From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
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Subject: [PATCH 6.18 35/60] mm: add atomic VMA flags and set VM_MAYBE_GUARD as such
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2026 14:03:20 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260625125650.732740428@linuxfoundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260625125645.554579168@linuxfoundation.org>
6.18-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
------------------
From: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>
commit 568822502383acd57d7cc1c72ee43932c45a9524 upstream.
This patch adds the ability to atomically set VMA flags with only the mmap
read/VMA read lock held.
As this could be hugely problematic for VMA flags in general given that
all other accesses are non-atomic and serialised by the mmap/VMA locks, we
implement this with a strict allow-list - that is, only designated flags
are allowed to do this.
We make VM_MAYBE_GUARD one of these flags.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/97e57abed09f2663077ed7a36fb8206e243171a9.1763460113.git.ljs@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Pedro Falcato <pfalcato@suse.de>
Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Acked-by: David Hildenbrand (Red Hat) <david@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Lance Yang <lance.yang@linux.dev>
Cc: Andrei Vagin <avagin@gmail.com>
Cc: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com>
Cc: Barry Song <baohua@kernel.org>
Cc: Dev Jain <dev.jain@arm.com>
Cc: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: Liam Howlett <liam.howlett@oracle.com>
Cc: "Masami Hiramatsu (Google)" <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
Cc: Nico Pache <npache@redhat.com>
Cc: Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@arm.com>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>
Cc: Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Ahmed Elaidy <elaidya225@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
---
include/linux/mm.h | 44 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 44 insertions(+)
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -501,6 +501,9 @@ extern unsigned int kobjsize(const void
/* This mask represents all the VMA flag bits used by mlock */
#define VM_LOCKED_MASK (VM_LOCKED | VM_LOCKONFAULT)
+/* These flags can be updated atomically via VMA/mmap read lock. */
+#define VM_ATOMIC_SET_ALLOWED VM_MAYBE_GUARD
+
/* Arch-specific flags to clear when updating VM flags on protection change */
#ifndef VM_ARCH_CLEAR
# define VM_ARCH_CLEAR VM_NONE
@@ -843,6 +846,47 @@ static inline void vm_flags_mod(struct v
__vm_flags_mod(vma, set, clear);
}
+static inline bool __vma_flag_atomic_valid(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+ int bit)
+{
+ const vm_flags_t mask = BIT(bit);
+
+ /* Only specific flags are permitted */
+ if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!(mask & VM_ATOMIC_SET_ALLOWED)))
+ return false;
+
+ return true;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Set VMA flag atomically. Requires only VMA/mmap read lock. Only specific
+ * valid flags are allowed to do this.
+ */
+static inline void vma_flag_set_atomic(struct vm_area_struct *vma, int bit)
+{
+ /* mmap read lock/VMA read lock must be held. */
+ if (!rwsem_is_locked(&vma->vm_mm->mmap_lock))
+ vma_assert_locked(vma);
+
+ if (__vma_flag_atomic_valid(vma, bit))
+ set_bit(bit, &ACCESS_PRIVATE(vma, __vm_flags));
+}
+
+/*
+ * Test for VMA flag atomically. Requires no locks. Only specific valid flags
+ * are allowed to do this.
+ *
+ * This is necessarily racey, so callers must ensure that serialisation is
+ * achieved through some other means, or that races are permissible.
