From: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@xxxxxxxxx> kasan_rcu_uaf() writes to freed memory via kasan_rcu_reclaim(), which is only safe with the GENERIC mode (as it uses quarantine). For other modes, this test corrupts kernel memory, which might result in a crash. Turn the write into a read. Signed-off-by: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@xxxxxxxxx> --- lib/test_kasan_module.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/lib/test_kasan_module.c b/lib/test_kasan_module.c index fa73b9df0be4..7ebf433edef3 100644 --- a/lib/test_kasan_module.c +++ b/lib/test_kasan_module.c @@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ static noinline void __init kasan_rcu_reclaim(struct rcu_head *rp) struct kasan_rcu_info, rcu); kfree(fp); - fp->i = 1; + ((volatile struct kasan_rcu_info *)fp)->i; } static noinline void __init kasan_rcu_uaf(void) -- 2.25.1