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From: "Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)" <vbabka@kernel.org>
To: Harry Yoo <harry@kernel.org>, Andrey Ryabinin <ryabinin.a.a@gmail.com>
Cc: Hao Li <hao.li@linux.dev>, Christoph Lameter <cl@gentwo.org>,
	 David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>,
	 Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@linux.dev>,
	 Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>,
	Conor Dooley <conor@kernel.org>,
	 Damien Le Moal <dlemoal@kernel.org>,
	linux-mm@kvack.org,  linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Alexander Potapenko <glider@google.com>,
	 Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@gmail.com>,
	Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@google.com>,
	 Vincenzo Frascino <vincenzo.frascino@arm.com>,
	kasan-dev@googlegroups.com,
	 "Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)" <vbabka@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v3 01/10] slab, kunit: pin test slabs by an extra allocation
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 2026 09:43:50 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261105-slub_tiny_rework-v3-1-0484ce59eabb@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261105-slub_tiny_rework-v3-0-0484ce59eabb@kernel.org>

Several of slab kunit tests allocate and free a single object from the
test cache, perform intentional UAF actions and validation, while
expecting the empty slab to stay on the partial list.

This subtly relies on non-zero s->min_partial. It currently compile-time
defaults to a non-zero value, but in theory a sysfs write racing with
the kunit test could change it. More importantly, the upcoming
CONFIG_SLUB_TINY changes will make it possible to run the kunit tests
with s->min_partial being a compile-time zero, which means the tests
will now do unintended UAF writes on the page allocator level, and also
report failures, as flagged by sashiko [1].

To prevent this in a robust way, add an extra object allocation to the
tests, that will prevent the slab being freed. Use migrate_disable() to
prevent migration to a different NUMA node, which would place the
allocation to a different slab.

[1] https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20261024-slub_tiny_rework-v2-0-bf1419ab5ffd@kernel.org?part=8

Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka (SUSE) <vbabka@kernel.org>
---
 lib/tests/slub_kunit.c | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/tests/slub_kunit.c b/lib/tests/slub_kunit.c
index e3b63f0338d5..40427f7edf4c 100644
--- a/lib/tests/slub_kunit.c
+++ b/lib/tests/slub_kunit.c
@@ -51,10 +51,16 @@ static void test_next_pointer(struct kunit *test)
 {
 	struct kmem_cache *s = test_kmem_cache_create("TestSlub_next_ptr_free",
 							64, SLAB_POISON);
-	u8 *p = kmem_cache_alloc(s, GFP_KERNEL);
+	void *pin;
+	u8 *p;
 	unsigned long tmp;
 	unsigned long *ptr_addr;
 
+	migrate_disable();
+	pin = kmem_cache_alloc(s, GFP_KERNEL);
+	p = kmem_cache_alloc(s, GFP_KERNEL);
+	migrate_enable();
+
 	kmem_cache_free(s, p);
 
 	ptr_addr = (unsigned long *)(p + s->offset);
@@ -89,6 +95,7 @@ static void test_next_pointer(struct kunit *test)
 	validate_slab_cache(s);
 	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, 0, slab_errors);
 
+	kmem_cache_free(s, pin);
 	kmem_cache_destroy(s);
 }
 
@@ -96,7 +103,13 @@ static void test_first_word(struct kunit *test)
 {
 	struct kmem_cache *s = test_kmem_cache_create("TestSlub_1th_word_free",
 							64, SLAB_POISON);
-	u8 *p = kmem_cache_alloc(s, GFP_KERNEL);
+	void *pin;
+	u8 *p;
+
+	migrate_disable();
+	pin = kmem_cache_alloc(s, GFP_KERNEL);
+	p = kmem_cache_alloc(s, GFP_KERNEL);
+	migrate_enable();
 
 	kmem_cache_free(s, p);
 	*p = 0x78;
@@ -104,6 +117,7 @@ static void test_first_word(struct kunit *test)
 	validate_slab_cache(s);
 	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, 2, slab_errors);
 
