The patch below does not apply to the 5.10-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable(a)vger.kernel.org>.
To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:
git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-5.10.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x ee9f3a81ab08dfe0538dbd1746f81fd4d5147fdc
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable(a)vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2025072840-quickstep-spiny-0e80@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 5.10.y' HEAD^..
Possible dependencies:
thanks,
greg k-h
------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------
From ee9f3a81ab08dfe0538dbd1746f81fd4d5147fdc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ma Ke <make24(a)iscas.ac.cn>
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2025 10:23:08 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] dpaa2-eth: Fix device reference count leak in MAC endpoint
handling
The fsl_mc_get_endpoint() function uses device_find_child() for
localization, which implicitly calls get_device() to increment the
device's reference count before returning the pointer. However, the
caller dpaa2_eth_connect_mac() fails to properly release this
reference in multiple scenarios. We should call put_device() to
decrement reference count properly.
As comment of device_find_child() says, 'NOTE: you will need to drop
the reference with put_device() after use'.
Found by code review.
Cc: stable(a)vger.kernel.org
Fixes: 719479230893 ("dpaa2-eth: add MAC/PHY support through phylink")
Signed-off-by: Ma Ke <make24(a)iscas.ac.cn>
Tested-by: Ioana Ciornei <ioana.ciornei(a)nxp.com>
Reviewed-by: Ioana Ciornei <ioana.ciornei(a)nxp.com>
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms(a)kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250717022309.3339976-2-make24@iscas.ac.cn
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba(a)kernel.org>
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-eth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-eth.c
index b82f121cadad..0f4efd505332 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-eth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-eth.c
@@ -4666,12 +4666,19 @@ static int dpaa2_eth_connect_mac(struct dpaa2_eth_priv *priv)
return PTR_ERR(dpmac_dev);
}
- if (IS_ERR(dpmac_dev) || dpmac_dev->dev.type != &fsl_mc_bus_dpmac_type)
+ if (IS_ERR(dpmac_dev))
return 0;
+ if (dpmac_dev->dev.type != &fsl_mc_bus_dpmac_type) {
+ err = 0;
+ goto out_put_device;
+ }
+
mac = kzalloc(sizeof(struct dpaa2_mac), GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!mac)
- return -ENOMEM;
+ if (!mac) {
+ err = -ENOMEM;
+ goto out_put_device;
+ }
mac->mc_dev = dpmac_dev;
mac->mc_io = priv->mc_io;
@@ -4705,6 +4712,8 @@ static int dpaa2_eth_connect_mac(struct dpaa2_eth_priv *priv)
dpaa2_mac_close(mac);
err_free_mac:
kfree(mac);
+out_put_device:
+ put_device(&dpmac_dev->dev);
return err;
}
This patch series aims at adding support for Exynos7870's DECON in the
Exynos7 DECON driver. It introduces a driver data struct so that support
for DECON on other SoCs can be added to it in the future.
It also fixes a few bugs in the driver, such as functions receiving bad
pointers.
Tested on Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime (samsung-on7xelte), Samsung Galaxy A2
Core (samsung-a2corelte), and Samsung Galaxy J6 (samsung-j6lte).
Signed-off-by: Kaustabh Chakraborty <kauschluss(a)disroot.org>
---
Changes in v4:
- Drop applied patch [v2 3/3].
- Correct documentation of port dt property.
- Add documentation of memory-region.
- Remove redundant ctx->suspended completely.
- Link to v3: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250627-exynosdrm-decon-v3-0-5b456f88cfea@disroo…
Changes in v3:
- Add a new commit documenting iommus and ports dt properties.
- Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250612-exynosdrm-decon-v2-0-d6c1d21c8057@disroo…
Changes in v2:
- Add a new commit to prevent an occasional panic under circumstances.
- Rewrite and redo [v1 2/6] to be a more sensible commit.
