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From: Vernon Yang <vernon2gm@gmail.com>
To: akpm@linux-foundation.org, david@kernel.org, ljs@kernel.org
Cc: nico.pache@linux.dev, ryan.roberts@arm.com, dev.jain@arm.com,
	baohua@kernel.org, lance.yang@linux.dev, usama.arif@linux.dev,
	zokeefe@google.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@kvack.org, stable@vger.kernel.org,
	Vernon Yang <yanglincheng@kylinos.cn>
Subject: [PATCH v3 2/3] mm: khugepaged: fix folio is used after pte_unmap_unlock()
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2026 17:29:34 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260824092935.73892-3-vernon2gm@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260824092935.73892-1-vernon2gm@gmail.com>

From: Vernon Yang <yanglincheng@kylinos.cn>

After the page table lock has dropped, the folio can be freed
concurrently. The trace_mm_khugepaged_scan_pmd() is left with
a dangling folio pointer.

So using the folio_pfn() before dropping the page table lock,
closing use-after-free window.

Fixes: 7d2eba0557c1 ("mm: add tracepoint for scanning pages")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Vernon Yang <yanglincheng@kylinos.cn>
---
 include/trace/events/huge_memory.h | 6 +++---
 mm/khugepaged.c                    | 5 ++++-
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/trace/events/huge_memory.h b/include/trace/events/huge_memory.h
index 7b526528f85b..fa828967e1fb 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/huge_memory.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/huge_memory.h
@@ -55,10 +55,10 @@ SCAN_STATUS
 
 TRACE_EVENT(mm_khugepaged_scan_pmd,
 
-	TP_PROTO(struct mm_struct *mm, struct folio *folio,
+	TP_PROTO(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long pfn,
 		 int referenced, int none_or_zero, int status, int unmapped),
 
-	TP_ARGS(mm, folio, referenced, none_or_zero, status, unmapped),
+	TP_ARGS(mm, pfn, referenced, none_or_zero, status, unmapped),
 
 	TP_STRUCT__entry(
 		__field(struct mm_struct *, mm)
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ TRACE_EVENT(mm_khugepaged_scan_pmd,
 
 	TP_fast_assign(
 		__entry->mm = mm;
-		__entry->pfn = folio ? folio_pfn(folio) : -1;
+		__entry->pfn = pfn;
 		__entry->referenced = referenced;
 		__entry->none_or_zero = none_or_zero;
 		__entry->status = status;
diff --git a/mm/khugepaged.c b/mm/khugepaged.c
index 00337405c0e0..4e0fca5942dd 100644
--- a/mm/khugepaged.c
+++ b/mm/khugepaged.c
@@ -1618,6 +1618,7 @@ static enum scan_result collapse_scan_pmd(struct mm_struct *mm,
 	enum scan_result result = SCAN_FAIL;
 	struct page *page = NULL;
 	struct folio *folio = NULL;
+	unsigned long pfn = -1;
 	unsigned long addr;
 	unsigned long enabled_orders;
 	spinlock_t *ptl;
@@ -1780,6 +1781,8 @@ static enum scan_result collapse_scan_pmd(struct mm_struct *mm,
 		result = SCAN_SUCCEED;
 	}
 out_unmap:
+	if (folio)
+		pfn = folio_pfn(folio);
 	pte_unmap_unlock(pte, ptl);
 	if (result == SCAN_SUCCEED) {
 		/* collapse_huge_page() expects the lock to be dropped before calling */
@@ -1790,7 +1793,7 @@ static enum scan_result collapse_scan_pmd(struct mm_struct *mm,
 		*lock_dropped = true;
 	}
 out:
-	trace_mm_khugepaged_scan_pmd(mm, folio, referenced,
+	trace_mm_khugepaged_scan_pmd(mm, pfn, referenced,
 				     none_or_zero, result, unmapped);
 	return result;
 }
-- 
2.53.0



  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-08-24  9:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-08-24  9:29 [PATCH v3 0/3] mm: khugepaged: fix tracepoint UAF Vernon Yang
2026-08-24  9:29 ` [PATCH v3 1/3] mm: khugepaged: fix swap entry value to folio_pfn() Vernon Yang
2026-08-24 11:54   ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-08-26  2:44     ` Vernon Yang
2026-08-26  7:57       ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-08-26  8:07         ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-08-26  8:08           ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-08-26  8:11             ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-08-26  8:16               ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-08-26  8:24                 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-08-26  8:35                   ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-08-26  9:10                     ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-08-26  9:21                     ` Vernon Yang
2026-08-26 11:04                       ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-08-26  9:08         ` Vernon Yang
2026-08-24  9:29 ` Vernon Yang [this message]
2026-08-24 11:57   ` [PATCH v3 2/3] mm: khugepaged: fix folio is used after pte_unmap_unlock() David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-08-26  2:46     ` Vernon Yang
2026-08-26  7:58       ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-08-26  8:12   ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-08-26  8:42     ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-08-24  9:29 ` [PATCH v3 3/3] mm: khugepaged: fix folio is used after folio_put/unlock() Vernon Yang
2026-08-24 11:59   ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-08-26  2:47     ` Vernon Yang
2026-08-26  8:09   ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-08-26  8:14     ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-08-26  8:23       ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-08-26  8:41     ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)

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