From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: mm-commits@vger.kernel.org,stable@vger.kernel.org,sj@kernel.org,disclosure@aisle.com,stanislav.fort@aisle.com,akpm@linux-foundation.org
Subject: [merged mm-hotfixes-stable] mm-damon-sysfs-fix-use-after-free-in-state_show.patch removed from -mm tree
Date: Mon, 08 Sep 2025 23:45:49 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250909064550.9C465C4CEF8@smtp.kernel.org> (raw)
The quilt patch titled
Subject: mm/damon/sysfs: fix use-after-free in state_show()
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
mm-damon-sysfs-fix-use-after-free-in-state_show.patch
This patch was dropped because it was merged into the mm-hotfixes-stable branch
of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm
------------------------------------------------------
From: Stanislav Fort <stanislav.fort@aisle.com>
Subject: mm/damon/sysfs: fix use-after-free in state_show()
Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2025 13:10:46 +0300
state_show() reads kdamond->damon_ctx without holding damon_sysfs_lock.
This allows a use-after-free race:
CPU 0 CPU 1
----- -----
state_show() damon_sysfs_turn_damon_on()
ctx = kdamond->damon_ctx; mutex_lock(&damon_sysfs_lock);
damon_destroy_ctx(kdamond->damon_ctx);
kdamond->damon_ctx = NULL;
mutex_unlock(&damon_sysfs_lock);
damon_is_running(ctx); /* ctx is freed */
mutex_lock(&ctx->kdamond_lock); /* UAF */
(The race can also occur with damon_sysfs_kdamonds_rm_dirs() and
damon_sysfs_kdamond_release(), which free or replace the context under
damon_sysfs_lock.)
Fix by taking damon_sysfs_lock before dereferencing the context, mirroring
the locking used in pid_show().
The bug has existed since state_show() first accessed kdamond->damon_ctx.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250905101046.2288-1-disclosure@aisle.com
Fixes: a61ea561c871 ("mm/damon/sysfs: link DAMON for virtual address spaces monitoring")
Signed-off-by: Stanislav Fort <disclosure@aisle.com>
Reported-by: Stanislav Fort <disclosure@aisle.com>
Reviewed-by: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---
mm/damon/sysfs.c | 14 +++++++++-----
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
--- a/mm/damon/sysfs.c~mm-damon-sysfs-fix-use-after-free-in-state_show
+++ a/mm/damon/sysfs.c
@@ -1260,14 +1260,18 @@ static ssize_t state_show(struct kobject
{
struct damon_sysfs_kdamond *kdamond = container_of(kobj,
struct damon_sysfs_kdamond, kobj);
- struct damon_ctx *ctx = kdamond->damon_ctx;
- bool running;
+ struct damon_ctx *ctx;
+ bool running = false;
- if (!ctx)
- running = false;
- else
+ if (!mutex_trylock(&damon_sysfs_lock))
+ return -EBUSY;
+
+ ctx = kdamond->damon_ctx;
+ if (ctx)
running = damon_is_running(ctx);
+ mutex_unlock(&damon_sysfs_lock);
+
return sysfs_emit(buf, "%s\n", running ?
damon_sysfs_cmd_strs[DAMON_SYSFS_CMD_ON] :
damon_sysfs_cmd_strs[DAMON_SYSFS_CMD_OFF]);
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from stanislav.fort@aisle.com are
mm-memcg-v1-account-event-registrations-and-drop-world-writable-cgroupevent_control.patch
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