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240919-exynosdrm-decon-v1-0-6c5861c1cb04@disroo…
---
Kaustabh Chakraborty (2):
dt-bindings: display: samsung,exynos7-decon: document iommus, memory-region, and ports
drm/exynos: exynos7_drm_decon: remove ctx->suspended
.../display/samsung/samsung,exynos7-decon.yaml | 21 +++++++++++++
drivers/gpu/drm/exynos/exynos7_drm_decon.c | 36 ----------------------
2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-)
---
base-commit: 26ffb3d6f02cd0935fb9fa3db897767beee1cb2a
change-id: 20240917-exynosdrm-decon-4c228dd1d2bf
Best regards,
--
Kaustabh Chakraborty <kauschluss(a)disroot.org>
The patch titled
Subject: mm/shmem, swap: improve cached mTHP handling and fix potential hang
has been added to the -mm mm-hotfixes-unstable branch. Its filename is
mm-shmem-swap-improve-cached-mthp-handling-and-fix-potential-hang.patch
This patch will shortly appear at
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patche…
This patch will later appear in the mm-hotfixes-unstable branch at
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm
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------------------------------------------------------
From: Kairui Song <kasong(a)tencent.com>
Subject: mm/shmem, swap: improve cached mTHP handling and fix potential hang
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2025 15:52:59 +0800
The current swap-in code assumes that, when a swap entry in shmem mapping
is order 0, its cached folios (if present) must be order 0 too, which
turns out not always correct.
The problem is shmem_split_large_entry is called before verifying the
folio will eventually be swapped in, one possible race is:
CPU1 CPU2
shmem_swapin_folio
/* swap in of order > 0 swap entry S1 */
folio = swap_cache_get_folio
/* folio = NULL */
order = xa_get_order
/* order > 0 */
folio = shmem_swap_alloc_folio
/* mTHP alloc failure, folio = NULL */
<... Interrupted ...>
shmem_swapin_folio
/* S1 is swapped in */
shmem_writeout
/* S1 is swapped out, folio cached */
shmem_split_large_entry(..., S1)
/* S1 is split, but the folio covering it has order > 0 now */
Now any following swapin of S1 will hang: `xa_get_order` returns 0, and
folio lookup will return a folio with order > 0. The
`xa_get_order(&mapping->i_pages, index) != folio_order(folio)` will always
return false causing swap-in to return -EEXIST.
And this looks fragile. So fix this up by allowing seeing a larger folio
in swap cache, and check the whole shmem mapping range covered by the
swapin have the right swap value upon inserting the folio. And drop the
redundant tree walks before the insertion.
This will actually improve performance, as it avoids two redundant Xarray
tree walks in the hot path, and the only side effect is that in the
failure path, shmem may redundantly reallocate a few folios causing
temporary slight memory pressure.
And worth noting, it may seems the order and value check before inserting
might help reducing the lock contention, which is not true. The swap
cache layer ensures raced swapin will either see a swap cache folio or
failed to do a swapin (we have SWAP_HAS_CACHE bit even if swap cache is
bypassed), so holding the folio lock and checking the folio flag is
already good enough for avoiding the lock contention. The chance that a
folio passes the swap entry value check but the shmem mapping slot has
changed should be very low.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250728075306.12704-1-ryncsn@gmail.com
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250728075306.12704-2-ryncsn@gmail.com
Fixes: 809bc86517cc ("mm: shmem: support large folio swap out")
Signed-off-by: Kairui Song <kasong(a)tencent.com>
Reviewed-by: Kemeng Shi <shikemeng(a)huaweicloud.com>
Reviewed-by: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang(a)linux.alibaba.com>
Tested-by: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang(a)linux.alibaba.com>
Cc: Baoquan He <bhe(a)redhat.com>
Cc: Barry Song <baohua(a)kernel.org>
Cc: Chris Li <chrisl(a)kernel.org>
Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd(a)google.com>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy(a)infradead.org>
Cc: Nhat Pham <nphamcs(a)gmail.com>
Cc: Dev Jain <dev.jain(a)arm.com>
Cc: <stable(a)vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm(a)linux-foundation.org>
---
mm/shmem.c | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
--- a/mm/shmem.c~mm-shmem-swap-improve-cached-mthp-handling-and-fix-potential-hang
+++ a/mm/shmem.c
@@ -884,7 +884,9 @@ static int shmem_add_to_page_cache(struc
pgoff_t index, void *expected, gfp_t gfp)
{
XA_STATE_ORDER(xas, &mapping->i_pages, index, folio_order(folio));
- long nr = folio_nr_pages(folio);
+ unsigned long nr = folio_nr_pages(folio);
+ swp_entry_t iter, swap;
+ void *entry;
VM_BUG_ON_FOLIO(index != round_down(index, nr), folio);
VM_BUG_ON_FOLIO(!folio_test_locked(folio), folio);
@@ -896,14 +898,25 @@ static int shmem_add_to_page_cache(struc
gfp &= GFP_RECLAIM_MASK;
folio_throttle_swaprate(folio, gfp);
+ swap = radix_to_swp_entry(expected);
do {
+ iter = swap;
xas_lock_irq(&xas);
- if (expected != xas_find_conflict(&xas)) {
- xas_set_err(&xas, -EEXIST);
- goto unlock;
+ xas_for_each_conflict(&xas, entry) {
+ /*
+ * The range must either be empty, or filled with
+ * expected swap entries. Shmem swap entries are never
+ * partially freed without split of both entry and
+ * folio, so there shouldn't be any holes.
