Merge tag 'v5.8.5' into dev-5.8dev-5.8

This is the 5.8.5 stable release

Signed-off-by: Joel Stanley <joel@jms.id.au>

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/misc/lkdtm/heap.c b/drivers/misc/lkdtm/heap.c
index 3c5cec85edce..1323bc16f113 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/lkdtm/heap.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/lkdtm/heap.c
@@ -58,11 +58,12 @@ void lkdtm_READ_AFTER_FREE(void)
 	int *base, *val, saw;
 	size_t len = 1024;
 	/*
-	 * The slub allocator uses the first word to store the free
-	 * pointer in some configurations. Use the middle of the
-	 * allocation to avoid running into the freelist
+	 * The slub allocator will use the either the first word or
+	 * the middle of the allocation to store the free pointer,
+	 * depending on configurations. Store in the second word to
+	 * avoid running into the freelist.
 	 */
-	size_t offset = (len / sizeof(*base)) / 2;
+	size_t offset = sizeof(*base);
 
 	base = kmalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!base) {