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Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2025 13:35:42 -0700
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: Yeoreum Yun <yeoreum.yun@arm.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] kasan: remove kasan_find_vm_area() to prevent
 possible deadlock
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On Thu,  3 Jul 2025 19:10:18 +0100 Yeoreum Yun <yeoreum.yun@arm.com> wrote:

> find_vm_area() couldn't be called in atomic_context.
> If find_vm_area() is called to reports vm area information,
> kasan can trigger deadlock like:
> 
> CPU0                                CPU1
> vmalloc();
>  alloc_vmap_area();
>   spin_lock(&vn->busy.lock)
>                                     spin_lock_bh(&some_lock);
>    <interrupt occurs>
>    <in softirq>
>    spin_lock(&some_lock);
>                                     <access invalid address>
>                                     kasan_report();
>                                      print_report();
>                                       print_address_description();
>                                        kasan_find_vm_area();
>                                         find_vm_area();
>                                          spin_lock(&vn->busy.lock) // deadlock!
> 
> To prevent possible deadlock while kasan reports, remove kasan_find_vm_area().
> 
> Fixes: c056a364e954 ("kasan: print virtual mapping info in reports")

Three years.

> Reported-by: Yunseong Kim <ysk@kzalloc.com>
> Signed-off-by: Yeoreum Yun <yeoreum.yun@arm.com>

Thanks, I'll queue this (with a cc:stable) for testing and I shall
await the conclusion of the ongoing review discussion.