+ */
+ if (!expected || entry != swp_to_radix_entry(iter)) {
+ xas_set_err(&xas, -EEXIST);
+ goto unlock;
+ }
+ iter.val += 1 << xas_get_order(&xas);
}
- if (expected && xas_find_conflict(&xas)) {
+ if (expected && iter.val - nr != swap.val) {
xas_set_err(&xas, -EEXIST);
goto unlock;
}
@@ -2327,7 +2340,7 @@ static int shmem_swapin_folio(struct ino
error = -ENOMEM;
goto failed;
}
- } else if (order != folio_order(folio)) {
+ } else if (order > folio_order(folio)) {
/*
* Swap readahead may swap in order 0 folios into swapcache
* asynchronously, while the shmem mapping can still stores
@@ -2352,15 +2365,23 @@ static int shmem_swapin_folio(struct ino
swap = swp_entry(swp_type(swap), swp_offset(swap) + offset);
}
+ } else if (order < folio_order(folio)) {
+ swap.val = round_down(swap.val, 1 << folio_order(folio));
+ index = round_down(index, 1 << folio_order(folio));
}
alloced:
- /* We have to do this with folio locked to prevent races */
+ /*
+ * We have to do this with the folio locked to prevent races.
+ * The shmem_confirm_swap below only checks if the first swap
+ * entry matches the folio, that's enough to ensure the folio
+ * is not used outside of shmem, as shmem swap entries
+ * and swap cache folios are never partially freed.
+ */
folio_lock(folio);
if ((!skip_swapcache && !folio_test_swapcache(folio)) ||
- folio->swap.val != swap.val ||
!shmem_confirm_swap(mapping, index, swap) ||
- xa_get_order(&mapping->i_pages, index) != folio_order(folio)) {
+ folio->swap.val != swap.val) {
error = -EEXIST;
goto unlock;
}
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from kasong(a)tencent.com are
mm-shmem-swap-improve-cached-mthp-handling-and-fix-potential-hang.patch
mm-shmem-swap-avoid-redundant-xarray-lookup-during-swapin.patch
mm-shmem-swap-tidy-up-thp-swapin-checks.patch
mm-shmem-swap-tidy-up-swap-entry-splitting.patch
mm-shmem-swap-never-use-swap-cache-and-readahead-for-swp_synchronous_io.patch
mm-shmem-swap-simplify-swapin-path-and-result-handling.patch
mm-shmem-swap-rework-swap-entry-and-index-calculation-for-large-swapin.patch
mm-shmem-swap-fix-major-fault-counting.patch
The patch titled
Subject: mm: fix a UAF when vma->mm is freed after vma->vm_refcnt got dropped
has been added to the -mm mm-unstable branch. Its filename is
mm-fix-a-uaf-when-vma-mm-is-freed-after-vma-vm_refcnt-got-dropped.patch
This patch will shortly appear at
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patche…
This patch will later appear in the mm-unstable branch at
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm
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------------------------------------------------------
From: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb(a)google.com>
Subject: mm: fix a UAF when vma->mm is freed after vma->vm_refcnt got dropped
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2025 10:53:55 -0700
By inducing delays in the right places, Jann Horn created a reproducer for
a hard to hit UAF issue that became possible after VMAs were allowed to be
recycled by adding SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU to their cache.
