From: SJ Park <sj@kernel.org>
Cc: SJ Park <sj@kernel.org>,
stable@vger.kernel.org, Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Yunjeong Mun <yunjeong.mun@sk.com>,
damon@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-mm@kvack.org
Subject: [RFC PATCH] samples/damon/mtier: error out for zero quota goal target values
Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2026 14:13:14 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260801211315.2456-1-sj@kernel.org> (raw)
damos_quota_score() can trigger division by zero if the target_value is
zero. DAMON_SAMPLE_MTIER lets users set the target_value via
node0_mem_{used,free}_bp parameters. It doesn't guard zero value case,
though. As a result, users can trigger division by zero. Fix the issue
by returning an error when the user tries to start DAMON with zero
node0_mem_{used,free}_bp parameter values.
DAMON_SAMPLE_MTIER is just a sample module, but the consequence is quite
bad. Also the zero node0_mem_free_bp parameter might look like a
reasonable setup to some users. Hence, the issue might really happen in
the real world.
One reliable way to reproduce the issue is like below:
# cd /sys/module/damon_sample_mtier/parameters
# echo 4096 > node0_start_addr
# echo 8192 > node0_end_addr
# echo 8192 > node1_start_addr
# echo 81920 > node1_end_addr
# echo 0 > node0_mem_free_bp
# echo Y > enabled
# dmesg -w
[...]
[18792.235916] Oops: divide error: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI
[...]
[18792.242787] RIP: 0010:damos_quota_score+0x6f/0x480
[...]
This issue was discovered [1] by Sashiko.
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/20260801202657.117135-1-sj@kernel.org
Fixes: c5e67d40a102 ("samples/damon/mtier: add parameters for node0 memory usage")
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 6.17.x
Signed-off-by: SJ Park <sj@kernel.org>
---
samples/damon/mtier.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/samples/damon/mtier.c b/samples/damon/mtier.c
index ac9c24b92ead8..d1123ebbfab90 100644
--- a/samples/damon/mtier.c
+++ b/samples/damon/mtier.c
@@ -156,6 +156,9 @@ static struct damon_ctx *damon_sample_mtier_build_ctx(bool promote)
if (!scheme)
goto free_out;
damon_set_schemes(ctx, &scheme, 1);
+ /* zero target value causes division by zero in damos_quota_store() */
+ if (!node0_mem_used_bp || !node0_mem_free_bp)
+ goto free_out;
quota_goal = damos_new_quota_goal(
promote ? DAMOS_QUOTA_NODE_MEM_USED_BP :
DAMOS_QUOTA_NODE_MEM_FREE_BP,
base-commit: 51b0df5cb9a4175af0e3c9e471cd70e91ff8eb4b
--
2.47.3
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