exist the following assignment in ccp(ignore the force convert of the struct) by list_del in ccp_dequeue_cmd(): req->__ctx->cmd->entry->next = LIST_POISON1; after use the req, kzfree(req) can not zero the entry entry->next = LIST_POISON1 of the ccp_cmd(cmd) struct when this address available as slub freelist pointer, this will cause the following "general protection fault" error if some process meet this LIST_POISON1 value address when request memory: general protection fault: 0000 1 PREEMPT SMP NOPTI CPU: 13 PID: 111282 Comm: msgstress03 Not tainted 5.2.45-yocto-standard #1 Hardware name: AMD Corporation Wallaby/Wallaby, BIOS WWB7713N 07/11/2017 RIP: 0010:__kmalloc_node+0x106/0x2f0 RSP: 0018:ffffaa6dd83ffdc8 EFLAGS: 00010246 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 000000000033e0cd RDX: 000000000033e08d RSI: 000000000033e08d RDI: 000000000002c180 RBP: ffffaa6dd83ffe00 R08: 00000000000000d4 R09: ffff966c9dc07180 R10: dead000000000100 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000cc0 R13: 0000000000000100 R14: 00000000ffffffff R15: ffff966c9dc07180 FS: 00007f83bb756600(0000) GS:ffff966c9e340000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00007f83bb6917e0 CR3: 000000080b794000 CR4: 00000000003406e0 Call Trace: ? kvmalloc_node+0x7b/0x90 kvmalloc_node+0x7b/0x90 newque+0x32/0x1a0 ipcget+0x27a/0x2c0 ksys_msgget+0x51/0x70 __x64_sys_msgget+0x16/0x20 do_syscall_64+0x4d/0x130 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xa9 RIP: 0033:0x7f83bb6917e7 Fix it by zero cmd struct after finished use it. Signed-off-by: Liwei Song <liwei.song@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/crypto/ccp/ccp-dev.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/drivers/crypto/ccp/ccp-dev.c b/drivers/crypto/ccp/ccp-dev.c index edefa669153f..75a6418d541d 100644 --- a/drivers/crypto/ccp/ccp-dev.c +++ b/drivers/crypto/ccp/ccp-dev.c @@ -409,6 +409,7 @@ static void ccp_do_cmd_complete(unsigned long data) cmd->callback(cmd->data, cmd->ret); complete(&tdata->completion); + memset(cmd, 0, sizeof(*cmd)); } /** -- 2.17.1