From: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: David Carlier <devnexen@gmail.com>,
David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>,
Heechan Kang <gganji11@naver.com>,
"Liam R. Howlett" <liam@infradead.org>,
Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>,
Michael Bommarito <michael.bommarito@gmail.com>,
Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>, Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>,
linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 1/3] userfaultfd: verify VMA state across UFFDIO_COPY retry
Date: Wed, 27 May 2026 21:47:49 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260527184751.4147364-2-rppt@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260527184751.4147364-1-rppt@kernel.org>
From: "Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)" <rppt@kernel.org>
mfill_copy_folio_retry() drops the VMA lock for copy_from_user() and
reacquires it afterwards. The destination VMA can be replaced during that
window.
The existing check compares vma_uffd_ops() before and after the retry, but
if a shmem VMA with MAP_SHARED is replaced with a shmem VMA with
MAP_PRIVATE (or vice versa) the replacement goes undetected.
The change from MAP_PRIVATE to MAP_SHARED will treat the folio allocated
with shmem_alloc_folio() as anonymous and this will cause BUG() when
mfill_atomic_install_pte() will try to folio_add_new_anon_rmap().
The change from MAP_SHARED to MAP_PRIVATE allows injection of folios into
the page cache of the original VMA.
There is no need to change for hugetlb because it never uses
mfill_copy_folio_retry().
Introduce helpers for more comprehensive comparison of VMA state:
- mfill_retry_state_save() to save the relevant VMA state into a struct
mfill_retry_state (original uffd_ops, relevant VMA flags, vm_file and
pgoff) before dropping the lock
- mfill_retry_state_changed() to compare the saved state with the state
of the VMA acquired after retaking the locks
- mfill_retry_state_put() to release vm_file pinning.
Use DEFINE_FREE() cleanup to wrap mfill_retry_state_put() to avoid
complicating error handling paths in mfill_copy_folio_retry().
Fixes: 292411fda25b ("mm/userfaultfd: detect VMA type change after copy retry in mfill_copy_folio_retry()")
Fixes: 6ab703034f14 ("userfaultfd: mfill_atomic(): remove retry logic")
Suggested-by: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>
Co-developed-by: David Carlier <devnexen@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David Carlier <devnexen@gmail.com>
Co-developed-by: Michael Bommarito <michael.bommarito@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Bommarito <michael.bommarito@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@kernel.org>
---
mm/userfaultfd.c | 85 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 73 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/userfaultfd.c b/mm/userfaultfd.c
index 180bad42fc79..e5d2fb3ce2c1 100644
--- a/mm/userfaultfd.c
+++ b/mm/userfaultfd.c
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
#include <linux/userfaultfd_k.h>
#include <linux/mmu_notifier.h>
#include <linux/hugetlb.h>
+#include <linux/file.h>
+#include <linux/cleanup.h>
#include <asm/tlbflush.h>
#include <asm/tlb.h>
#include "internal.h"
@@ -443,16 +445,80 @@ static int mfill_copy_folio_locked(struct folio *folio, unsigned long src_addr)
return ret;
}
-static int mfill_copy_folio_retry(struct mfill_state *state,
+#define MFILL_RETRY_STATE_VMA_FLAGS \
+ append_vma_flags(__VMA_UFFD_FLAGS, VMA_SHARED_BIT)
+
+/*
+ * VMA state saved before dropping the locks in mfill_copy_folio_retry().
+ * Used to detect VMA replacement or incompatible changes after reacquiring the
+ * locks.