Race description is borrowed from Jann's discovery report:
lock_vma_under_rcu() looks up a VMA locklessly with mas_walk() under
rcu_read_lock(). At that point, the VMA may be concurrently freed, and it
can be recycled by another process. vma_start_read() then increments the
vma->vm_refcnt (if it is in an acceptable range), and if this succeeds,
vma_start_read() can return a recycled VMA.
In this scenario where the VMA has been recycled, lock_vma_under_rcu()
will then detect the mismatching ->vm_mm pointer and drop the VMA through
vma_end_read(), which calls vma_refcount_put(). vma_refcount_put() drops
the refcount and then calls rcuwait_wake_up() using a copy of vma->vm_mm.
This is wrong: It implicitly assumes that the caller is keeping the VMA's
mm alive, but in this scenario the caller has no relation to the VMA's mm,
so the rcuwait_wake_up() can cause UAF.
The diagram depicting the race:
T1 T2 T3
== == ==
lock_vma_under_rcu
mas_walk
<VMA gets removed from mm>
mmap
<the same VMA is reallocated>
vma_start_read
__refcount_inc_not_zero_limited_acquire
munmap
__vma_enter_locked
refcount_add_not_zero
vma_end_read
vma_refcount_put
__refcount_dec_and_test
rcuwait_wait_event
<finish operation>
rcuwait_wake_up [UAF]
Note that rcuwait_wait_event() in T3 does not block because refcount was
already dropped by T1. At this point T3 can exit and free the mm causing
UAF in T1. To avoid this we move vma->vm_mm verification into
vma_start_read() and grab vma->vm_mm to stabilize it before
vma_refcount_put() operation.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250728175355.2282375-1-surenb@google.com
Fixes: 3104138517fc ("mm: make vma cache SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU")
Signed-off-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb(a)google.com>
Reported-by: Jann Horn <jannh(a)google.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAG48ez0-deFbVH=E3jbkWx=X3uVbd8nWeo6kbJPQ0KoUD+…
Cc: Jann Horn <jannh(a)google.com>
Cc: Liam Howlett <liam.howlett(a)oracle.com>
Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes(a)oracle.com>
Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka(a)suse.cz>
Cc: <stable(a)vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm(a)linux-foundation.org>
---
include/linux/mmap_lock.h | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
mm/mmap_lock.c | 10 +++-------
2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
--- a/include/linux/mmap_lock.h~mm-fix-a-uaf-when-vma-mm-is-freed-after-vma-vm_refcnt-got-dropped
+++ a/include/linux/mmap_lock.h
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ extern int rcuwait_wake_up(struct rcuwai
#include <linux/tracepoint-defs.h>
#include <linux/types.h>
#include <linux/cleanup.h>
+#include <linux/sched/mm.h>
#define MMAP_LOCK_INITIALIZER(name) \
.mmap_lock = __RWSEM_INITIALIZER((name).mmap_lock),
@@ -183,6 +184,28 @@ static inline struct vm_area_struct *vma
}
rwsem_acquire_read(&vma->vmlock_dep_map, 0, 1, _RET_IP_);
+
+ /*
+ * If vma got attached to another mm from under us, that mm is not
+ * stable and can be freed in the narrow window after vma->vm_refcnt
+ * is dropped and before rcuwait_wake_up(mm) is called. Grab it before
+ * releasing vma->vm_refcnt.
+ */
+ if (unlikely(vma->vm_mm != mm)) {
+ /* Use a copy of vm_mm in case vma is freed after we drop vm_refcnt */
+ struct mm_struct *other_mm = vma->vm_mm;
+ /*
+ * __mmdrop() is a heavy operation and we don't need RCU
+ * protection here. Release RCU lock during these operations.
