From: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@xxxxxxxxxx> __GFP_ZEROTAGS should only be effective if memory is being zeroed. Currently, hardware tag-based KASAN violates this requirement. Fix by including an initialization check along with checking for __GFP_ZEROTAGS. Signed-off-by: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Alexander Potapenko <glider@xxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/kasan/hw_tags.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/mm/kasan/hw_tags.c b/mm/kasan/hw_tags.c index 0b8225add2e4..c643740b8599 100644 --- a/mm/kasan/hw_tags.c +++ b/mm/kasan/hw_tags.c @@ -199,11 +199,12 @@ void kasan_alloc_pages(struct page *page, unsigned int order, gfp_t flags) * page_alloc.c. */ bool init = !want_init_on_free() && want_init_on_alloc(flags); + bool init_tags = init && (flags & __GFP_ZEROTAGS); if (flags & __GFP_SKIP_KASAN_POISON) SetPageSkipKASanPoison(page); - if (flags & __GFP_ZEROTAGS) { + if (init_tags) { int i; for (i = 0; i != 1 << order; ++i) -- 2.25.1