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From: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Josh Law <objecting@objecting.org>,
	"# 5 . 18 . x" <stable@vger.kernel.org>,
	SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>,
	damon@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@kvack.org
Subject: [PATCH v3 2/3] mm/damon/sysfs: check contexts->nr before accessing contexts_arr[0]
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2026 10:54:25 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260321175427.86000-3-sj@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260321175427.86000-1-sj@kernel.org>

From: Josh Law <objecting@objecting.org>

Multiple sysfs command paths dereference contexts_arr[0] without first
verifying that kdamond->contexts->nr == 1.  A user can set nr_contexts
to 0 via sysfs while DAMON is running, causing NULL pointer
dereferences.

In more detail, the issue can be triggered by privileged users like
below.

First, start DAMON and make contexts directory empty
(kdamond->contexts->nr == 0).

    # damo start
    # cd /sys/kernel/mm/damon/admin/kdamonds/0
    # echo 0 > contexts/nr_contexts

Then, each of below commands will cause the NULL pointer dereference.

    # echo update_schemes_stats > state
    # echo update_schemes_tried_regions > state
    # echo update_schemes_tried_bytes > state
    # echo update_schemes_effective_quotas > state
    # echo update_tuned_intervals > state

Guard all commands (except OFF) at the entry point of
damon_sysfs_handle_cmd().

Fixes: 0ac32b8affb5 ("mm/damon/sysfs: support DAMOS stats")
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>	# 5.18.x
Signed-off-by: Josh Law <objecting@objecting.org>
Reviewed-by: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>
---
 mm/damon/sysfs.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/mm/damon/sysfs.c b/mm/damon/sysfs.c
index b573b9d607848..ddc30586c0e61 100644
--- a/mm/damon/sysfs.c
+++ b/mm/damon/sysfs.c
@@ -1749,6 +1749,9 @@ static int damon_sysfs_update_schemes_tried_regions(
 static int damon_sysfs_handle_cmd(enum damon_sysfs_cmd cmd,
 		struct damon_sysfs_kdamond *kdamond)
 {
+	if (cmd != DAMON_SYSFS_CMD_OFF && kdamond->contexts->nr != 1)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	switch (cmd) {
 	case DAMON_SYSFS_CMD_ON:
 		return damon_sysfs_turn_damon_on(kdamond);
-- 
2.47.3


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-03-21 17:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-03-21 17:54 [PATCH v3 0/3] mm/damon/sysfs: fix memory leak and NULL dereference issues SeongJae Park
2026-03-21 17:54 ` [PATCH v3 1/3] mm/damon/sysfs: fix param_ctx leak on damon_sysfs_new_test_ctx() failure SeongJae Park
2026-03-23  7:28   ` Markus Elfring
2026-03-23  7:33     ` Josh Law
2026-03-23  8:25       ` [v3 " Markus Elfring
2026-03-23 15:24         ` SeongJae Park
2026-03-23 15:48           ` Josh Law
2026-03-23 16:48           ` Josh Law
2026-03-24  0:14             ` SeongJae Park
2026-03-24  7:06               ` Josh Law
2026-03-24 14:15                 ` SeongJae Park
2026-03-24 15:23                   ` Josh Law
2026-03-21 17:54 ` SeongJae Park [this message]
2026-03-21 17:54 ` [PATCH v3 3/3] mm/damon/sysfs: check contexts->nr in repeat_call_fn SeongJae Park
2026-03-21 20:05   ` SeongJae Park
2026-03-21 20:10     ` SeongJae Park
2026-03-21 20:04 ` (sashiko review status) [PATCH v3 0/3] mm/damon/sysfs: fix memory leak and NULL dereference issues SeongJae Park

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