+ */
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+ mmgrab(other_mm);
+ vma_refcount_put(vma);
+ mmdrop(other_mm);
+ rcu_read_lock();
+ return NULL;
+ }
+
/*
* Overflow of vm_lock_seq/mm_lock_seq might produce false locked result.
* False unlocked result is impossible because we modify and check
--- a/mm/mmap_lock.c~mm-fix-a-uaf-when-vma-mm-is-freed-after-vma-vm_refcnt-got-dropped
+++ a/mm/mmap_lock.c
@@ -164,8 +164,7 @@ retry:
*/
/* Check if the vma we locked is the right one. */
- if (unlikely(vma->vm_mm != mm ||
- address < vma->vm_start || address >= vma->vm_end))
+ if (unlikely(address < vma->vm_start || address >= vma->vm_end))
goto inval_end_read;
rcu_read_unlock();
@@ -236,11 +235,8 @@ retry:
goto fallback;
}
- /*
- * Verify the vma we locked belongs to the same address space and it's
- * not behind of the last search position.
- */
- if (unlikely(vma->vm_mm != mm || from_addr >= vma->vm_end))
+ /* Verify the vma is not behind of the last search position. */
+ if (unlikely(from_addr >= vma->vm_end))
goto fallback_unlock;
/*
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from surenb(a)google.com are
mm-fix-a-uaf-when-vma-mm-is-freed-after-vma-vm_refcnt-got-dropped.patch
The patch titled
Subject: kasan/test: fix protection against compiler elision
has been added to the -mm mm-hotfixes-unstable branch. Its filename is
kasan-test-fix-protection-against-compiler-elision.patch
This patch will shortly appear at
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patche…
This patch will later appear in the mm-hotfixes-unstable branch at
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm
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a) Consider who else should be cc'ed
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c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a
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branch at git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm
and is updated there every 2-3 working days
------------------------------------------------------
From: Jann Horn <jannh(a)google.com>
Subject: kasan/test: fix protection against compiler elision
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2025 22:11:54 +0200
The kunit test is using assignments to
"static volatile void *kasan_ptr_result" to prevent elision of memory
loads, but that's not working:
In this variable definition, the "volatile" applies to the "void", not to
the pointer.
To make "volatile" apply to the pointer as intended, it must follow
after the "*".
This makes the kasan_memchr test pass again on my system. The
kasan_strings test is still failing because all the definitions of
load_unaligned_zeropad() are lacking explicit instrumentation hooks and
ASAN does not instrument asm() memory operands.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250728-kasan-kunit-fix-volatile-v1-1-e7157c9af8…
Fixes: 5f1c8108e7ad ("mm:kasan: fix sparse warnings: Should it be static?")
Signed-off-by: Jann Horn <jannh(a)google.com>
Cc: Alexander Potapenko <glider(a)google.com>
Cc: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl(a)gmail.com>
Cc: Andrey Ryabinin <ryabinin.a.a(a)gmail.com>
Cc: Dmitriy Vyukov <dvyukov(a)google.com>
Cc: Jann Horn <jannh(a)google.com>
Cc: Nihar Chaithanya <niharchaithanya(a)gmail.com>
Cc: Vincenzo Frascino <vincenzo.frascino(a)arm.com>
Cc: <stable(a)vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm(a)linux-foundation.org>
---
mm/kasan/kasan_test_c.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/mm/kasan/kasan_test_c.c~kasan-test-fix-protection-against-compiler-elision
+++ a/mm/kasan/kasan_test_c.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ static struct {
* Some tests use these global variables to store return values from function
* calls that could otherwise be eliminated by the compiler as dead code.
