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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/misc/lkdtm.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/misc/lkdtm.c | 17 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/misc/lkdtm.c b/drivers/misc/lkdtm.c index 8de47462638a..a00a2b11b821 100644 --- a/drivers/misc/lkdtm.c +++ b/drivers/misc/lkdtm.c @@ -411,12 +411,21 @@ static void lkdtm_do_action(enum ctype which) break; } case CT_WRITE_AFTER_FREE: { + int *base; size_t len = 1024; - u32 *data = kmalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL); + /* + * The slub allocator uses the first word to store the free + * pointer in some configurations. Use the middle of the + * allocation to avoid running into the freelist + */ + size_t offset = (len / sizeof(*base)) / 2; - kfree(data); - schedule(); - memset(data, 0x78, len); + base = kmalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL); + pr_info("Allocated memory %p-%p\n", base, &base[offset * 2]); + kfree(base); + pr_info("Attempting bad write to freed memory at %p\n", + &base[offset]); + base[offset] = 0x0abcdef0; break; } case CT_READ_AFTER_FREE: { |