[PATCH v3 06/17] kthread: use WARN_ON_FUNCTION_MISMATCH

Kees Cook keescook at chromium.org
Fri Mar 26 04:35:01 GMT 2021


On Tue, Mar 23, 2021 at 01:39:35PM -0700, Sami Tolvanen wrote:
> With CONFIG_CFI_CLANG, a callback function passed to
> __kthread_queue_delayed_work from a module points to a jump table
> entry defined in the module instead of the one used in the core
> kernel, which breaks function address equality in this check:
> 
>   WARN_ON_ONCE(timer->function != ktead_delayed_work_timer_fn);
> 
> Use WARN_ON_FUNCTION_MISMATCH() instead to disable the warning
> when CFI and modules are both enabled.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen at google.com>

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook at chromium.org>

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Kees Cook



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