Re: [LKP] [params] RIP: 0010:[] [] sysfs_add_file_mode_ns+0x64/0x1f0

Rusty Russell
2015-01-13T03:11:49Z

Huang Ying <ying.huang@intel.com> writes:
> FYI, we noticed the below changes on
>
> commit 18eb74fa94161380c1acc9cf562cb835c4e54a25 ("params: cleanup sysfs allocation")

Thanks!

This is caused by CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC, which adds fields to
'struct attribute'. In particular ignore_lockdep is never initialized.

If we memset to 0 before calling sysfs_attr_init() (which doesn't
actually initialize the attribute!), this is fixed.

Cheers,
Rusty.

Subject: param: fix uninitialized read with CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC

ignore_lockdep is uninitialized, and sysfs_attr_init() doesn't initialize
it, so memset to 0.

Reported-by: Huang Ying <ying.huang@intel.com>
Cc: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>

diff --git a/kernel/params.c b/kernel/params.c
index bd65d136a470..728e05b167de 100644
--- a/kernel/params.c
+++ b/kernel/params.c
@@ -642,6 +642,7 @@ static __modinit int add_sysfs_param(struct module_kobject *mk,
mk->mp->grp.attrs = new_attrs;

/* Tack new one on the end. */
+ memset(&mk->mp->attrs[mk->mp->num], 0, sizeof(mk->mp->attrs[0]));
sysfs_attr_init(&mk->mp->attrs[mk->mp->num].mattr.attr);
mk->mp->attrs[mk->mp->num].param = kp;
mk->mp->attrs[mk->mp->num].mattr.show = param_attr_show;