From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-alma10-1.taild15c8.ts.net [100.103.45.18]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1E961314D18; Tue, 13 Oct 2026 03:17:50 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1791861472; cv=none; b=WBbeBdeZpjDMHcWaoamB6jNPbMX48aNNMpGrvjBW2E6iQs5SFoyK/F8m7vNidym8GzsXLNwVZqdFUuEixCjxhpcp0r4tcMXTSV6VePy/mANt9966eOH2V4Y/PeEwCUjpWOLsGLhEZR8VqKl1IWply65+YukUSCNcUPUie+oTASw= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1791861472; c=relaxed/simple; bh=g5/Dt1fKxyckXDKsmBiZt3qV0oGfxPcin4Wkt8kvIYk=; h=Date:To:From:Subject:Message-Id; b=fmBmBO/QXtooizzyoEO6W7xr0PWyqPzmFiO6/lEQ8TDDlNyrEUfi8jQg7CUvGuiDlyzwqm9tE7vYmEP8MrjbIjkNnHQnX6s0ogwzOceuk70uZohbaUt8b/Xnbj5LZ8/J2/xAMfDBDUW8MOMf2K6ZDeMXTVNq2WbSgLyhikpbczs= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linux-foundation.org header.i=@linux-foundation.org header.b=c4wsJlH2; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linux-foundation.org header.i=@linux-foundation.org header.b="c4wsJlH2" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id A81EF1F000FF; Tue, 13 Oct 2026 03:17:50 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=linux-foundation.org; s=korg; t=1791861470; bh=cAFeWWrRdF1aknNPKf9t1+jQ/UlQMcw/jT87xWcBlqw=; h=Date:To:From:Subject; b=c4wsJlH2OmlWUzEysspFiBe4VqzueGhhYyHGZDv5b8ht+42jrheDBJMe3aIvJ7DJm YW5nvvwG2JbpawLr4IUJXMahYr9E3vbttKdW/c/v9zJd8vWPnAOakGEOODohPw7JM8 q8Wt1cVz8nsftFeegXnyuhQH9SU6+IJSk7bn9pFE= Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2026 20:17:50 -0700 To: mm-commits@vger.kernel.org,vbabka@kernel.org,stable@vger.kernel.org,riel@surriel.com,ljs@kernel.org,liam@infradead.org,lance.yang@linux.dev,kylebot@openai.com,jannh@google.com,harry@kernel.org,david@kernel.org,ziy@nvidia.com,akpm@linux-foundation.org From: Andrew Morton Subject: + mm-rmap-dont-discard-lazyfree-thps-at-pmd-level.patch added to mm-unstable branch Message-Id: <20261013031750.A81EF1F000FF@smtp.kernel.org> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: mm-commits@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: The patch titled Subject: mm/rmap: don't discard lazyfree THPs at PMD level has been added to the -mm mm-unstable branch. Its filename is mm-rmap-dont-discard-lazyfree-thps-at-pmd-level.patch This patch will shortly appear at https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/mm-rmap-dont-discard-lazyfree-thps-at-pmd-level.patch This patch will later appear in the mm-unstable branch at git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm Before you just go and hit "reply", please: 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 various branches at git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm and is updated there most days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Zi Yan Subject: mm/rmap: don't discard lazyfree THPs at PMD level Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:20:16 -0400 __discard_anon_folio_pmd_locked() clears a lazyfree THP's PMD before it determines whether the folio can be discarded, and restores it if the folio is dirty or has extra references. It is done under only the PMD lock and the anon_vma read lock inside try_to_unmap_one() and no mmap lock is held. The temporarily none PMD causes UAF. A parallel munmap() or mremap() is supposed to serialize with it on the PMD lock, but zap_pmd_range() (called by munmap()) and move_page_tables() (called by mremap()) do not take the lock when they see the temporarily none PMD and skip the PMD. There is no more page table walk after the none PMD is restored: - munmap(): free_pgtables() waits in unlink_anon_vmas() for the anon_vma lock, then free_pmd_range() drops the restored PMD as bad without removing the rmap, so the folio keeps a stale mapcount. - whole-VMA MREMAP_DONTUNMAP: dontunmap_complete() unlinks the source VMA from its anon_vma while the restored PMD still maps the folio. - plain mremap(): the THP is not moved but unmapped, so the THP's data is lost. In the first two cases, the folio stays mapped, but no VMA that maps it is linked to its anon_vma. When the anon_vma is freed, it is still reachable when one rmap walks the folio. Racing lazyfree reclaim against MREMAP_DONTUNMAP as an unprivileged user reproduces a KASAN use-after-free in folio_lock_anon_vma_read() as reported in the Closes link. One solution is to use an invalidated PMD instead of a cleared one until the discard is committed, but it needs arch fixes first. 1. GUP-fast still follows an invalidated PMD on riscv, LoongArch and s390. 2. sparc64 miscounts thp_pte_count when an invalidated PMD is set again or cleared. To keep the fix simple for backport, stop discarding lazyfree THPs at PMD level instead. try_to_unmap_one() splits the PMD and discards the folio at PTE level. unmap_huge_pmd_locked() and __discard_anon_folio_pmd_locked() are left in place, unused, to minimize this fix for backport and the invalidated PMD approach is planned as a follow-up series to use them again. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20261012-lazyfree-stable-fix-v2-1-6387d6e30063@nvidia.com Fixes: 735ecdfaf4e8 ("mm/vmscan: avoid split lazyfree THP during shrink_folio_list()") Signed-off-by: Zi Yan Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Reported-by: Kyle Zeng Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20261009165214.40212-2-kylebot@openai.com Reviewed-by: Kyle Zeng Reviewed-by: Lance Yang Acked-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) Assisted-by: LLM Cc: Rik van Riel Cc: Liam R. Howlett Cc: Vlastimil Babka Cc: Harry Yoo Cc: Jann Horn Cc: --- mm/rmap.c | 11 ----------- 1 file changed, 11 deletions(-) --- a/mm/rmap.c~mm-rmap-dont-discard-lazyfree-thps-at-pmd-level +++ a/mm/rmap.c @@ -2275,17 +2275,6 @@ static bool try_to_unmap_one(struct foli } if (!pvmw.pte) { - if (folio_test_lazyfree(folio)) { - if (unmap_huge_pmd_locked(vma, pvmw.address, pvmw.pmd, folio)) - goto walk_done; - /* - * unmap_huge_pmd_locked has either already marked - * the folio as swap-backed or decided to retain it - * due to GUP or speculative references. - */ - goto walk_abort; - } - if (flags & TTU_SPLIT_HUGE_PMD) { /* * We temporarily have to drop the PTL and _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from ziy@nvidia.com are mm-rmap-dont-discard-lazyfree-thps-at-pmd-level.patch