From: Byungchul Park <byungchul@sk.com>
To: Yeo Reum Yun <YeoReum.Yun@arm.com>
Cc: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@gmail.com>,
"akpm@linux-foundation.org" <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] kasan: remove kasan_find_vm_area() to prevent possible deadlock
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2025 08:27:40 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250713232740.GA18327@system.software.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <GV1PR08MB1052126BB553BD36DA768C998FB4AA@GV1PR08MB10521.eurprd08.prod.outlook.com>
On Sat, Jul 12, 2025 at 03:46:10PM +0000, Yeo Reum Yun wrote:
> Hi ByungChul,
>
> [...]
> > I checked the critical section by &vn->busy.lock in find_vm_area(). The
> > time complextity looks O(log N). I don't think an irq disabled section
> > of O(log N) is harmful. I still think using
> > spin_lock_irqsave(&vn->busy.lock) can resolve this issue with no worry
> > of significant irq delay. Am I missing something?
>
> I don't agree for this.
> since in PREEMPT_RT case, it has the same problem.
>
> In case of PREEMPT_RT, spin_lock_irqsave() becomes rt_spin_lock() which is sleepable.
> But, KASAN calls "rt_spin_lock()" holding raw_spin_lock_irqsave() which is definitely wrong.
It's another issue than irq handling latency, but it's about lock usage
correctness. You are right.
Byungchul
> But as Uladzislau said, without reference count manage, UAF can always happen.
> IOW, If KASAN to dump vm information, I think we need:
> 1. manage reference for vmap_area.
> 2. find_vm_area() with rcu version.
>
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> Sincerely,
> Yeoreum Yun
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-07-13 23:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-07-03 18:10 [PATCH v2] kasan: remove kasan_find_vm_area() to prevent possible deadlock Yeoreum Yun
2025-07-03 18:44 ` Andrey Konovalov
2025-07-03 18:55 ` Yeoreum Yun
2025-07-03 19:05 ` Andrey Konovalov
2025-07-03 19:13 ` Yeoreum Yun
2025-07-04 13:07 ` Andrey Ryabinin
2025-07-03 18:57 ` Yeo Reum Yun
2025-07-03 20:35 ` Andrew Morton
2025-07-04 12:40 ` Andrey Ryabinin
2025-07-07 8:30 ` Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2025-07-07 8:33 ` Yeoreum Yun
2025-07-07 8:44 ` Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2025-07-07 13:49 ` Yeoreum Yun
2025-07-10 12:43 ` Andrey Konovalov
2025-07-11 2:08 ` Byungchul Park
2025-07-11 2:11 ` Byungchul Park
2025-07-11 8:54 ` Uladzislau Rezki
2025-07-12 15:46 ` Yeo Reum Yun
2025-07-13 23:27 ` Byungchul Park [this message]
2025-07-16 9:09 ` Uladzislau Rezki
2025-07-16 15:28 ` Marco Elver
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