From: Qi Zheng <qi.zheng@linux.dev>
To: David Carlier <devnexen@gmail.com>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>,
Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@linux.dev>,
Muchun Song <muchun.song@linux.dev>,
linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm/shrinker: avoid out-of-bounds read in set_shrinker_bit()
Date: Mon, 11 May 2026 10:45:12 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <874e88a3-414c-4e9f-8bbb-5184fb8516e8@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260510183700.102475-1-devnexen@gmail.com>
Hi David,
On 5/11/26 2:37 AM, David Carlier wrote:
> set_shrinker_bit() reads info->unit[shrinker_id_to_index(shrinker_id)]
> before checking shrinker_id against info->map_nr_max, so an id past the
> currently visible map_nr_max reads past the unit[] array before the
> WARN_ON_ONCE() catches it.
Did you run into this problem in practice, of just find it via code
inspection? It's virtually impossible to happened, which is why
WARN_ON_ONCE() was added to catch it.
>
> Move the load into the bounded branch.
>
> Fixes: 307bececcd12 ("mm: shrinker: add a secondary array for shrinker_info::{map, nr_deferred}")
> Signed-off-by: David Carlier <devnexen@gmail.com>
> ---
> mm/shrinker.c | 5 +++--
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
Anyway, It LGTM, so:
Reviewed-by: Qi Zheng <qi.zheng@linux.dev>
Thanks,
Qi
>
> diff --git a/mm/shrinker.c b/mm/shrinker.c
> index 76b3f750cf65..49256f81199f 100644
> --- a/mm/shrinker.c
> +++ b/mm/shrinker.c
> @@ -197,12 +197,13 @@ void set_shrinker_bit(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, int nid, int shrinker_id)
> {
> if (shrinker_id >= 0 && memcg && !mem_cgroup_is_root(memcg)) {
> struct shrinker_info *info;
> - struct shrinker_info_unit *unit;
>
> rcu_read_lock();
> info = rcu_dereference(memcg->nodeinfo[nid]->shrinker_info);
> - unit = info->unit[shrinker_id_to_index(shrinker_id)];
> if (!WARN_ON_ONCE(shrinker_id >= info->map_nr_max)) {
> + struct shrinker_info_unit *unit;
> +
> + unit = info->unit[shrinker_id_to_index(shrinker_id)];
> /* Pairs with smp mb in shrink_slab() */
> smp_mb__before_atomic();
> set_bit(shrinker_id_to_offset(shrinker_id), unit->map);
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-11 2:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-10 18:37 [PATCH] mm/shrinker: avoid out-of-bounds read in set_shrinker_bit() David Carlier
2026-05-11 2:45 ` Qi Zheng [this message]
2026-05-11 2:46 ` David CARLIER
2026-05-11 2:48 ` Muchun Song
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