From: Deepanshu Kartikey <kartikey406@gmail.com>
To: akpm@linux-foundation.org, rppt@kernel.org, peterx@redhat.com
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Deepanshu Kartikey <kartikey406@gmail.com>,
syzbot+e24a2e34fad0efbac047@syzkaller.appspotmail.com,
Deepanshu Kartikey <Kartikey406@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH] mm/userfaultfd: re-validate vma in mfill_atomic() loop under CONFIG_PER_VMA_LOCK
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2026 12:30:39 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260316070039.549506-1-kartikey406@gmail.com> (raw)
Under CONFIG_PER_VMA_LOCK, mfill_atomic() holds only a per-VMA read
lock across its page-by-page copy loop. A concurrent UFFDIO_UNREGISTER
can acquire mmap_write_lock() and split the VMA mid-loop via
__split_vma(), which calls vma_start_write() via __vma_enter_locked().
The split happens in the race window between CHECK 1 and vm_refcnt++
in vma_start_read(). During this window vm_refcnt equals the base
attached value, so vma_start_write() sees no readers and proceeds
immediately without waiting, shrinking vma->vm_end in place.
Both seqnum checks in vma_start_read() miss this because after
mmap_write_unlock(), mm_lock_seq is incremented past vm_lock_seq
making them unequal, so a split VMA is returned to mfill_atomic().
On the next iteration, mfill_atomic_install_pte() calls
folio_add_new_anon_rmap() with state.dst_addr >= vma->vm_end,
triggering its sanity check:
address < vma->vm_start || address + (nr << 12) > vma->vm_end
WARNING: mm/rmap.c:1682 folio_add_new_anon_rmap+0x5fe/0x14b0
Fix this by checking on each loop iteration whether state.dst_addr
has fallen outside state.vma. If so, release the stale vma, update
dst_start and len to reflect the current position, and re-lookup the
vma via mfill_get_vma().
Reported-by: syzbot+e24a2e34fad0efbac047@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=e24a2e34fad0efbac047"
Tested-by: syzbot+e24a2e34fad0efbac047@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Signed-off-by: Deepanshu Kartikey <Kartikey406@gmail.com>
---
mm/userfaultfd.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)
diff --git a/mm/userfaultfd.c b/mm/userfaultfd.c
index 9ffc80d0a51b..ab73c2106c38 100644
--- a/mm/userfaultfd.c
+++ b/mm/userfaultfd.c
@@ -910,6 +910,22 @@ static __always_inline ssize_t mfill_atomic(struct userfaultfd_ctx *ctx,
while (state.src_addr < src_start + len) {
VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(state.dst_addr >= dst_start + len);
+ /*
+ * Under CONFIG_PER_VMA_LOCK, a concurrent UFFDIO_UNREGISTER can
+ * split state.vma while we hold only the per-VMA read lock. The
+ * split shrinks vma->vm_end in place, causing dst_addr to fall
+ * outside the VMA bounds. Re-validate dst_addr on each iteration
+ * and re-lookup the vma if it has been split.
+ */
+ if (state.dst_addr < state.vma->vm_start ||
+ state.dst_addr >= state.vma->vm_end) {
+ mfill_put_vma(&state);
+ state.dst_start = state.dst_addr;
+ state.len = dst_start + len - state.dst_addr;
+ err = mfill_get_vma(&state);
+ if (err)
+ break;
+ }
err = mfill_get_pmd(&state);
if (err)
--
2.43.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-03-16 7:00 UTC|newest]
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2026-03-16 7:00 Deepanshu Kartikey [this message]
2026-03-16 10:59 ` [PATCH] mm/userfaultfd: re-validate vma in mfill_atomic() loop under CONFIG_PER_VMA_LOCK Mike Rapoport
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