From: "Zi Yan" <ziy@nvidia.com>
To: "Kefeng Wang" <wangkefeng.wang@huawei.com>,
"Andrew Morton" <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
"David Hildenbrand" <david@kernel.org>
Cc: "Matthew Brost" <matthew.brost@intel.com>,
"Joshua Hahn" <joshua.hahnjy@gmail.com>,
"Rakie Kim" <rakie.kim@sk.com>,
"Byungchul Park" <byungchul@sk.com>,
"Gregory Price" <gourry@gourry.net>,
"Ying Huang" <ying.huang@linux.alibaba.com>,
"Alistair Popple" <apopple@nvidia.com>, <linux-mm@kvack.org>,
<stable@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] mm: migrate_device: fix pte_pfn/pte_dirty called on non-present PTE
Date: Tue, 07 Jul 2026 21:53:46 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <DJSTCFVXV0WB.1GHVMY2J7OLIF@nvidia.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260708003955.4024340-1-wangkefeng.wang@huawei.com>
On Tue Jul 7, 2026 at 8:39 PM EDT, Kefeng Wang wrote:
> pte_pfn() and pte_dirty() have undefined behaviour when called on a
> non-present PTE. In migrate_vma_collect_pmd(), these functions may be
> invoked on non-present entries (e.g., device-private entries), leading
> to potential crashes from pte_pfn() or incorrect dirty folio accounting
> from pte_dirty(). Fix both by guarding with pte_present() checks.
>
> Fixes: fd35ca3d12cc ("mm/migrate_device.c: copy pte dirty bit to page")
> Fixes: 6c287605fd56 ("mm: remember exclusively mapped anonymous pages with PG_anon_exclusive")
> Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@huawei.com>
> ---
> v2:
> - correct changelog and Fixes tags, suggested by David.
> - cc stable, suggested by Andrew.
>
> mm/migrate_device.c | 5 +++--
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
Acked-by: Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>
--
Best Regards,
Yan, Zi
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-08 1:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-08 0:39 [PATCH v2] mm: migrate_device: fix pte_pfn/pte_dirty called on non-present PTE Kefeng Wang
2026-07-08 1:34 ` Balbir Singh
2026-07-08 1:53 ` Zi Yan [this message]
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