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Alexander Potapenko 0f181f9fbe mm/slub.c: init_on_free=1 should wipe freelist ptr for bulk allocations
slab_alloc_node() already zeroed out the freelist pointer if
init_on_free was on.  Thibaut Sautereau noticed that the same needs to
be done for kmem_cache_alloc_bulk(), which performs the allocations
separately.

kmem_cache_alloc_bulk() is currently used in two places in the kernel,
so this change is unlikely to have a major performance impact.

SLAB doesn't require a similar change, as auto-initialization makes the
allocator store the freelist pointers off-slab.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20191007091605.30530-1-glider@google.com
Fixes: 6471384af2 ("mm: security: introduce init_on_alloc=1 and init_on_free=1 boot options")
Signed-off-by: Alexander Potapenko <glider@google.com>
Reported-by: Thibaut Sautereau <thibaut@sautereau.fr>
Reported-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>
Cc: Laura Abbott <labbott@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
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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:

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There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
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requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.