*/
-static volatile void *kasan_ptr_result;
+static void *volatile kasan_ptr_result;
static volatile int kasan_int_result;
/* Probe for console output: obtains test_status lines of interest. */
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from jannh(a)google.com are
kasan-test-fix-protection-against-compiler-elision.patch
kasan-skip-quarantine-if-object-is-still-accessible-under-rcu.patch
mm-rmap-add-anon_vma-lifetime-debug-check.patch
The patch titled
Subject: mm/kmemleak: avoid soft lockup in __kmemleak_do_cleanup()
has been added to the -mm mm-nonmm-unstable branch. Its filename is
mm-kmemleak-avoid-soft-lockup-in-__kmemleak_do_cleanup.patch
This patch will shortly appear at
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patche…
This patch will later appear in the mm-nonmm-unstable branch at
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm
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a) Consider who else should be cc'ed
b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well
c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a
reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's
*** Remember to use Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst when testing your code ***
The -mm tree is included into linux-next via the mm-everything
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From: Waiman Long <longman(a)redhat.com>
Subject: mm/kmemleak: avoid soft lockup in __kmemleak_do_cleanup()
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2025 15:02:48 -0400
A soft lockup warning was observed on a relative small system x86-64
system with 16 GB of memory when running a debug kernel with kmemleak
enabled.
watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#8 stuck for 33s! [kworker/8:1:134]
The test system was running a workload with hot unplug happening in
parallel. Then kemleak decided to disable itself due to its inability to
allocate more kmemleak objects. The debug kernel has its
CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_MEM_POOL_SIZE set to 40,000.
The soft lockup happened in kmemleak_do_cleanup() when the existing
kmemleak objects were being removed and deleted one-by-one in a loop via a
workqueue. In this particular case, there are at least 40,000 objects
that need to be processed and given the slowness of a debug kernel and the
fact that a raw_spinlock has to be acquired and released in
__delete_object(), it could take a while to properly handle all these
objects.
As kmemleak has been disabled in this case, the object removal and
deletion process can be further optimized as locking isn't really needed.
However, it is probably not worth the effort to optimize for such an edge
case that should rarely happen. So the simple solution is to call
cond_resched() at periodic interval in the iteration loop to avoid soft
lockup.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250728190248.605750-1-longman@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Waiman Long <longman(a)redhat.com>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas(a)arm.com>
Cc: <stable(a)vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm(a)linux-foundation.org>
---
mm/kmemleak.c | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
--- a/mm/kmemleak.c~mm-kmemleak-avoid-soft-lockup-in-__kmemleak_do_cleanup
+++ a/mm/kmemleak.c
@@ -2181,6 +2181,7 @@ static const struct file_operations kmem
static void __kmemleak_do_cleanup(void)
{
struct kmemleak_object *object, *tmp;
+ unsigned int cnt = 0;
/*
* Kmemleak has already been disabled, no need for RCU list traversal
@@ -2189,6 +2190,10 @@ static void __kmemleak_do_cleanup(void)
list_for_each_entry_safe(object, tmp, &object_list, object_list) {
__remove_object(object);
__delete_object(object);
+
+ /* Call cond_resched() once per 64 iterations to avoid soft lockup */
+ if (!(++cnt & 0x3f))
+ cond_resched();
}
}
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from longman(a)redhat.com are
mm-kmemleak-avoid-soft-lockup-in-__kmemleak_do_cleanup.patch
By inducing delays in the right places, Jann Horn created a reproducer
for a hard to hit UAF issue that became possible after VMAs were allowed
to be recycled by adding SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU to their cache.
Race description is borrowed from Jann's discovery report:
lock_vma_under_rcu() looks up a VMA locklessly with mas_walk() under
rcu_read_lock(). At that point, the VMA may be concurrently freed, and
it can be recycled by another process. vma_start_read() then
increments the vma->vm_refcnt (if it is in an acceptable range), and
if this succeeds, vma_start_read() can return a recycled VMA.
In this scenario where the VMA has been recycled, lock_vma_under_rcu()
will then detect the mismatching ->vm_mm pointer and drop the VMA
through vma_end_read(), which calls vma_refcount_put().
vma_refcount_put() drops the refcount and then calls rcuwait_wake_up()
using a copy of vma->vm_mm. This is wrong: It implicitly assumes that
the caller is keeping the VMA's mm alive, but in this scenario the caller
has no relation to the VMA's mm, so the rcuwait_wake_up() can cause UAF.
