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Re: [lkp] [fs] 45ec18d5c7: BUG: KASAN: user-memory-access on address 00007f90291c7ec0

From Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [lkp] [fs] 45ec18d5c7: BUG: KASAN: user-memory-access on address 00007f90291c7ec0
Date 2016-08-09 03:30 +0200
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On Tue, Aug 09, 2016 at 09:17:58AM +0800, Ye Xiaolong wrote:
> On 08/08, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote:
> >On Sun, 07 Aug 2016 22:02:42 +0800, kernel test robot said:
> >
> >> FYI, we noticed the following commit:
> >>
> >> https://github.com/0day-ci/linux
> >> Nicholas-Krause/fs-Fix-kmemleak-leak-warning-in-getname_flags-about-working-on-unitialized-memory/20160804-055054
> >> commit 45ec18d5c713bccb9807782f0dca29b92ba99784 ("fs:Fix kmemleak leak warning in getname_flags about working on unitialized memory")
> >
> >The real question here is why the 0day system was even bothering to try
> >compiling and booting a patch from somebody who has a long record of failing
> >to do so with patches before submission.  Actually looking at the patch
> >in question shows that little or no thought or testing was done (hint:
> >look at it, and wonder in amazement why there's a dump_stack() call where
> >it is....)
> >
> >In other words - how did this patch get into a tree that 0day listens to?
> 
> 0Day has a service to automatically capture every patchset sent to LKML, and convert
> email patchset to git branches by applying them on top of different
> trees heuristically.

*raised eyebrows*

I really hope they are doing both builds and testing in a heavily isolated
environments, then.  Because you've just described an attack vector it's
vulnerable to...

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Re: [lkp] [fs] 45ec18d5c7: BUG: KASAN: user-memory-access on address 00007f90291c7ec0 Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu - 2016-08-08 18:40 +0200
  Re: [lkp] [fs] 45ec18d5c7: BUG: KASAN: user-memory-access on address  00007f90291c7ec0 Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> - 2016-08-09 03:30 +0200
    Re: [lkp] [fs] 45ec18d5c7: BUG: KASAN: user-memory-access on address  00007f90291c7ec0 Ye Xiaolong <xiaolong.ye@intel.com> - 2016-08-09 05:30 +0200
  Re: [lkp] [fs] 45ec18d5c7: BUG: KASAN: user-memory-access on address  00007f90291c7ec0 Ye Xiaolong <xiaolong.ye@intel.com> - 2016-08-09 03:30 +0200
    Re: [lkp] [fs] 45ec18d5c7: BUG: KASAN: user-memory-access on address 00007f90291c7ec0 Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu - 2016-08-09 04:20 +0200
      Re: [lkp] [fs] 45ec18d5c7: BUG: KASAN: user-memory-access on address  00007f90291c7ec0 Ye Xiaolong <xiaolong.ye@intel.com> - 2016-08-09 05:30 +0200

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