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From: Bradley Morgan <brads@mainlining.org>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>,
	Jinchao Wang <wangjinchao600@gmail.com>,
	Craig Lamparter <craig.lamparter@hpe.com>,
	Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@linux-watchdog.org>,
	Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>,
	linux-watchdog@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Bradley Morgan <brads@mainlining.org>
Subject: [PATCH v7 3/6] panic: fix va_list reuse in panic_try_force_cpu()
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2026 18:29:54 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260916182957.7788-4-brads@mainlining.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260916182957.7788-1-brads@mainlining.org>

vsnprintf() consumes the caller's va_list. When the redirect fails,
vpanic() reuses it for the panic message, which is undefined
behavior. Use va_copy().

Fixes: 2e171ab29f91 ("panic: add panic_force_cpu= parameter to redirect panic to a specific CPU")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Bradley Morgan <brads@mainlining.org>
---
 kernel/panic.c | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/panic.c b/kernel/panic.c
index 5646d4fb82b7..7388eb81a1c4 100644
--- a/kernel/panic.c
+++ b/kernel/panic.c
@@ -417,7 +417,12 @@ static bool panic_try_force_cpu(const char *fmt, va_list args)
 	 * fall back to static message for early boot panics or allocation failure.
 	 */
 	if (panic_force_buf) {
-		vsnprintf(panic_force_buf, PANIC_MSG_BUFSZ, fmt, args);
+		va_list ap;
+
+		/* Do not consume args, the caller reuses it if we fail */
+		va_copy(ap, args);
+		vsnprintf(panic_force_buf, PANIC_MSG_BUFSZ, fmt, ap);
+		va_end(ap);
 		msg = panic_force_buf;
 	} else {
 		msg = "Redirected panic (buffer unavailable)";
-- 
2.47.3


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-09-16 18:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-09-16 18:29 [PATCH v7 0/6] panic: fix panic_force_cpu= redirect races and NMI bypass Bradley Morgan
2026-09-16 18:29 ` [PATCH v7 1/6] panic: fix redirect CPU race in panic_try_force_cpu() Bradley Morgan
2026-09-16 18:42   ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-16 19:48     ` Bradley Morgan
2026-09-16 18:29 ` [PATCH v7 2/6] panic: flatten nmi_panic control flow Bradley Morgan
2026-09-16 18:29 ` Bradley Morgan [this message]
2026-09-16 18:29 ` [PATCH v7 4/6] panic: restore variable arguments to nmi_panic() Bradley Morgan
2026-09-22 12:14   ` Petr Mladek
2026-09-16 18:29 ` [PATCH v7 5/6] panic: allow force_cpu redirect from an NMI Bradley Morgan
2026-09-16 18:29 ` [PATCH v7 6/6] panic: kill the "buffer unavailable" redirect fallback Bradley Morgan
2026-09-22 12:28   ` Petr Mladek
2026-09-22 12:35 ` [PATCH v7 0/6] panic: fix panic_force_cpu= redirect races and NMI bypass Petr Mladek
2026-09-22 14:41   ` Bradley Morgan
2026-09-22 23:22     ` Andrew Morton

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