+	kmem_cache_free(s, pin);
 	kmem_cache_destroy(s);
 }
 
@@ -111,7 +125,13 @@ static void test_clobber_50th_byte(struct kunit *test)
 {
 	struct kmem_cache *s = test_kmem_cache_create("TestSlub_50th_word_free",
 							64, SLAB_POISON);
-	u8 *p = kmem_cache_alloc(s, GFP_KERNEL);
+	void *pin;
+	u8 *p;
+
+	migrate_disable();
+	pin = kmem_cache_alloc(s, GFP_KERNEL);
+	p = kmem_cache_alloc(s, GFP_KERNEL);
+	migrate_enable();
 
 	kmem_cache_free(s, p);
 	p[50] = 0x9a;
@@ -119,6 +139,7 @@ static void test_clobber_50th_byte(struct kunit *test)
 	validate_slab_cache(s);
 	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, 2, slab_errors);
 
+	kmem_cache_free(s, pin);
 	kmem_cache_destroy(s);
 }
 #endif
@@ -127,7 +148,13 @@ static void test_clobber_redzone_free(struct kunit *test)
 {
 	struct kmem_cache *s = test_kmem_cache_create("TestSlub_RZ_free", 64,
 							SLAB_RED_ZONE);
-	u8 *p = kmem_cache_alloc(s, GFP_KERNEL);
+	void *pin;
+	u8 *p;
+
+	migrate_disable();
+	pin = kmem_cache_alloc(s, GFP_KERNEL);
+	p = kmem_cache_alloc(s, GFP_KERNEL);
+	migrate_enable();
 
 	kasan_disable_current();
 	kmem_cache_free(s, p);
@@ -137,6 +164,7 @@ static void test_clobber_redzone_free(struct kunit *test)
 	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, 2, slab_errors);
 
 	kasan_enable_current();
+	kmem_cache_free(s, pin);
 	kmem_cache_destroy(s);
 }
 

-- 
2.56.0



  reply	other threads:[~2026-11-05  8:44 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-11-05  8:43 [PATCH v3 00/10] replace CONFIG_SLUB_TINY with a slab_tiny boot parameter Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-11-05  8:43 ` Vlastimil Babka (SUSE) [this message]
2026-11-05 12:59   ` [PATCH v3 01/10] slab, kunit: pin test slabs by an extra allocation Harry Yoo
2026-11-05  8:43 ` [PATCH v3 02/10] kasan, " Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-11-05 13:03   ` Harry Yoo
2026-11-05 13:26   ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-05  8:43 ` [PATCH v3 03/10] mm, slab: refactor slab_min/max_order handling Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-11-05 13:12   ` Harry Yoo
2026-11-05  8:43 ` [PATCH v3 04/10] mm, slab: introduce slab_debug=N Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-11-05 13:26   ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-05 14:30   ` Harry Yoo
2026-11-05 14:36     ` Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-11-05 15:02       ` Harry Yoo
2026-11-05  8:43 ` [PATCH v3 05/10] mm, slab: rework KMALLOC_RECLAIM handling of SLUB_TINY Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-11-08 17:00   ` Harry Yoo
2026-11-05  8:43 ` [PATCH v3 06/10] mm, slab: make SLUB_TINY handling dynamic for sizing decisions Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-11-08 17:58   ` Harry Yoo
2026-11-05  8:43 ` [PATCH v3 07/10] mm, slab: convert CONFIG_SLUB_TINY checks to kmem_cache_debug() Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-11-10 14:12   ` Harry Yoo
2026-11-05  8:43 ` [PATCH v3 08/10] mm, slab: remove remaining compile-time checks for CONFIG_SLUB_TINY Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-11-10 14:19   ` Harry Yoo
2026-11-05  8:43 ` [PATCH v3 09/10] mm, slab: add slab_tiny boot param Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-11-10 14:24   ` Harry Yoo
2026-11-05  8:43 ` [PATCH v3 10/10] mm, slab: deprecate CONFIG_SLUB_TINY and reduce its Kconfig effects Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-11-10 14:39   ` Harry Yoo
2026-11-10 14:46 ` [PATCH v3 00/10] replace CONFIG_SLUB_TINY with a slab_tiny boot parameter Harry Yoo

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