The patch titled
Subject: panic: taint kernel if tests are run
has been added to the -mm mm-nonmm-unstable branch. Its filename is
panic-taint-kernel-if-tests-are-run.patch
This patch will shortly appear at
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/panic-taint-kernel-if-tests-are-run.patch
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm
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From: David Gow <davidgow@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: panic: taint kernel if tests are run
Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2022 12:09:56 +0800
Most in-kernel tests (such as KUnit tests) are not supposed to run on
production systems: they may do deliberately illegal things to trigger
errors, and have security implications (for example, KUnit assertions will
often deliberately leak kernel addresses).
Add a new taint type, TAINT_TEST to signal that a test has been run. This
will be printed as 'N' (originally for kuNit, as every other sensible
letter was taken.)
This should discourage people from running these tests on production
systems, and to make it easier to tell if tests have been run accidentally
(by loading the wrong configuration, etc.)
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220702040959.3232874-1-davidgow@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: David Gow <davidgow@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Brendan Higgins <brendanhiggins@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Shuah Khan <skhan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Guilherme G. Piccoli <gpiccoli@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Sebastian Reichel <sre@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: John Ogness <john.ogness@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Daniel Latypov <dlatypov@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Lucas De Marchi <lucas.demarchi@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Michal Marek <michal.lkml@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst | 1 +
include/linux/panic.h | 3 ++-
kernel/panic.c | 1 +
3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst~panic-taint-kernel-if-tests-are-run
+++ a/Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ Bit Log Number Reason that got the ke
15 _/K 32768 kernel has been live patched
16 _/X 65536 auxiliary taint, defined for and used by distros
17 _/T 131072 kernel was built with the struct randomization plugin
+ 18 _/N 262144 an in-kernel test has been run
=== === ====== ========================================================
Note: The character ``_`` is representing a blank in this table to make reading
--- a/include/linux/panic.h~panic-taint-kernel-if-tests-are-run
+++ a/include/linux/panic.h
@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@ static inline void set_arch_panic_timeou
#define TAINT_LIVEPATCH 15
#define TAINT_AUX 16
#define TAINT_RANDSTRUCT 17
-#define TAINT_FLAGS_COUNT 18
+#define TAINT_TEST 18
+#define TAINT_FLAGS_COUNT 19
#define TAINT_FLAGS_MAX ((1UL << TAINT_FLAGS_COUNT) - 1)
struct taint_flag {
--- a/kernel/panic.c~panic-taint-kernel-if-tests-are-run
+++ a/kernel/panic.c
@@ -428,6 +428,7 @@ const struct taint_flag taint_flags[TAIN
[ TAINT_LIVEPATCH ] = { 'K', ' ', true },
[ TAINT_AUX ] = { 'X', ' ', true },
[ TAINT_RANDSTRUCT ] = { 'T', ' ', true },
+ [ TAINT_TEST ] = { 'N', ' ', true },
};
/**
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from davidgow@xxxxxxxxxx are
panic-taint-kernel-if-tests-are-run.patch
module-panic-taint-the-kernel-when-selftest-modules-load.patch
kunit-taint-the-kernel-when-kunit-tests-are-run.patch
selftest-taint-kernel-when-test-module-loaded.patch
