mm/slub: avoid accessing metadata when pointer is invalid in object_err()

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object_err() reports details of an object for further debugging, such as
the freelist pointer, redzone, etc. However, if the pointer is invalid,
attempting to access object metadata can lead to a crash since it does
not point to a valid object.

One known path to the crash is when alloc_consistency_checks()
determines the pointer to the allocated object is invalid because of a
freelist corruption, and calls object_err() to report it. The debug code
should report and handle the corruption gracefully and not crash in the
process.

In case the pointer is NULL or check_valid_pointer() returns false for
the pointer, only print the pointer value and skip accessing metadata.

Fixes: 81819f0fc8 ("SLUB core")
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Li Qiong <liqiong@nfschina.com>
Reviewed-by: Harry Yoo <harry.yoo@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

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Li Qiong 2025-09-06 17:25:30 -04:00 • committed by Greg Kroah-Hartman

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