FAILED: patch "[PATCH] mm/page_alloc: don't spin_trylock() in NMI on UP" failed to apply to 6.18-stable tree

[<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

The patch below does not apply to the 6.18-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@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-6.18.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x 3105ae628fb785d48b49256468be4f21a7b3cfc0
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2026090331-gooey-backup-bb1d@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 6.18.y' 'HEAD^..'

Possible dependencies:



thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From 3105ae628fb785d48b49256468be4f21a7b3cfc0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brendan Jackman <brendan.jackman@linux.dev>
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2026 09:03:58 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] mm/page_alloc: don't spin_trylock() in NMI on UP

Patch series "mm/page_alloc: fixes for free_pages_nolock() on RT/UP".

Pre-existing bugs found by Sashiko during review of this other series:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260703-alloc-trylock-v5-0-c87b714e19d3@google.com/

I have not reproduced these bugs, and I suspect there is no real-world
user that is affected by them.


This patch (of 2):

As noted in can_spin_trylock(), using this is unsafe in this context.
commit 620b46ed6ae17 ("mm/page_alloc: return NULL early from
alloc_frozen_pages_nolock() in NMI on UP") fixed this on the alloc side
but missed the free side.

Impact: If BPF programs using these features in NMI (probably tracing) are
present on non-SMP builds this might crash the kernel and is probably
exploitable by local attackers for privilege escalation.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260715-alloc-nolock-fixes-v1-0-fadc49952dda@google.com
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260715-alloc-nolock-fixes-v1-1-fadc49952dda@google.com
Fixes: 8c57b687e833 ("mm, bpf: Introduce free_pages_nolock()")
Signed-off-by: Brendan Jackman <jackmanb@google.com>
Reported-by: sashiko-bot@kernel.org
Closes: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260703-alloc-trylock-v5-0-c87b714e19d3%40google.com?part=18
Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka (SUSE) <vbabka@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Harry Yoo (Oracle) <harry@kernel.org>
Cc: Brendan Jackman <brendan.jackman@linux.dev>
Cc: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
Cc: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Cc: Shakeel Butt <shakeel.butt@linux.dev>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>
Cc: Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>

diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 520ebd2fa40b..b3487c00971e 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -2979,8 +2979,7 @@ static void __free_frozen_pages(struct page *page, unsigned int order,
 		migratetype = MIGRATE_MOVABLE;
 	}
 
-	if (unlikely((fpi_flags & FPI_TRYLOCK) && IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT)
-		     && (in_nmi() || in_hardirq()))) {
+	if (unlikely((fpi_flags & FPI_TRYLOCK) && !can_spin_trylock())) {
 		add_page_to_zone_llist(zone, page, order);
 		return;
 	}