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Linus Torvalds 278924cb99 Fix workqueue trace event unsafe string reference
After adding a verifier to test all strings printed in trace events
 to make sure they either point to a string on the ring buffer,
 or to read only core kernel memory, it triggered on a workqueue
 trace event. The trace event workqueue_queue_work references
 the allocated name of the workqueue in the output. If the workqueue
 is freed before the trace is read, then the trace will dereference
 freed memory. Update the trace event to use the __string(), __assign_str(),
 and __get_str() helpers to handle such cases.
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Merge tag 'trace-v5.12-rc3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-trace

Pull workqueue tracing fix from Steven Rostedt:
 "Fix workqueue trace event unsafe string reference

  After adding a verifier to test all strings printed in trace events to
  make sure they either point to a string on the ring buffer, or to read
  only core kernel memory, it triggered on a workqueue trace event. The
  trace event workqueue_queue_work references the allocated name of the
  workqueue in the output. If the workqueue is freed before the trace is
  read, then the trace will dereference freed memory.

  Update the trace event to use the __string(), __assign_str(), and
  __get_str() helpers to handle such cases"

* tag 'trace-v5.12-rc3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-trace:
  workqueue/tracing: Copy workqueue name to buffer in trace event
2021-03-19 10:06:30 -07:00
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crypto crypto: mips/poly1305 - enable for all MIPS processors 2021-03-08 11:52:17 +01:00
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include Fix workqueue trace event unsafe string reference 2021-03-19 10:06:30 -07:00
init Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2021-03-14 12:23:34 -07:00
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Linux kernel
============

There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.