FAILED: patch "[PATCH] mm/huge_memory: fix NULL pointer deference when splitting" failed to apply to 6.12-stable tree

[<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

The patch below does not apply to the 6.12-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 <stable@vger.kernel.org>.

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-6.12.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x cff47b9e39a6abf03dde5f4f156f841b0c54bba0
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2025120102-geranium-elevator-ca86@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 6.12.y' HEAD^..

Possible dependencies:



thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From cff47b9e39a6abf03dde5f4f156f841b0c54bba0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2025 23:53:02 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] mm/huge_memory: fix NULL pointer deference when splitting
 folio

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>

diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index 2f2a521e5d68..6cba1cb14b23 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -3619,6 +3619,16 @@ static int __folio_split(struct folio *folio, unsigned int new_order,
 	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 *folio, unsigned int new_order,
 		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;