panic: print more informative messages on stackprotect failure pointed out by pageexec@freemail.hu: we just simply panic() when there's a stackprotector attack - giving the attacked person no information about what kernel code the attack went against. print out the attacked function. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
diff --git a/kernel/panic.c b/kernel/panic.c index 425567f..f236001 100644 --- a/kernel/panic.c +++ b/kernel/panic.c
@@ -327,7 +327,8 @@ */ void __stack_chk_fail(void) { - panic("stack-protector: Kernel stack is corrupted"); + panic("stack-protector: Kernel stack is corrupted in: %p\n", + __builtin_return_address(0)); } EXPORT_SYMBOL(__stack_chk_fail); #endif