From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: akpm@linux-foundation.org, david@kernel.org
Cc: xu.xin16@zte.com.cn, chengming.zhou@linux.dev,
pedrodemargomes@gmail.com, linux-mm@kvack.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] mm/ksm: fix pte_unmap_unlock of wrong address in break_ksm_pmd_entry
Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2025 15:29:26 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251220202926.318366-1-sashal@kernel.org> (raw)
On ARM32 with HIGHMEM/HIGHPTE, break_ksm_pmd_entry() triggers a BUG
during KSM unmerging because pte_unmap_unlock() is passed a pointer
that may be beyond the mapped PTE page.
The issue occurs when the PTE iteration loop completes without finding
a KSM page. After the loop, 'ptep' has been incremented past the last
PTE entry. On ARM32 LPAE with 512 PTEs per page (512 * 8 = 4096 bytes),
this means ptep points to the next page, outside the kmap'd region.
When pte_unmap_unlock(ptep, ptl) calls kunmap_local(ptep), it unmaps
the wrong page address, leaving the original kmap slot still mapped.
The next kmap_local then finds this slot unexpectedly occupied:
WARNING: mm/highmem.c:622 kunmap_local_indexed (address mismatch)
kernel BUG at mm/highmem.c:564 __kmap_local_pfn_prot (slot not empty)
Fix this by passing start_ptep to pte_unmap_unlock(), which always
points within the originally mapped PTE page.
Reproducer: Run LTP ksm03 test on ARM32 with HIGHMEM enabled. The test
triggers KSM merging followed by unmerging (writing 0 then 2 to
/sys/kernel/mm/ksm/run), which exercises break_ksm_pmd_entry().
Fixes: 5d4939fc2258 ("ksm: perform a range-walk in break_ksm")
Assisted-by: claude-opus-4-5-20251101
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
mm/ksm.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/mm/ksm.c b/mm/ksm.c
index cfc182255c7b..2d89a7c8b4eb 100644
--- a/mm/ksm.c
+++ b/mm/ksm.c
@@ -650,7 +650,7 @@ static int break_ksm_pmd_entry(pmd_t *pmdp, unsigned long addr, unsigned long en
}
}
out_unlock:
- pte_unmap_unlock(ptep, ptl);
+ pte_unmap_unlock(start_ptep, ptl);
return found;
}
--
2.51.0
next reply other threads:[~2025-12-20 20:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-12-20 20:29 Sasha Levin [this message]
2025-12-21 8:46 ` [PATCH] mm/ksm: fix pte_unmap_unlock of wrong address in break_ksm_pmd_entry David Hildenbrand (Red Hat)
2025-12-22 8:23 ` Chengming Zhou
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