Re: [PATCH] fs: Use CHECK_DATA_CORRUPTION() when kernel bugs are detected
Christian Brauner <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | com.openwall.lists.kernel-hardening,org.kernel.vger.linux-fsdevel,org.kernel.vger.linux-hardening,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel |
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| Message-ID | <20230124101207.ofqr6qv2yla24jyd@wittgenstein> |
On Mon, Jan 16, 2023 at 08:14:25PM +0100, Jann Horn wrote: > Currently, filp_close() and generic_shutdown_super() use printk() to log > messages when bugs are detected. This is problematic because infrastructure > like syzkaller has no idea that this message indicates a bug. > In addition, some people explicitly want their kernels to BUG() when kernel > data corruption has been detected (CONFIG_BUG_ON_DATA_CORRUPTION). > And finally, when generic_shutdown_super() detects remaining inodes on a > system without CONFIG_BUG_ON_DATA_CORRUPTION, it would be nice if later > accesses to a busy inode would at least crash somewhat cleanly rather than > walking through freed memory. > > To address all three, use CHECK_DATA_CORRUPTION() when kernel bugs are > detected. > > Signed-off-by: Jann Horn <[email protected]> > --- Looks good, Reviewed-by: Christian Brauner (Microsoft) <[email protected]>