+ */
+struct mfill_retry_state {
+ const struct vm_uffd_ops *ops;
+ struct file *file;
+ vma_flags_t flags;
+ pgoff_t pgoff;
+};
+
+static void mfill_retry_state_save(struct mfill_retry_state *s,
+ struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+{
+ s->flags = vma_flags_and_mask(&vma->flags, MFILL_RETRY_STATE_VMA_FLAGS);
+ s->ops = vma_uffd_ops(vma);
+ s->pgoff = vma->vm_pgoff;
+
+ if (vma->vm_file)
+ s->file = get_file(vma->vm_file);
+}
+
+static bool mfill_retry_state_changed(struct mfill_retry_state *state,
+ struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+{
+ vma_flags_t flags = vma_flags_and_mask(&vma->flags,
+ MFILL_RETRY_STATE_VMA_FLAGS);
+
+ /* Have any UFFD flags (missing, WP, minor) changed? */
+ if (!vma_flags_same_pair(&state->flags, &flags))
+ return true;
+
+ /* VMA type or effective uffd_ops changed while the lock was dropped */
+ if (state->ops != vma_uffd_ops(vma))
+ return true;
+
+ /* VMA was anonymous before; changed only if it no longer is */
+ if (!state->file)
+ return !vma_is_anonymous(vma);
+
+ /* VMA was file backed, but file, inode or offset has changed */
+ if (!vma->vm_file || vma->vm_file->f_inode != state->file->f_inode ||
+ state->file != vma->vm_file || vma->vm_pgoff != state->pgoff)
+ return true;
+
+ return false;
+}
+
+static void mfill_retry_state_put(struct mfill_retry_state *s)
+{
+ if (s->file)
+ fput(s->file);
+}
+
+DEFINE_FREE(retry_put, struct mfill_retry_state *,
+ if (_T) mfill_retry_state_put(_T));
+
+static int mfill_copy_folio_retry(struct mfill_state *mfill_state,
struct folio *folio)
{
- const struct vm_uffd_ops *orig_ops = vma_uffd_ops(state->vma);
- unsigned long src_addr = state->src_addr;
+ struct mfill_retry_state retry_state = { 0 };
+ struct mfill_retry_state *for_free __free(retry_put) = &retry_state;
+ unsigned long src_addr = mfill_state->src_addr;
void *kaddr;
int err;
+ mfill_retry_state_save(&retry_state, mfill_state->vma);
+
/* retry copying with mm_lock dropped */
- mfill_put_vma(state);
+ mfill_put_vma(mfill_state);
kaddr = kmap_local_folio(folio, 0);
err = copy_from_user(kaddr, (const void __user *) src_addr, PAGE_SIZE);
@@ -463,19 +529,14 @@ static int mfill_copy_folio_retry(struct mfill_state *state,
flush_dcache_folio(folio);
/* reget VMA and PMD, they could change underneath us */
- err = mfill_get_vma(state);
+ err = mfill_get_vma(mfill_state);
if (err)
return err;
- /*
- * The VMA type may have changed while the lock was dropped
- * (e.g. replaced with a hugetlb mapping), making the caller's
- * ops pointer stale.
- */
- if (vma_uffd_ops(state->vma) != orig_ops)
+ if (mfill_retry_state_changed(&retry_state, mfill_state->vma))
return -EAGAIN;
- err = mfill_establish_pmd(state);
+ err = mfill_establish_pmd(mfill_state);
if (err)
return err;
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-27 18:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-27 18:47 [PATCH v2 0/3] userfaultfd: verify VMA state across UFFDIO_COPY retry Mike Rapoport
2026-05-27 18:47 ` Mike Rapoport [this message]
2026-05-28 13:31 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] " Lorenzo Stoakes
2026-05-28 14:41 ` Mike Rapoport
2026-05-28 21:04 ` Andrew Morton
2026-05-27 18:47 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] userfaultfd: refuse to __mfill_atomic_pte() for unsupported VMAs Mike Rapoport
2026-05-27 19:09 ` David CARLIER
2026-05-28 7:33 ` Mike Rapoport
2026-05-28 7:34 ` David CARLIER
2026-05-28 13:11 ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2026-05-27 18:47 ` [PATCH v2 3/3] userfaultfd: remove redundant check in vm_uffd_ops() Mike Rapoport
2026-05-28 13:10 ` Lorenzo Stoakes
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