From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A02E22F659B for ; Tue, 12 Aug 2025 16:18:46 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1755015527; cv=none; b=OUIvL1SoRpa/YsPQhUB52Ks/2zJ7+jmWZYefx3qV/Vlel9N+sYWALc0GxDJjsYaPWh3MTMK5QnCGdSGk89yq85YPEI0Us+3nT6ppkEVnONl57XBROflQzgpxLttIUQ878+6QEvaH2tobPqGQTMia84FsK7Kv2Iff22Uy4Mzjd8s= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1755015527; c=relaxed/simple; bh=a1jhJa7Dprc2yiYuLvP3+6v+4liLH1oTMz7k7gohuy8=; h=Subject:To:Cc:From:Date:Message-ID:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=BAvZxUZp0CHqb1+UCp3cZDOfj7X+oCkFNniQd6U+IaIh8pTIFN7wUEEk3YgL3HG/ZZe0t4ZvQng+23kLgxdE8cqafk15kG+1WvN76fUp0d8njBK/1UitpLD6J4e/V6ePrpPFKJK9b1HQ6KZL5yUSssQBp9iayzELVwOt9dfX1/M= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b=Lps602OF; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b="Lps602OF" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id A0B13C4CEF6; Tue, 12 Aug 2025 16:18:45 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1755015526; bh=a1jhJa7Dprc2yiYuLvP3+6v+4liLH1oTMz7k7gohuy8=; h=Subject:To:Cc:From:Date:From; b=Lps602OF7dZOce9sMwlP76b5jXZd91GjW+MjHifiDhEMMf1lS2P6fabG4OBctRlFz ShKOGtw78IKkkO0XQHsgnE7hni/Y1vcWf5pFFMAT21P2ShasVF+kzMXV+ZOpRpP8t9 dbCM6d5ifMq8LfaXQWhoJlPwuOn4MSzLqZRDm5ik= Subject: FAILED: patch "[PATCH] mm: fix a UAF when vma->mm is freed after vma->vm_refcnt got" failed to apply to 6.16-stable tree To: surenb@google.com,akpm@linux-foundation.org,jannh@google.com,liam.howlett@oracle.com,lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com,stable@vger.kernel.org,vbabka@suse.cz Cc: From: Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2025 18:18:37 +0200 Message-ID: <2025081237-buffed-scuba-d3f3@gregkh> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: stable@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit The patch below does not apply to the 6.16-stable tree. If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to . To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands: git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-6.16.y git checkout FETCH_HEAD git cherry-pick -x 9bbffee67ffd16360179327b57f3b1245579ef08 # git commit -s git send-email --to '' --in-reply-to '2025081237-buffed-scuba-d3f3@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 6.16.y' HEAD^.. Possible dependencies: thanks, greg k-h ------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------ >From 9bbffee67ffd16360179327b57f3b1245579ef08 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Suren Baghdasaryan Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2025 10:53:55 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] mm: fix a UAF when vma->mm is freed after vma->vm_refcnt got dropped By inducing delays in the right places, Jann Horn created a reproducer for a hard to hit UAF issue that became possible after VMAs were allowed to be recycled by adding SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU to their cache. Race description is borrowed from Jann's discovery report: lock_vma_under_rcu() looks up a VMA locklessly with mas_walk() under rcu_read_lock(). At that point, the VMA may be concurrently freed, and it can be recycled by another process. vma_start_read() then increments the vma->vm_refcnt (if it is in an acceptable range), and if this succeeds, vma_start_read() can return a recycled VMA. In this scenario where the VMA has been recycled, lock_vma_under_rcu() will then detect the mismatching ->vm_mm pointer and drop the VMA through vma_end_read(), which calls vma_refcount_put(). vma_refcount_put() drops the refcount and then calls rcuwait_wake_up() using a copy of vma->vm_mm. This is wrong: It implicitly assumes that the caller is keeping the VMA's mm alive, but in this scenario the caller has no relation to the VMA's mm, so the rcuwait_wake_up() can cause UAF. The diagram depicting the race: T1 T2 T3 == == == lock_vma_under_rcu mas_walk mmap vma_start_read __refcount_inc_not_zero_limited_acquire munmap __vma_enter_locked refcount_add_not_zero vma_end_read vma_refcount_put __refcount_dec_and_test rcuwait_wait_event rcuwait_wake_up [UAF] Note that rcuwait_wait_event() in T3 does not block because refcount was already dropped by T1. At this point T3 can exit and free the mm causing UAF in T1. To avoid this we move vma->vm_mm verification into vma_start_read() and grab vma->vm_mm to stabilize it before vma_refcount_put() operation. [surenb@google.com: v3] Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250729145709.2731370-1-surenb@google.com Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250728175355.2282375-1-surenb@google.com Fixes: 3104138517fc ("mm: make vma cache SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU") Signed-off-by: Suren Baghdasaryan Reported-by: Jann Horn Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAG48ez0-deFbVH=E3jbkWx=X3uVbd8nWeo6kbJPQ0KoUD+m2tA@mail.gmail.com/ Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka Acked-by: Lorenzo Stoakes Cc: Jann Horn Cc: Liam Howlett Cc: Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton diff --git a/include/linux/mmap_lock.h b/include/linux/mmap_lock.h index 1f4f44951abe..11a078de9150 100644 --- a/include/linux/mmap_lock.h +++ b/include/linux/mmap_lock.h @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ extern int rcuwait_wake_up(struct rcuwait *w); #include #include #include +#include #define MMAP_LOCK_INITIALIZER(name) \ .mmap_lock = __RWSEM_INITIALIZER((name).mmap_lock), @@ -154,6 +155,10 @@ static inline void vma_refcount_put(struct vm_area_struct *vma) * reused and attached to a different mm before we lock it. * Returns the vma on success, NULL on failure to lock and EAGAIN if vma got * detached. + * + * WARNING! The vma passed to this function cannot be used if the function + * fails to lock it because in certain cases RCU lock is dropped and then + * reacquired. Once RCU lock is dropped the vma can be concurently freed. */ static inline struct vm_area_struct *vma_start_read(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma) @@ -183,6 +188,31 @@ static inline struct vm_area_struct *vma_start_read(struct mm_struct *mm, } rwsem_acquire_read(&vma->vmlock_dep_map, 0, 1, _RET_IP_); + + /* + * If vma got attached to another mm from under us, that mm is not + * stable and can be freed in the narrow window after vma->vm_refcnt + * is dropped and before rcuwait_wake_up(mm) is called. Grab it before + * releasing vma->vm_refcnt. + */ + if (unlikely(vma->vm_mm != mm)) { + /* Use a copy of vm_mm in case vma is freed after we drop vm_refcnt */ + struct mm_struct *other_mm = vma->vm_mm; + + /* + * __mmdrop() is a heavy operation and we don't need RCU + * protection here. Release RCU lock during these operations. + * We reinstate the RCU read lock as the caller expects it to + * be held when this function returns even on error. + */ + rcu_read_unlock(); + mmgrab(other_mm); + vma_refcount_put(vma); + mmdrop(other_mm); + rcu_read_lock(); + return NULL; + } + /* * Overflow of vm_lock_seq/mm_lock_seq might produce false locked result. * False unlocked result is impossible because we modify and check diff --git a/mm/mmap_lock.c b/mm/mmap_lock.c index 729fb7d0dd59..b006cec8e6fe 100644 --- a/mm/mmap_lock.c +++ b/mm/mmap_lock.c @@ -164,8 +164,7 @@ struct vm_area_struct *lock_vma_under_rcu(struct mm_struct *mm, */ /* Check if the vma we locked is the right one. */ - if (unlikely(vma->vm_mm != mm || - address < vma->vm_start || address >= vma->vm_end)) + if (unlikely(address < vma->vm_start || address >= vma->vm_end)) goto inval_end_read; rcu_read_unlock(); @@ -236,11 +235,8 @@ struct vm_area_struct *lock_next_vma(struct mm_struct *mm, goto fallback; } - /* - * Verify the vma we locked belongs to the same address space and it's - * not behind of the last search position. - */ - if (unlikely(vma->vm_mm != mm || from_addr >= vma->vm_end)) + /* Verify the vma is not behind the last search position. */ + if (unlikely(from_addr >= vma->vm_end)) goto fallback_unlock; /*