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From: syzbot <syzbot+33a04338019ac7e43a44@syzkaller.appspotmail.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, syzkaller-bugs@googlegroups.com
Subject: Forwarded: [PATCH] KVM: guest_memfd: Reject large folios until support is implemented
Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2026 07:11:51 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <6980beb7.a00a0220.488d7.000c.GAE@google.com> (raw)
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Subject: [PATCH] KVM: guest_memfd: Reject large folios until support is implemented
Author: kartikey406@gmail.com

#syz test: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master


Large folios are not yet supported in guest_memfd (see TODO comment
in kvm_gmem_get_folio()), but can still be allocated if userspace
uses madvise(MADV_HUGEPAGE), which overrides the folio order
restrictions set by mapping_set_folio_order_range().

When a large folio is allocated, it triggers WARN_ON_ONCE() at line
416 in kvm_gmem_fault_user_mapping(), causing a kernel panic if
panic_on_warn is enabled.

Add mapping_set_folio_order_range(0, 0) as defense in depth, and
actively check for large folios in kvm_gmem_get_folio() on both
the fast-path (existing folio) and slow-path (newly created folio).
If a large folio is found, unlock it, drop the reference, and return
-E2BIG to prevent the WARNING from triggering.

This avoids kernel panics when panic_on_warn is enabled.

Reported-by: syzbot+33a04338019ac7e43a44@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Signed-off-by: Deepanshu Kartikey <Kartikey406@gmail.com>
---
 virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c | 19 ++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c b/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
index fdaea3422c30..ee5bcf238f98 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
@@ -143,13 +143,29 @@ static struct folio *kvm_gmem_get_folio(struct inode *inode, pgoff_t index)
 	folio = __filemap_get_folio(inode->i_mapping, index,
 				    FGP_LOCK | FGP_ACCESSED, 0);
 	if (!IS_ERR(folio))
-		return folio;
+		goto check_folio;
 
 	policy = mpol_shared_policy_lookup(&GMEM_I(inode)->policy, index);
 	folio = __filemap_get_folio_mpol(inode->i_mapping, index,
 					 FGP_LOCK | FGP_ACCESSED | FGP_CREAT,
 					 mapping_gfp_mask(inode->i_mapping), policy);
 	mpol_cond_put(policy);
+	if (IS_ERR(folio))
+		return folio;
+check_folio:
+	/*
+	 * Large folios are not supported yet. This can still happen
+	 * despite mapping_set_folio_order_range() if userspace uses
+	 * madvise(MADV_HUGEPAGE) which can override the folio order
+	 * restrictions. Reject the large folio and remove it from
+	 * the page cache so the next fault can allocate a order-0
+	 * page instead.
+	 */
+	if (folio_test_large(folio)) {
+		folio_unlock(folio);
+		folio_put(folio);
+		return ERR_PTR(-E2BIG);
+	}
 
 	return folio;
 }
@@ -596,6 +612,7 @@ static int __kvm_gmem_create(struct kvm *kvm, loff_t size, u64 flags)
 	inode->i_mode |= S_IFREG;
 	inode->i_size = size;
 	mapping_set_gfp_mask(inode->i_mapping, GFP_HIGHUSER);
+	mapping_set_folio_order_range(inode->i_mapping, 0, 0);
 	mapping_set_inaccessible(inode->i_mapping);
 	/* Unmovable mappings are supposed to be marked unevictable as well. */
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(!mapping_unevictable(inode->i_mapping));
-- 
2.43.0



  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-02-02 15:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-01-30 20:15 [syzbot] [kvm?] WARNING in kvm_gmem_fault_user_mapping syzbot
2026-02-01  4:57 ` Forwarded: [PATCH] KVM: guest_memfd: Restrict to order-0 folios until large folio support is implemented syzbot
2026-02-01  5:48 ` syzbot
2026-02-01  7:48 ` syzbot
2026-02-01 11:08 ` syzbot
2026-02-02  8:34 ` Forwarded: [PATCH] KVM: guest_memfd: Reject large folios until " syzbot
2026-02-02 15:11 ` syzbot [this message]
2026-02-03 20:06 ` Forwarded: [PATCH 1/2] KVM: guest_memfd: Always use order 0 when allocating for guest_memfd syzbot
2026-02-04 17:01 ` [PATCH] KVM: guest_memfd: Disable VMA merging with VM_DONTEXPAND Ackerley Tng
2026-02-04 18:21   ` [syzbot] [kvm?] WARNING in kvm_gmem_fault_user_mapping syzbot
2026-02-04 19:10   ` [PATCH] KVM: guest_memfd: Disable VMA merging with VM_DONTEXPAND Ackerley Tng
2026-02-04 21:37     ` Sean Christopherson
2026-02-04 21:45       ` David Hildenbrand (arm)
2026-02-04 23:17         ` Ackerley Tng
2026-02-08 17:34           ` Ackerley Tng
2026-02-09  3:40             ` Deepanshu Kartikey
2026-02-09 10:38             ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-02-09 18:24               ` Ackerley Tng
2026-02-09 19:38                 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-02-09  1:55 ` Forwarded: [PATCH] KVM: guest_memfd: Prevent THP collapse of guest_memfd pages syzbot
2026-02-09  2:02 ` Forwarded: [PATCH] mm: thp: Deny THP for guest_memfd and secretmem in file_thp_enabled() syzbot
2026-02-09 13:11 ` syzbot
2026-02-13 15:43 ` Forwarded: [PATCH] mm: thp: deny THP for files on anonymous inodes syzbot

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