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When using mutex_acquire_nest() with a nest_lock, lockdep refcounts the number of acquired lockdep_maps of mutexes of the same class, and also keeps a pointer to the first acquired lockdep_map of a class. That pointer is then used for various comparison-, printing- and checking purposes, but there is no mechanism to actively ensure that lockdep_map stays in memory. Instead, a warning is printed if the lockdep_map is freed and there are still held locks of the same lock class, even if the lockdep_map itself has been released. In the context of WW/WD transactions that means that if a user unlocks and frees a ww_mutex from within an ongoing ww transaction, and that mutex happens to be the first ww_mutex grabbed in the transaction, such a warning is printed and there might be a risk of a UAF. Note that this is only problem when lockdep is enabled and affects only dereferences of struct lockdep_map. Adjust to this by adding a fake lockdep_map to the acquired context and make sure it is the first acquired lockdep map of the associated ww_mutex class. Then hold it for the duration of the WW/WD transaction. This has the side effect that trying to lock a ww mutex *without* a ww_acquire_context but where a such context has been acquire, we'd see a lockdep splat. The test-ww_mutex.c selftest attempts to do that, so modify that particular test to not acquire a ww_acquire_context if it is not going to be used. Signed-off-by: Thomas Hellström <thomas.hellstrom@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20241009092031.6356-1-thomas.hellstrom@linux.intel.com
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
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There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.