed-off-by: Leizhen Zhang <lzsx618@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Julian Braha <julianbraha@gmail.com>
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