slab: kmalloc_size_roundup() must not return 0 for non-zero size
The typical use of kmalloc_size_roundup() is: ptr = kmalloc(sz = kmalloc_size_roundup(size), ...); if (!ptr) return -ENOMEM. This means it is vitally important that the returned value isn't less than the argument even if the argument is insane. In particular if kmalloc_slab() fails or the value is above (MAX_ULONG - PAGE_SIZE) zero is returned and kmalloc() will return its single zero-length buffer ZERO_SIZE_PTR. Fix this by returning the input size if the size exceeds KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE. kmalloc() will then return NULL as the size really is too big. kmalloc_slab() should not normally return NULL, unless called too early. Again, returning zero is not the correct action as it can be in some usage scenarios stored to a variable and only later cause kmalloc() return ZERO_SIZE_PTR and subsequent crashes on access. Instead we can simply stop checking the kmalloc_slab() result completely, as calling kmalloc_size_roundup() too early would then result in an immediate crash during boot and the developer noticing an issue in their code. [vbabka@suse.cz: remove kmalloc_slab() result check, tweak comments and commit log] Fixes: 05a94065 ("slab: Introduce kmalloc_size_roundup()") Signed-off-by: David Laight <david.laight@aculab.com> Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
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