As done in the full WARN() handler, panic_on_warn needs to be cleared before calling panic() to avoid recursive panics. Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/kasan/report.c | 10 +++++++++- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/mm/kasan/report.c b/mm/kasan/report.c index 621782100eaa..844554e78893 100644 --- a/mm/kasan/report.c +++ b/mm/kasan/report.c @@ -92,8 +92,16 @@ static void end_report(unsigned long *flags) pr_err("==================================================================\n"); add_taint(TAINT_BAD_PAGE, LOCKDEP_NOW_UNRELIABLE); spin_unlock_irqrestore(&report_lock, *flags); - if (panic_on_warn) + if (panic_on_warn) { + /* + * This thread may hit another WARN() in the panic path. + * Resetting this prevents additional WARN() from panicking the + * system on this thread. Other threads are blocked by the + * panic_mutex in panic(). + */ + panic_on_warn = 0; panic("panic_on_warn set ...\n"); + } kasan_enable_current(); } -- 2.20.1