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From: Vernon Yang <vernon2gm@gmail.com>
To: akpm@linux-foundation.org, david@kernel.org, ljs@kernel.org
Cc: nico.pache@linux.dev, ryan.roberts@arm.com, dev.jain@arm.com,
	baohua@kernel.org, lance.yang@linux.dev, usama.arif@linux.dev,
	zokeefe@google.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@kvack.org, stable@vger.kernel.org,
	Vernon Yang <yanglincheng@kylinos.cn>
Subject: [PATCH v3 1/3] mm: khugepaged: fix swap entry value to folio_pfn()
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2026 17:29:33 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260824092935.73892-2-vernon2gm@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260824092935.73892-1-vernon2gm@gmail.com>

From: Vernon Yang <yanglincheng@kylinos.cn>

When the swap entries found exceed max_ptes_swap, the loop is left via
break with folio still holding the xarray value that encodes the swap
entry, not valid folio pointer.

That value is passed to trace_mm_khugepaged_scan_file(), which feeds it
to folio_pfn(). On FLATMEM and SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP, the page_to_pfn() is
plain pointer arithmetic, so the trace event merely prints bogus
scan_pfn. On classic SPARSEMEM, the page_to_pfn() reads page->flags,
dereferencing the tiny encoded integer and oopsing khugepaged whenever
the trace event is enabled.

So when folio is the swap entry value, simply set pfn to -1, just like
exhausted scan naturally.

And the folio_put() has maybe dropped the last reference of folio. The
trace_mm_khugepaged_scan_file() is left with a dangling folio pointer.
so using the folio_pfn() before dropping the reference, closing
use-after-free window.

Fixes: d41fd2016ed0 ("mm/khugepaged: add tracepoint to hpage_collapse_scan_file()")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Vernon Yang <yanglincheng@kylinos.cn>
---
 include/trace/events/huge_memory.h | 6 +++---
 mm/khugepaged.c                    | 5 ++++-
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/trace/events/huge_memory.h b/include/trace/events/huge_memory.h
index 5a48c5406cce..7b526528f85b 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/huge_memory.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/huge_memory.h
@@ -178,10 +178,10 @@ TRACE_EVENT(mm_collapse_huge_page_swapin,
 
 TRACE_EVENT(mm_khugepaged_scan_file,
 
-	TP_PROTO(struct mm_struct *mm, struct folio *folio, struct file *file,
+	TP_PROTO(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long pfn, struct file *file,
 		 int present, int swap, int result),
 
-	TP_ARGS(mm, folio, file, present, swap, result),
+	TP_ARGS(mm, pfn, file, present, swap, result),
 
 	TP_STRUCT__entry(
 		__field(struct mm_struct *, mm)
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ TRACE_EVENT(mm_khugepaged_scan_file,
 
 	TP_fast_assign(
 		__entry->mm = mm;
-		__entry->pfn = folio ? folio_pfn(folio) : -1;
+		__entry->pfn = pfn;
 		__assign_str(filename);
 		__entry->present = present;
 		__entry->swap = swap;
diff --git a/mm/khugepaged.c b/mm/khugepaged.c
index 79effd3f3da4..00337405c0e0 100644
--- a/mm/khugepaged.c
+++ b/mm/khugepaged.c
@@ -2689,6 +2689,7 @@ static enum scan_result collapse_scan_file(struct mm_struct *mm,
 	int present, swap;
 	int node = NUMA_NO_NODE;
 	enum scan_result result = SCAN_SUCCEED;
+	unsigned long pfn;
 
 	present = 0;
 	swap = 0;
@@ -2719,6 +2720,7 @@ static enum scan_result collapse_scan_file(struct mm_struct *mm,
 			continue;
 		}
 
+		pfn = folio_pfn(folio);
 		if (is_pmd_order(folio_order(folio))) {
 			result = SCAN_PTE_MAPPED_HUGEPAGE;
 			/*
@@ -2779,7 +2781,8 @@ static enum scan_result collapse_scan_file(struct mm_struct *mm,
 		}
 	}
 
-	trace_mm_khugepaged_scan_file(mm, folio, file, present, swap, result);
+	trace_mm_khugepaged_scan_file(mm, (!folio || xa_is_value(folio)) ? -1 : pfn,
+				      file, present, swap, result);
 	return result;
 }
 
-- 
2.53.0


  reply	other threads:[~2026-08-24  9:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-08-24  9:29 [PATCH v3 0/3] mm: khugepaged: fix tracepoint UAF Vernon Yang
2026-08-24  9:29 ` Vernon Yang [this message]
2026-08-24 11:54   ` [PATCH v3 1/3] mm: khugepaged: fix swap entry value to folio_pfn() David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-08-26  2:44     ` Vernon Yang
2026-08-26  7:57       ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-08-26  8:07         ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-08-26  8:08           ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-08-26  8:11             ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-08-26  8:16               ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-08-26  8:24                 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-08-26  8:35                   ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-08-26  9:10                     ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-08-26  9:21                     ` Vernon Yang
2026-08-26 11:04                       ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-08-26  9:08         ` Vernon Yang
2026-08-24  9:29 ` [PATCH v3 2/3] mm: khugepaged: fix folio is used after pte_unmap_unlock() Vernon Yang
2026-08-24 11:57   ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-08-26  2:46     ` Vernon Yang
2026-08-26  7:58       ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-08-26  8:12   ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-08-26  8:42     ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-08-24  9:29 ` [PATCH v3 3/3] mm: khugepaged: fix folio is used after folio_put/unlock() Vernon Yang
2026-08-24 11:59   ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-08-26  2:47     ` Vernon Yang
2026-08-26  8:09   ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-08-26  8:14     ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-08-26  8:23       ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-08-26  8:41     ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)

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