From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: mm-commits@vger.kernel.org,vbabka@suse.cz,stable@vger.kernel.org,lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com,liam.howlett@oracle.com,jannh@google.com,surenb@google.com,akpm@linux-foundation.org
Subject: [folded-merged] mm-fix-a-uaf-when-vma-mm-is-freed-after-vma-vm_refcnt-got-dropped-v3.patch removed from -mm tree
Date: Sat, 02 Aug 2025 11:38:34 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250802183834.B79BCC4CEEF@smtp.kernel.org> (raw)
The quilt patch titled
Subject: mm-fix-a-uaf-when-vma-mm-is-freed-after-vma-vm_refcnt-got-dropped-v3
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
mm-fix-a-uaf-when-vma-mm-is-freed-after-vma-vm_refcnt-got-dropped-v3.patch
This patch was dropped because it was folded into mm-fix-a-uaf-when-vma-mm-is-freed-after-vma-vm_refcnt-got-dropped.patch
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From: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>
Subject: mm-fix-a-uaf-when-vma-mm-is-freed-after-vma-vm_refcnt-got-dropped-v3
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2025 07:57:09 -0700
- Addressed Lorenzo's nits, per Lorenzo Stoakes
- Added a warning comment for vma_start_read()
- Added Reviewed-by and Acked-by, per Vlastimil Babka and Lorenzo Stoakes
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250729145709.2731370-1-surenb@google.com
Fixes: 3104138517fc ("mm: make vma cache SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU")
Reported-by: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAG48ez0-deFbVH=E3jbkWx=X3uVbd8nWeo6kbJPQ0KoUD+m2tA@mail.gmail.com/
Signed-off-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Acked-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>
Cc: Liam Howlett <liam.howlett@oracle.com>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---
include/linux/mmap_lock.h | 7 +++++++
mm/mmap_lock.c | 2 +-
2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/include/linux/mmap_lock.h~mm-fix-a-uaf-when-vma-mm-is-freed-after-vma-vm_refcnt-got-dropped-v3
+++ a/include/linux/mmap_lock.h
@@ -155,6 +155,10 @@ static inline void vma_refcount_put(stru
* reused and attached to a different mm before we lock it.
* Returns the vma on success, NULL on failure to lock and EAGAIN if vma got
* detached.
+ *
+ * WARNING! The vma passed to this function cannot be used if the function
+ * fails to lock it because in certain cases RCU lock is dropped and then
+ * reacquired. Once RCU lock is dropped the vma can be concurently freed.
*/
static inline struct vm_area_struct *vma_start_read(struct mm_struct *mm,
struct vm_area_struct *vma)
@@ -194,9 +198,12 @@ static inline struct vm_area_struct *vma
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.
+ * We reinstate the RCU read lock as the caller expects it to
+ * be held when this function returns even on error.
*/
rcu_read_unlock();
mmgrab(other_mm);
--- a/mm/mmap_lock.c~mm-fix-a-uaf-when-vma-mm-is-freed-after-vma-vm_refcnt-got-dropped-v3
+++ a/mm/mmap_lock.c
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ retry:
goto fallback;
}
- /* Verify the vma is not behind of the last search position. */
+ /* Verify the vma is not behind the last search position. */
if (unlikely(from_addr >= vma->vm_end))
goto fallback_unlock;
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from surenb@google.com are
mm-fix-a-uaf-when-vma-mm-is-freed-after-vma-vm_refcnt-got-dropped.patch
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