From: Sourabh Jain <sourabhjain@linux.ibm.com>
To: Coiby Xu <coiby.xu@gmail.com>, kexec@lists.infradead.org
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Baoquan He <baoquan.he@linux.dev>,
Dave Young <ruirui.yang@linux.dev>,
Pratyush Yadav <pratyush@kernel.org>,
Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>,
Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>,
Coiby Xu <coxu@redhat.com>,
open list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 05/10] crash_dump: Free temporary dm-crypt keys_header buffer in kdump kernel
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2026 16:50:24 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <91b5adec-a9fd-4790-9ef4-ae99f54d95c4@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260729033654.311541-6-coiby.xu@gmail.com>
On 29/07/26 09:06, Coiby Xu wrote:
> Although we expect the system to reboot immediately after vmcore dumping
> is finished, it's still good to free the temporary keys_header buffer.
>
> Fixes: 62f17d9df692 ("crash_dump: retrieve dm crypt keys in kdump kernel")
> Reported-by: Sourabh Jain <sourabhjain@linux.ibm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Coiby Xu <coiby.xu@gmail.com>
> ---
> kernel/crash_dump_dm_crypt.c | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/crash_dump_dm_crypt.c b/kernel/crash_dump_dm_crypt.c
> index a3996208738b..9a64e2d6841b 100644
> --- a/kernel/crash_dump_dm_crypt.c
> +++ b/kernel/crash_dump_dm_crypt.c
> @@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ static int get_keys_from_kdump_reserved_memory(void)
>
> static int restore_dm_crypt_keys_to_thread_keyring(void)
> {
> + struct keys_header *keys_header __free(kfree_sensitive) = NULL;
> struct dm_crypt_key *key;
> size_t keys_header_size;
> key_ref_t keyring_ref;
Yeah, it's good to release the memory regardless.
Feel free to add:
Reviewed-by: Sourabh Jain <sourabhjain@linux.ibm.com>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-05 11:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-29 3:36 [PATCH v3 00/10] Bug fixes and enhancements for kdump LUKS support Coiby Xu
2026-07-29 3:36 ` [PATCH v3 01/10] crash_dump: release keyring reference at the correct time Coiby Xu
2026-07-29 3:36 ` [PATCH v3 02/10] crash_dump: Fix potential double free and UAF of keys_header Coiby Xu
2026-07-29 3:36 ` [PATCH v3 03/10] crash_dump: Disallow writing to dm-crypt configfs during kexec_file_load syscall Coiby Xu
2026-08-05 10:30 ` Sourabh Jain
2026-08-06 5:20 ` Coiby Xu
2026-07-29 3:36 ` [PATCH v3 04/10] crash_dump: Read the number of dm-crypt keys from reserved memory Coiby Xu
2026-08-05 11:05 ` Sourabh Jain
2026-08-06 6:20 ` Coiby Xu
2026-07-29 3:36 ` [PATCH v3 05/10] crash_dump: Free temporary dm-crypt keys_header buffer in kdump kernel Coiby Xu
2026-08-05 11:20 ` Sourabh Jain [this message]
2026-07-29 3:36 ` [PATCH v3 06/10] crash_dump: Only use kexec_dprintk during the kexec_file_load syscall Coiby Xu
2026-08-05 11:36 ` Sourabh Jain
2026-08-06 5:27 ` Coiby Xu
2026-07-29 3:36 ` [PATCH v3 07/10] crash_dump: Improve readability of config_keys_restore_store Coiby Xu
2026-08-05 11:52 ` Sourabh Jain
2026-08-06 6:26 ` Coiby Xu
2026-07-29 3:36 ` [PATCH v3 08/10] crash_dump: Check the function return codes in restore_dm_crypt_keys_to_thread_keyring Coiby Xu
2026-08-05 12:03 ` Sourabh Jain
2026-07-29 3:36 ` [PATCH v3 09/10] crash_dump: Disallow configfs/crash_dm_crypt_key/reuse if crash hotplug supported Coiby Xu
2026-08-05 12:09 ` Sourabh Jain
2026-08-06 5:33 ` Coiby Xu
2026-07-29 3:36 ` [PATCH v3 10/10] Documentation: kdump: Add arm64 and ppc64le to encrypted dump target support list Coiby Xu
2026-08-05 12:10 ` Sourabh Jain
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