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If verification is not done by 5 working days from today, this fix will be dropped from the source code, and this bug will be closed. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you! ** Tags added: verification-needed-xenial -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1592547 Title: vmalloc failure leads to null ptr dereference in aa_dfa_next Status in AppArmor: New Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Fix Committed Status in linux source package in Xenial: Fix Committed Bug description: running stress-ng apparmor stressor with a vmalloc NULL return trips a null ptr dereference in aa_dfa_next: $ uname -a Linux ubuntu 4.4.0-24-generic #43 [ 46.271517] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000020 [ 46.271641] IP: [<ffffffff8137a8a6>] aa_dfa_next+0x6/0x70 [ 46.271743] PGD 39ebd067 PUD 39ebe067 PMD 0 [ 46.271833] Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP [ 46.271926] Modules linked in: jitterentropy_rng algif_rng salsa20_generic salsa20_x86_64 camellia_generic camellia_aesni_avx_x86_64 camellia_x86_64 cast6_avx_x86_64 cast6_generic cast_common serpent_avx_x86_64 serpent_sse2_x86_64 serpent_generic twofish_generic twofish_avx_x86_64 twofish_x86_64_3way twofish_x86_64 twofish_common xts algif_skcipher tgr192 wp512 rmd320 rmd256 rmd160 rmd128 md4 algif_hash af_alg ppdev snd_hda_codec_generic snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec snd_hda_core snd_hwdep snd_pcm input_leds joydev snd_timer serio_raw snd soundcore i2c_piix4 mac_hid 8250_fintek parport_pc parport ib_iser rdma_cm iw_cm ib_cm ib_sa ib_mad ib_core ib_addr iscsi_tcp libiscsi_tcp libiscsi scsi_transport_iscsi autofs4 btrfs raid10 raid456 async_raid6_recov async_memcpy async_pq async_xor async_tx xor raid6_pq [ 46.273290] libcrc32c raid1 raid0 multipath linear 8139too crct10dif_pclmul crc32_pclmul qxl aesni_intel aes_x86_64 lrw gf128mul ttm drm_kms_helper glue_helper ablk_helper cryptd syscopyarea sysfillrect sysimgblt fb_sys_fops psmouse drm floppy 8139cp mii pata_acpi [ 46.274250] CPU: 0 PID: 1349 Comm: stress-ng-appar Not tainted 4.4.0-24-generic #43 [ 46.274436] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS Ubuntu-1.8.2-1ubuntu1 04/01/2014 [ 46.274632] task: ffff8800374be040 ti: ffff88003746c000 task.ti: ffff88003746c000 [ 46.274854] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff8137a8a6>] [<ffffffff8137a8a6>] aa_dfa_next+0x6/0x70 [ 46.275072] RSP: 0018:ffff88003746fca8 EFLAGS: 00010282 [ 46.275450] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000003 RCX: 0000000000004a46 [ 46.275934] RDX: 0000000000000002 RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: 0000000000000000 [ 46.276348] RBP: ffff88003746fd28 R08: ffff88003fc19f40 R09: ffff88003e001d00 [ 46.276757] R10: ffff88003da8e600 R11: ffff88003e001500 R12: ffff88003746fd48 [ 46.276979] R13: ffff88003acc4800 R14: ffff88003acc4894 R15: 0000000000000029 [ 46.277202] FS: 00007f7198a0f700(0000) GS:ffff88003fc00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 46.277500] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 46.278006] CR2: 0000000000000020 CR3: 0000000039ebc000 CR4: 00000000001406f0 [ 46.278592] Stack: [ 46.278846] ffff88003746fd28 ffffffff81383585 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 [ 46.279271] 000000003746fd00 0000000000000000 ffffc9000268e400 0000000000000000 [ 46.279860] ffff88003746fd40 0000000000000000 000000005833b243 ffff88003746fe28 [ 46.280311] Call Trace: [ 46.280606] [<ffffffff81383585>] ? unpack_profile+0x5c5/0x970 [ 46.280854] [<ffffffff81383ad9>] aa_unpack+0xe9/0x450 [ 46.281091] [<ffffffff81381e97>] aa_replace_profiles+0x77/0xb70 [ 46.281341] [<ffffffff811cf81b>] ? vmalloc+0x6b/0x70 [ 46.281610] [<ffffffff813770df>] policy_update+0x9f/0x1f0 [ 46.281887] [<ffffffff81377243>] profile_replace+0x13/0x20 [ 46.282169] [<ffffffff8120c528>] __vfs_write+0x18/0x40 [ 46.282444] [<ffffffff8120ceb9>] vfs_write+0xa9/0x1a0 [ 46.282728] [<ffffffff8120be4f>] ? do_sys_open+0x1bf/0x2a0 [ 46.283418] [<ffffffff8120db75>] SyS_write+0x55/0xc0 [ 46.284188] [<ffffffff81825cb2>] entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath+0x16/0x71 [ 46.284753] Code: 0c 42 39 ce 74 d9 0f b6 02 41 0f b7 34 7b 84 c0 75 d9 eb c3 41 0f b7 34 44 eb 89 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 55 <48> 8b 47 20 4c 8b 5f 28 4c 8b 57 40 48 89 e5 4c 8b 4f 18 48 8d [ 46.285401] RIP [<ffffffff8137a8a6>] aa_dfa_next+0x6/0x70 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/apparmor/+bug/1592547/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp