* [merged mm-hotfixes-stable] mm-huge_memory-fix-null-pointer-deference-when-splitting-folio.patch removed from -mm tree
@ 2025-11-24 22:26 Andrew Morton
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From: Andrew Morton @ 2025-11-24 22:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: mm-commits, ziy, stable, david, baolin.wang, richard.weiyang,
akpm
The quilt patch titled
Subject: mm/huge_memory: fix NULL pointer deference when splitting folio
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
mm-huge_memory-fix-null-pointer-deference-when-splitting-folio.patch
This patch was dropped because it was merged into the mm-hotfixes-stable branch
of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm
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From: Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@gmail.com>
Subject: mm/huge_memory: fix NULL pointer deference when splitting folio
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2025 23:53:02 +0000
Commit c010d47f107f ("mm: thp: split huge page to any lower order pages")
introduced an early check on the folio's order via mapping->flags before
proceeding with the split work.
This check introduced a bug: for shmem folios in the swap cache and
truncated folios, the mapping pointer can be NULL. Accessing
mapping->flags in this state leads directly to a NULL pointer dereference.
This commit fixes the issue by moving the check for mapping != NULL before
any attempt to access mapping->flags.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20251119235302.24773-1-richard.weiyang@gmail.com
Fixes: c010d47f107f ("mm: thp: split huge page to any lower order pages")
Signed-off-by: Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>
Acked-by: David Hildenbrand (Red Hat) <david@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---
mm/huge_memory.c | 22 ++++++++++------------
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c~mm-huge_memory-fix-null-pointer-deference-when-splitting-folio
+++ a/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -3619,6 +3619,16 @@ static int __folio_split(struct folio *f
if (folio != page_folio(split_at) || folio != page_folio(lock_at))
return -EINVAL;
+ /*
+ * Folios that just got truncated cannot get split. Signal to the
+ * caller that there was a race.
+ *
+ * TODO: this will also currently refuse shmem folios that are in the
+ * swapcache.
+ */
+ if (!is_anon && !folio->mapping)
+ return -EBUSY;
+
if (new_order >= folio_order(folio))
return -EINVAL;
@@ -3659,18 +3669,6 @@ static int __folio_split(struct folio *f
gfp_t gfp;
mapping = folio->mapping;
-
- /* Truncated ? */
- /*
- * TODO: add support for large shmem folio in swap cache.
- * When shmem is in swap cache, mapping is NULL and
- * folio_test_swapcache() is true.
- */
- if (!mapping) {
- ret = -EBUSY;
- goto out;
- }
-
min_order = mapping_min_folio_order(folio->mapping);
if (new_order < min_order) {
ret = -EINVAL;
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from richard.weiyang@gmail.com are
mm-huge_memory-add-pmd-folio-to-ds_queue-in-do_huge_zero_wp_pmd.patch
mm-khugepaged-unify-pmd-folio-installation-with-map_anon_folio_pmd.patch
mm-huge_memory-only-get-folio_order-once-during-__folio_split.patch
mm-huge_memory-introduce-enum-split_type-for-clarity.patch
mm-huge_memory-merge-uniform_split_supported-and-non_uniform_split_supported.patch
mm-khugepaged-remove-redundant-clearing-of-struct-collapse_control.patch
mm-khugepaged-continue-to-collapse-on-scan_pmd_none.patch
mm-khugepaged-unify-scan_pmd_none-and-scan_pmd_null-into-scan_no_pte_table.patch
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