[PATCH v2 14/18] mm/ksw: add stack overflow test
From: Jinchao Wang <hidden>
Date: 2025-09-04 00:23:54
Also in:
linux-mm, linux-perf-users, lkml
Subsystem:
memory management, the rest · Maintainers:
Andrew Morton, Linus Torvalds
Extend the test module with a new test case (test1) that intentionally overflows a local u64 buffer to corrupt the stack canary. This helps validate KStackWatch's detection of stack corruption under overflow conditions. The proc interface is updated to document the new test: - test1: stack canary overflow test Signed-off-by: Jinchao Wang <redacted> --- mm/kstackwatch/kstackwatch_test.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/kstackwatch/kstackwatch_test.c b/mm/kstackwatch/kstackwatch_test.c
index bba2ab8530ed..138163472b03 100644
--- a/mm/kstackwatch/kstackwatch_test.c
+++ b/mm/kstackwatch/kstackwatch_test.c@@ -42,6 +42,27 @@ static void canary_test_write(void) pr_info("KSW: test: canary write test completed\n"); } +/* + * Test Case 1: Stack Overflow (Canary Test) + * This function uses a u64 buffer 64-bit write + * to corrupt the stack canary with a single operation + */ +static void canary_test_overflow(void) +{ + u64 buffer[BUFFER_SIZE]; + + pr_info("KSW: test: starting %s with u64 write\n", __func__); + pr_info("KSW: test: buffer 0x%px\n", buffer); + + /* intentionally overflow the u64 buffer. */ + buffer[BUFFER_SIZE] = 0xdeadbeefdeadbeef; + + /* make sure the compiler do not drop assign action */ + barrier_data(buffer); + + pr_info("KSW: test: canary overflow test completed\n"); +} + static ssize_t test_proc_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buffer, size_t count, loff_t *pos) {
@@ -65,7 +86,10 @@ static ssize_t test_proc_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buffer, pr_info("KSW: test: triggering canary write test\n"); canary_test_write(); break; - + case 1: + pr_info("KSW: test: triggering canary overflow test\n"); + canary_test_overflow(); + break; default: pr_err("KSW: test: Unknown test number %d\n", test_num); return -EINVAL;
@@ -85,7 +109,8 @@ static ssize_t test_proc_read(struct file *file, char __user *buffer, "KStackWatch Simplified Test Module\n" "==================================\n" "Usage:\n" - " echo 'test0' > /proc/kstackwatch_test - canary write test\n"; + " echo 'test0' > /proc/kstackwatch_test - Canary write test\n" + " echo 'test1' > /proc/kstackwatch_test - Canary overflow test\n"; return simple_read_from_buffer(buffer, count, pos, usage, strlen(usage));
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