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From: Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>
To: Tarun Sahu <tarunsahu@google.com>
Cc: Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>,
	 Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>,
	Pratyush Yadav <pratyush@kernel.org>,
	 Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kexec@lists.infradead.org,
	 linux-mm@kvack.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm/memfd_luo: validate serialized_data before conversion
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2026 18:11:33 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <air6StonoQPyaTEP@plex> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <c2478f79207b10a13282d917c961261d17b86a15.1781173768.git.tarunsahu@google.com>

On 06-11 10:30, Tarun Sahu wrote:
> In memfd_luo_finish() and memfd_luo_retrieve(), phys_to_virt() was called
> on args->serialized_data before checking if the physical address is valid.
> Since physical address 0 does not map to virtual NULL (due to direct
> mapping offsets), the subsequent check 'if (!ser)' was ineffective at
> catching a missing serialized_data, leading to unsafe dereferences later.
> 
> Validate that args->serialized_data is non-zero before calling
> phys_to_virt().
> 
> Fixes: b3749f174d68 ("mm: memfd_luo: allow preserving memfd")
> Signed-off-by: Tarun Sahu <tarunsahu@google.com>

Reviewed-by: Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com> 

> ---
>  mm/memfd_luo.c | 10 ++++++----
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/memfd_luo.c b/mm/memfd_luo.c
> index 59de210bee5f..10f3983b0060 100644
> --- a/mm/memfd_luo.c
> +++ b/mm/memfd_luo.c
> @@ -397,10 +397,11 @@ static void memfd_luo_finish(struct liveupdate_file_op_args *args)
>  	if (args->retrieve_status)
>  		return;
>  
> -	ser = phys_to_virt(args->serialized_data);
> -	if (!ser)
> +	if (!args->serialized_data)
>  		return;
>  
> +	ser = phys_to_virt(args->serialized_data);
> +
>  	if (ser->nr_folios) {
>  		folios_ser = kho_restore_vmalloc(&ser->folios);
>  		if (!folios_ser)
> @@ -522,10 +523,11 @@ static int memfd_luo_retrieve(struct liveupdate_file_op_args *args)
>  	struct file *file;
>  	int err;
>  
> -	ser = phys_to_virt(args->serialized_data);
> -	if (!ser)
> +	if (!args->serialized_data)
>  		return -EINVAL;
>  
> +	ser = phys_to_virt(args->serialized_data);
> +
>  	/* Make sure the file only has seals supported by this version. */
>  	if (ser->seals & ~MEMFD_LUO_ALL_SEALS) {
>  		err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
> 
> base-commit: 9716c086c8e8b141d35aa61f2e96a2e83de212a7
> -- 
> 2.54.0.1099.g489fc7bff1-goog
> 


      parent reply	other threads:[~2026-06-11 18:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-06-11 10:30 [PATCH] mm/memfd_luo: validate serialized_data before conversion Tarun Sahu
2026-06-11 12:32 ` Pratyush Yadav
2026-06-11 12:40 ` Mike Rapoport
2026-06-11 13:37   ` Pratyush Yadav
2026-06-11 14:28     ` Mike Rapoport
2026-06-11 18:11       ` Pasha Tatashin
2026-06-11 18:11 ` Pasha Tatashin [this message]

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