From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from bombadil.infradead.org (bombadil.infradead.org [198.137.202.133]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature ECDSA (prime256v1) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 13ACF606A31D for ; Fri, 30 Oct 2026 03:42:23 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key, unprotected) header.d=lists.infradead.org header.i=@lists.infradead.org header.a=rsa-sha256 header.s=bombadil.20210309 header.b=VRDabC7s; dkim=pass (2048-bit key, unprotected) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.a=rsa-sha256 header.s=k20260515 header.b=aLNO1N0+ DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lists.infradead.org; s=bombadil.20210309; h=Sender:Reply-To:List-Subscribe: List-Help:List-Post:List-Archive:List-Unsubscribe:List-Id:Date: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:References:In-Reply-To:Cc:To:Subject: From:Message-ID:MIME-Version:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date: Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID: List-Unsubscribe-Post:List-Owner; bh=dtYY2IbHusF8u6PurHtWtFH/FeUtCD3CRaNl91mK+3I=; b=VRDabC7sm0PQoaMdhxFrifrG6J VTGvozrsLynDyQHDL9sTgAhF6vVpXfL0no/2JJ6FAWX4sdXWW6GAsol/4S4aHIO9BlB3g/+/6Cnnl aUkEjqUdMZh/yDeiPyk/Q5A8xDZyJnIAWOW536J0NDN2liWXoEX+1FOfMICCW0k2fHPr6qeZJLm6P m+J63R5gpi10iGNogMa0RaA4BHTHXeBwSylEj+BoKBDhi/pgwZ3/jTEmnjAk4d/51yy5RVi3dfoiI GV0q7w3Wmzbfy3MLx6TfyT2nTIZVA7QZl6IBOHVfckHoQuMKIRLP8Vtp7BwiNMEq8KFQkqrj4GH74 6l8RsYRw==; Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=bombadil.infradead.org) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.100.1 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1xMdVW-0000000Al45-2Xio; Fri, 30 Oct 2026 03:42:22 +0000 Received: from sea.source.kernel.org ([2600:3c0a:e001:78e:0:1991:8:25]) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.100.1 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1xMdVV-0000000Al2z-0frC for kexec@lists.infradead.org; Fri, 30 Oct 2026 03:42:21 +0000 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (quasi.space.kernel.org [100.103.45.18]) by sea.source.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E16E640290; Fri, 30 Oct 2026 03:42:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 0862A1F0093A; Fri, 30 Oct 2026 03:42:17 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=kernel.org; s=k20260515; t=1793331740; bh=dtYY2IbHusF8u6PurHtWtFH/FeUtCD3CRaNl91mK+3I=; h=From:Subject:Reply-To:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:References:Date; b=aLNO1N0+CjFMK7yI8dJXEdF5fJ70w3G3KUUi6el65vVfA4LJ2uWOu0q2myyuuDv76 ElxQHkU8Jkr4zxMyPFAdMQdj/g5I5k6zEXw79y83lIeCzGGbM9J4InFwio++ZsC3zd 1k9B0b9572A/WapwsxZth8uZTfJQif0emWAWwXLBlStpiu04rC820ZqypAqcIl0mVG eFwf3LKj+1vOHa4lFfzlrmTDGWp/mp4wYU6o+IU9/DOi1DcQq/8k9ZWB+s8Q6Ec00b g8O+QdFrBvYYZKcSIkdGLi48/OhjgKlLppYF4EVsL7TFJhJosuiipdCFY5PLdtDrpT Vxdslmy9he21A== Message-ID: From: sashiko-bot@kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 39/47] mm/ksm: reset the unstable trees of all nodes To: =?utf-8?b?RGF2aWQgSGlsZGVuYnJhbmQgKEFybSk=?= , "Andrew Morton" , "Johannes Weiner" , "Michal Hocko" , "Qi Zheng" , "Shakeel Butt" , "Lorenzo Stoakes" , "Kairui Song" , "Barry Song" , "Axel Rasmussen" , "Yuanchu Xie" , "Wei Xu" , "Baoquan He" , "Baolin Wang" , "Liam R. Howlett" , "Vlastimil Babka" , "Mike Rapoport" , "Suren Baghdasaryan" , "Michal Hocko" , "Kees Cook" , "Peter Zijlstra" , "Jann Horn" , "Pedro Falcato" , "Hugh Dickins" , "Pasha Tatashin" , "Pratyush Yadav" , =?utf-8?b?TWF0dGhldyBXaWxjb3ggKE9yYWNsZSk=?= , "Jan Kara" , "Zi Yan" , "Lance Yang" , "Rik van Riel" , "Harry Yoo" , "Alistair Popple" , "Nico Pache" , "Ryan Roberts" , "Dev Jain" , "Usama Arif" , "Kiryl Shutsemau" , "Matthew Brost" , "John Hubbard" , "Peter Xu" , "Will Deacon" , "Aneesh Kumar K.V" , "Nick Piggin" , "Oscar Salvador" , "Minchan Kim" , "Muchun Song" , "Xu Xin" , "Chengming Zhou" , "Chris Li" , "Kemeng Shi" , "Nhat Pham" , "Youngjun Park" , "Gregory Price" , "Joshua Hahn" , "Rakie Kim" , "Ying Huang" , "Jason Gunthorpe" Cc: kexec@lists.infradead.org, "Josef Bacik" In-Reply-To: <20261029-fixes_core-v2-39-a64ce7f83abb@kernel.org> References: <20261029-fixes_core-v2-0-a64ce7f83abb@kernel.org> <20261029-fixes_core-v2-39-a64ce7f83abb@kernel.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2026 03:42:17 +0000 X-BeenThere: kexec@lists.infradead.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Reply-To: sashiko-reviews@lists.linux.dev Sender: "kexec" X-Spam-Status: No, score=-10.9 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,DKIM_VALID_EF, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,INCLUDES_CR_TRAILER,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=4.0.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.1 (2024-03-26) on aws-us-west-2-korg-listserv-alma10-1 X-Archived-By: > Each full scan resets ksm_nr_node_ids unstable tree roots. Enabling > merge_across_nodes resets this count to 1, even if per-node roots were > previously allocated. >=20 > So when toggling "merge_across_nodes" 0 -> 1 -> 0, a scan that starts > while the setting is 1 and continues after switching back to 0 can > encounter stale unstable tree roots, resulting in UAF. >=20 > Only root is allowed to change "merge_across_nodes", and the documented > sequence is: "merge_across_nodes setting can be changed only when there > are no ksm shared pages in the system: set run 2 to unmerge pages first, > then to 1 after changing merge_across_nodes, to remerge according to the > new setting." >=20 > Let's fix it by tracking in ksm_nr_node_ids the actual number of > allocated tree roots. >=20 > remove_all_stable_nodes() and ksm_check_stable_tree() will now scan > more tree roots (skipping the empty ones), which is harmless. >=20 > Fixes: ef53d16cded7 ("ksm: allocate roots when needed") > Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org > Reported-by: Josef Bacik > Acked-by: Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) > Reviewed-by: Pasha Tatashin > Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) Sashiko has reviewed this patch and found no issues. --=20 Sashiko AI review =C2=B7 https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20261029-fixes_core= -v2-0-a64ce7f83abb@kernel.org?part=3D39