From: <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: yanglincheng@kylinos.cn,akpm@linux-foundation.org,baohua@kernel.org,david@kernel.org,dev.jain@arm.com,lance.yang@linux.dev,ljs@kernel.org,ryan.roberts@arm.com,stable@vger.kernel.org,zokeefe@google.com
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: FAILED: patch "[PATCH] mm: khugepaged: fix folio is used after folio_put/unlock()" failed to apply to 6.6-stable tree
Date: Wed, 04 Nov 2026 15:19:13 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2026110413-cacti-bonded-6534@gregkh> (raw)
The patch below does not apply to the 6.6-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-6.6.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x 9010383e71e6ce75fcd3c8f87133c8ce6c0e6ab4
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2026110413-cacti-bonded-6534@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 6.6.y' 'HEAD^..'
Possible dependencies:
thanks,
greg k-h
------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------
From 9010383e71e6ce75fcd3c8f87133c8ce6c0e6ab4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vernon Yang <yanglincheng@kylinos.cn>
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2026 10:58:03 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] mm: khugepaged: fix folio is used after folio_put/unlock()
On the rollback path, folio_put() has already dropped the last reference
of new_folio. On the success path, new_folio is already unlocked and can
be freed concurrently. The trace_mm_khugepaged_collapse_file() is left
with a dangling folio pointer.
So using the folio_pfn() before dropping the reference, closing
use-after-free window.
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260909025804.3233645-4-vernon2gm@gmail.com
Fixes: 4c9473e87e75 ("mm/khugepaged: add tracepoint to collapse_file()")
Signed-off-by: Vernon Yang <yanglincheng@kylinos.cn>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Acked-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <david@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) <ljs@kernel.org>
Cc: Barry Song <baohua@kernel.org>
Cc: Dev Jain <dev.jain@arm.com>
Cc: Lance Yang <lance.yang@linux.dev>
Cc: Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@arm.com>
Cc: Zach O'Keefe <zokeefe@google.com>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
diff --git a/include/trace/events/huge_memory.h b/include/trace/events/huge_memory.h
index fa828967e1fb..5fb4d92cfd84 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/huge_memory.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/huge_memory.h
@@ -211,10 +211,10 @@ TRACE_EVENT(mm_khugepaged_scan_file,
);
TRACE_EVENT(mm_khugepaged_collapse_file,
- TP_PROTO(struct mm_struct *mm, struct folio *new_folio, pgoff_t index,
+ TP_PROTO(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long new_pfn, pgoff_t index,
unsigned long addr, bool is_shmem, struct file *file,
int nr, int result),
- TP_ARGS(mm, new_folio, index, addr, is_shmem, file, nr, result),
+ TP_ARGS(mm, new_pfn, index, addr, is_shmem, file, nr, result),
TP_STRUCT__entry(
__field(struct mm_struct *, mm)
__field(unsigned long, hpfn)
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ TRACE_EVENT(mm_khugepaged_collapse_file,
TP_fast_assign(
__entry->mm = mm;
- __entry->hpfn = new_folio ? folio_pfn(new_folio) : -1;
+ __entry->hpfn = new_pfn;
__entry->index = index;
__entry->addr = addr;
__entry->is_shmem = is_shmem;
diff --git a/mm/khugepaged.c b/mm/khugepaged.c
index 730829947b4c..792166950bba 100644
--- a/mm/khugepaged.c
+++ b/mm/khugepaged.c
@@ -2253,6 +2253,7 @@ static enum scan_result collapse_file(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
struct address_space *mapping = file->f_mapping;
struct page *dst;
struct folio *folio, *tmp, *new_folio;
+ unsigned long new_pfn = -1;
pgoff_t index = 0, end = start + HPAGE_PMD_NR;
LIST_HEAD(pagelist);
XA_STATE_ORDER(xas, &mapping->i_pages, start, HPAGE_PMD_ORDER);
@@ -2272,6 +2273,7 @@ static enum scan_result collapse_file(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
result = alloc_charge_folio(&new_folio, mm, cc, HPAGE_PMD_ORDER);
if (result != SCAN_SUCCEED)
goto out;
+ new_pfn = folio_pfn(new_folio);
mapping_set_update(&xas, mapping);
@@ -2675,7 +2677,7 @@ static enum scan_result collapse_file(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
folio_put(new_folio);
out:
VM_BUG_ON(!list_empty(&pagelist));
- trace_mm_khugepaged_collapse_file(mm, new_folio, index, addr, is_shmem, file, HPAGE_PMD_NR, result);
+ trace_mm_khugepaged_collapse_file(mm, new_pfn, index, addr, is_shmem, file, HPAGE_PMD_NR, result);
return result;
}
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2026-11-04 23:14 ` [PATCH 6.6.y] mm: khugepaged: fix folio is used after folio_put/unlock() Sasha Levin
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