[PATCH v4 5/6] kasan: Unset panic_on_warn before calling panic()

From: Kees Cook
Date: Thu Feb 27 2020 - 13:49:41 EST


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>
Acked-by: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
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 5ef9f24f566b..54bd98a1fc7b 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