+ */
+static inline bool vma_flag_test_atomic(struct vm_area_struct *vma, int bit)
+{
+ if (__vma_flag_atomic_valid(vma, bit))
+ return test_bit(bit, &vma->vm_flags);
+
+ return false;
+}
+
static inline void vma_set_anonymous(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
{
vma->vm_ops = NULL;
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2026-06-25 13:02 ` [PATCH 6.18 01/60] io_uring/net: Avoid msghdr on op_connect/op_bind async data Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:02 ` [PATCH 6.18 02/60] net: stmmac: fix stm32 (and potentially others) resume regression Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:02 ` [PATCH 6.18 03/60] fuse: re-lock request before replacing page cache folio Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:02 ` [PATCH 6.18 04/60] Revert "NFSD: Defer sub-object cleanup in export put callbacks" Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:02 ` [PATCH 6.18 05/60] debugobjects: Allow to refill the pool before SYSTEM_SCHEDULING Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:02 ` [PATCH 6.18 06/60] debugobjects: Use LD_WAIT_CONFIG instead of LD_WAIT_SLEEP Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:02 ` [PATCH 6.18 07/60] debugobjects: Do not fill_pool() if pi_blocked_on Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:02 ` [PATCH 6.18 08/60] debugobjects: Dont call fill_pool() in early boot hardirq context Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:02 ` [PATCH 6.18 09/60] RDMA/bnxt_re: zero shared page before exposing to userspace Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:02 ` [PATCH 6.18 10/60] i2c: stub: Reject I2C block transfers with invalid length Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:02 ` [PATCH 6.18 11/60] net: qualcomm: rmnet: fix endpoint use-after-free in rmnet_dellink() Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:02 ` [PATCH 6.18 12/60] agp/amd64: Fix broken error propagation in agp_amd64_probe() Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:02 ` [PATCH 6.18 13/60] ACPI: scan: Use async schedule function in acpi_scan_clear_dep_fn() Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:02 ` [PATCH 6.18 14/60] rose: fix dev_put() leak in rose_loopback_timer() Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 6.18 15/60] rose: hold loopback neighbour reference across timer callback Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 6.18 16/60] rose: fix race between loopback timer and module removal Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 6.18 17/60] rose: clear neighbour pointer after rose_neigh_put() in state machines Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 6.18 18/60] rose: guard rose_neigh_put() against NULL in timer expiry Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 6.18 19/60] rose: fix netdev double-hold in rose_rx_call_request() Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 6.18 20/60] rose: fix notifier unregistered too early in rose_exit() Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 6.18 21/60] rose: set SOCK_DESTROY in rose_kill_by_device() for prompt cleanup Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 6.18 22/60] rose: disconnect orphaned STATE_2 sockets when device is gone Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 6.18 23/60] rose: fix netdev double-hold in rose_make_new() Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 6.18 24/60] rose: release netdev ref and destroy orphaned incoming sockets Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 6.18 25/60] rose: drop CALL_REQUEST in loopback timer when device is not running Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 6.18 26/60] rose: cancel neighbour timers in rose_neigh_put() before freeing Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 6.18 27/60] rose: clear neighbour pointer in rose_kill_by_device() Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 6.18 28/60] rose: dont free fd-owned sockets when reaping in the heartbeat Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 6.18 29/60] regulator: core: fix locking in regulator_resolve_supply() error path Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 6.18 30/60] hv: utils: handle and propagate errors in kvp_register Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 6.18 31/60] Drivers: hv: vmbus: Improve the logic of reserving fb_mmio on Gen2 VMs Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 6.18 32/60] firmware: samsung: acpm: Fix cross-thread RX length corruption Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 6.18 33/60] sctp: disable BH before calling udp_tunnel_xmit_skb() Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 6.18 34/60] mm: introduce VM_MAYBE_GUARD and make visible in /proc/$pid/smaps Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:03 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman [this message]
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 6.18 36/60] mm: update vma_modify_flags() to handle residual flags, document Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 6.18 37/60] mm: implement sticky VMA flags Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 6.18 38/60] mm: introduce copy-on-fork VMAs and make VM_MAYBE_GUARD one Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 6.18 39/60] mm: set the VM_MAYBE_GUARD flag on guard region install Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 6.18 40/60] mm: propagate VM_SOFTDIRTY on merge Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 6.18 41/60] testing/selftests/mm: add soft-dirty merge self-test Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 6.18 42/60] net: export netif_open for self_test usage Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 6.18 43/60] net: net_failover: Fix the deadlock in slave register Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 6.18 44/60] iio: light: veml6075: add bounds check to veml6075_it_ms index Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 6.18 45/60] iio: adc: ti-ads1298: add bounds check to pga_settings index Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 6.18 46/60] Input: rmi4 - fix register descriptor address calculation Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 6.18 47/60] Input: rmi4 - refactor register descriptor parsing Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 6.18 48/60] Input: rmi4 - fix type overflow in register counts Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 6.18 49/60] Input: rmi4 - fix num_subpackets overflow in register descriptor Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 6.18 50/60] Input: rmi4 - fix memory leak in rmi_set_attn_data() Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 6.18 51/60] Input: rmi4 - iterative IRQ handler Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 6.18 52/60] Input: rmi4 - fix bit count in bitmap_copy() Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 6.18 53/60] crypto: qat - remove unused character device and IOCTLs Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 6.18 54/60] vc_screen: fix null-ptr-deref in vcs_notifier() during concurrent vcs_write Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 6.18 55/60] serial: qcom_geni: Fix RX DMA stall when SE_DMA_RX_LEN_IN is zero Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 6.18 56/60] drivers/base/memory: set mem->altmap after successful device registration Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 6.18 57/60] ksmbd: reject non-VALID session in compound request branch Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 6.18 58/60] media: vidtv: fix NULL pointer dereference in vidtv_mux_push_si Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 6.18 59/60] virtiofs: fix UAF on submount umount Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 6.18 60/60] mm: do not copy page tables unnecessarily for VM_UFFD_WP Greg Kroah-Hartman
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