Merge tag 'slab-for-6.6' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vbabka/slab
Pull slab updates from Vlastimil Babka: "This happens to be a small one (due to summer I guess), and all hardening related: - Randomized kmalloc caches, by GONG, Ruiqi. A new opt-in hardening feature to make heap spraying harder. It creates multiple (16) copies of kmalloc caches, reducing the chance of an attacker-controllable allocation site to land in the same slab as e.g. an allocation site with use-after-free vulnerability. The selection of the copy is derived from the allocation site address, including a per-boot random seed. - Stronger typing for hardened freelists in SLUB, by Jann Horn Introduces a custom type for hardened freelist entries instead of "void *" as those are not directly dereferencable. While reviewing this, I've noticed opportunities for further cleanups in that code and added those on top" * tag 'slab-for-6.6' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vbabka/slab: Randomized slab caches for kmalloc() mm/slub: remove freelist_dereference() mm/slub: remove redundant kasan_reset_tag() from freelist_ptr calculations mm/slub: refactor freelist to use custom type
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