The diagram depicting the race:
T1 T2 T3
== == ==
lock_vma_under_rcu
mas_walk
<VMA gets removed from mm>
mmap
<the same VMA is reallocated>
vma_start_read
__refcount_inc_not_zero_limited_acquire
munmap
__vma_enter_locked
refcount_add_not_zero
vma_end_read
vma_refcount_put
__refcount_dec_and_test
rcuwait_wait_event
<finish operation>
rcuwait_wake_up [UAF]
Note that rcuwait_wait_event() in T3 does not block because refcount
was already dropped by T1. At this point T3 can exit and free the mm
causing UAF in T1.
To avoid this we move vma->vm_mm verification into vma_start_read() and
grab vma->vm_mm to stabilize it before vma_refcount_put() operation.
Fixes: 3104138517fc ("mm: make vma cache SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU")
Reported-by: Jann Horn <jannh(a)google.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAG48ez0-deFbVH=E3jbkWx=X3uVbd8nWeo6kbJPQ0KoUD+…
Signed-off-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb(a)google.com>
Cc: <stable(a)vger.kernel.org>
---
- Applies cleanly over mm-unstable.
- Should be applied to 6.15 and 6.16 but these branches do not
have lock_next_vma() function, so the change in lock_next_vma() should be
skipped when applying to those branches.
include/linux/mmap_lock.h | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
mm/mmap_lock.c | 10 +++-------
2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/mmap_lock.h b/include/linux/mmap_lock.h
index 1f4f44951abe..4ee4ab835c41 100644
--- a/include/linux/mmap_lock.h
+++ b/include/linux/mmap_lock.h
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ extern int rcuwait_wake_up(struct rcuwait *w);
#include <linux/tracepoint-defs.h>
#include <linux/types.h>
#include <linux/cleanup.h>
+#include <linux/sched/mm.h>
#define MMAP_LOCK_INITIALIZER(name) \
.mmap_lock = __RWSEM_INITIALIZER((name).mmap_lock),
@@ -183,6 +184,26 @@ static inline struct vm_area_struct *vma_start_read(struct mm_struct *mm,
}
rwsem_acquire_read(&vma->vmlock_dep_map, 0, 1, _RET_IP_);
+
+ /*
+ * If vma got attached to another mm from under us, that mm is not
+ * stable and can be freed in the narrow window after vma->vm_refcnt
+ * is dropped and before rcuwait_wake_up(mm) is called. Grab it before
+ * releasing vma->vm_refcnt.
+ */
+ if (unlikely(vma->vm_mm != mm)) {
+ /*
+ * __mmdrop() is a heavy operation and we don't need RCU
+ * protection here. Release RCU lock during these operations.
+ */
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+ mmgrab(vma->vm_mm);
+ vma_refcount_put(vma);
+ mmdrop(vma->vm_mm);
+ rcu_read_lock();
+ return NULL;
+ }
+
/*
* Overflow of vm_lock_seq/mm_lock_seq might produce false locked result.
* False unlocked result is impossible because we modify and check
diff --git a/mm/mmap_lock.c b/mm/mmap_lock.c
index 729fb7d0dd59..aa3bc42ecde0 100644
--- a/mm/mmap_lock.c
+++ b/mm/mmap_lock.c
@@ -164,8 +164,7 @@ struct vm_area_struct *lock_vma_under_rcu(struct mm_struct *mm,
*/
/* Check if the vma we locked is the right one. */
- if (unlikely(vma->vm_mm != mm ||
- address < vma->vm_start || address >= vma->vm_end))
+ if (unlikely(address < vma->vm_start || address >= vma->vm_end))
goto inval_end_read;
rcu_read_unlock();
@@ -236,11 +235,8 @@ struct vm_area_struct *lock_next_vma(struct mm_struct *mm,
goto fallback;
}
- /*
- * Verify the vma we locked belongs to the same address space and it's
- * not behind of the last search position.
- */
- if (unlikely(vma->vm_mm != mm || from_addr >= vma->vm_end))
+ /* Verify the vma is not behind of the last search position. */
+ if (unlikely(from_addr >= vma->vm_end))
goto fallback_unlock;
/*
base-commit: c617a4dd7102e691fa0fb2bc4f6b369e37d7f509
--
2.50.1.487.gc89ff58d15-goog