On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 12:36:26PM -0400, Robert Foss wrote:
> On 2016-08-31 05:45 AM, Jacek Anaszewski wrote:
> > > +static void *m_totmaps_start(struct seq_file *p, loff_t *pos)
> > > +{
> > > + return NULL + (*pos == 0);
> > > +}
> > > +
> > > +static void *m_totmaps_next(struct seq_file *p, void *v, loff_t *pos)
> > > +{
> > > + ++*pos;
> > > + return NULL;
> > > +}
> > > +
> >
> > When reading totmaps of kernel processes the following NULL pointer
> > dereference occurs:
> >
> > Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address
> > 00000044
> > [<c06c01f4>] (down_read) from [<c022a154>] (totmaps_proc_show+0x2c/0x1e8)
> > [<c022a154>] (totmaps_proc_show) from [<c01fe564>] (seq_read+0x1c8/0x4b8)
> > [<c01fe564>] (seq_read) from [<c01dc850>] (__vfs_read+0x2c/0x110)
> > [<c01dc850>] (__vfs_read) from [<c01ddca0>] (vfs_read+0x8c/0x110)
> > [<c01ddca0>] (vfs_read) from [<c01ddd64>] (SyS_read+0x40/0x8c)
> > [<c01ddd64>] (SyS_read) from [<c0107900>] (ret_fast_syscall+0x0/0x3c)
> >
> > It seems that some protection is needed for such processes, so that
> > totmaps would return empty string then, like in case of smaps.
> >
>
> Thanks for the testing Jacek!
>
> I had a look around the corresponding smaps code, but I'm not seeing any
> checks, do you know where that check actually is made?
>
See m_start in f/sproc/task_mmu.c. It not only check for non-null mm,
but also tries to bump ->mm_users and only then proceeds to walk the mm.
--
Mateusz Guzik
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