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From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@gmail.com>, Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>,
	"David Hildenbrand (Red Hat)" <david@kernel.org>,
	Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 6.12.y] mm/huge_memory: fix NULL pointer deference when splitting folio
Date: Mon,  1 Dec 2025 17:18:18 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251201221818.1285944-1-sashal@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2025120102-geranium-elevator-ca86@gregkh>

From: Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@gmail.com>

[ Upstream commit cff47b9e39a6abf03dde5f4f156f841b0c54bba0 ]

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>
[ applied fix to split_huge_page_to_list_to_order() instead of __folio_split() ]
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
 mm/huge_memory.c | 17 ++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index d68a22c729fb3..2065374c7e9e6 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -3404,6 +3404,16 @@ int split_huge_page_to_list_to_order(struct page *page, struct list_head *list,
 	if (new_order >= folio_order(folio))
 		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 (is_anon) {
 		/* order-1 is not supported for anonymous THP. */
 		if (new_order == 1) {
@@ -3466,13 +3476,6 @@ int split_huge_page_to_list_to_order(struct page *page, struct list_head *list,
 		gfp_t gfp;
 
 		mapping = folio->mapping;
-
-		/* Truncated ? */
-		if (!mapping) {
-			ret = -EBUSY;
-			goto out;
-		}
-
 		min_order = mapping_min_folio_order(folio->mapping);
 		if (new_order < min_order) {
 			VM_WARN_ONCE(1, "Cannot split mapped folio below min-order: %u",
-- 
2.51.0


  reply	other threads:[~2025-12-01 22:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-12-01 16:04 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] mm/huge_memory: fix NULL pointer deference when splitting" failed to apply to 6.12-stable tree gregkh
2025-12-01 22:18 ` Sasha Levin [this message]
2025-12-02  7:44   ` [PATCH 6.12.y] mm/huge_memory: fix NULL pointer deference when splitting folio Wei Yang

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