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From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Qi Zheng <zhengqi.arch@bytedance.com>,
	Muchun Song <muchun.song@linux.dev>,
	Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>,
	Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@linux.dev>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 6.1.y 2/2] mm: shrinker: fix NULL pointer dereference in debugfs
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2026 16:16:03 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260715201603.63084-2-sashal@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260715201603.63084-1-sashal@kernel.org>

From: Qi Zheng <zhengqi.arch@bytedance.com>

[ Upstream commit e30453c61e185e914fde83c650e268067b140218 ]

shrinker_debugfs_add() creates both "count" and "scan" debugfs files
unconditionally.

That assumes every shrinker implements both count_objects() and
scan_objects(), which is not guaranteed.  For example, the xen-backend
shrinker sets count_objects() but leaves scan_objects() NULL, so writing
to its scan file calls through a NULL function pointer and panics the
kernel:

BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000
RIP: 0010:0x0
Code: Unable to access opcode bytes at 0xffffffffffffffd6.
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 shrinker_debugfs_scan_write+0x12e/0x270
 full_proxy_write+0x5f/0x90
 vfs_write+0xde/0x420
 ? filp_flush+0x75/0x90
 ? filp_close+0x1d/0x30
 ? do_dup2+0xb8/0x120
 ksys_write+0x68/0xf0
 ? filp_flush+0x75/0x90
 do_syscall_64+0xb3/0x5b0
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e

The count path has the same issue in principle if a shrinker omits
count_objects().

To fix it, only create "count" and "scan" debugfs files when the
corresponding callbacks are present.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260617090052.27325-1-qi.zheng@linux.dev
Fixes: bbf535fd6f06 ("mm: shrinkers: add scan interface for shrinker debugfs")
Signed-off-by: Qi Zheng <zhengqi.arch@bytedance.com>
Reviewed-by: Muchun Song <muchun.song@linux.dev>
Cc: Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>
Cc: Qi Zheng <zhengqi.arch@bytedance.com>
Cc: Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@linux.dev>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
 mm/shrinker_debug.c | 10 ++++++----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/shrinker_debug.c b/mm/shrinker_debug.c
index 6133c8d00f116b..9f3fabe1bf30cd 100644
--- a/mm/shrinker_debug.c
+++ b/mm/shrinker_debug.c
@@ -198,10 +198,12 @@ int shrinker_debugfs_add(struct shrinker *shrinker)
 	}
 	shrinker->debugfs_entry = entry;
 
-	debugfs_create_file("count", 0440, entry, shrinker,
-			    &shrinker_debugfs_count_fops);
-	debugfs_create_file("scan", 0220, entry, shrinker,
-			    &shrinker_debugfs_scan_fops);
+	if (shrinker->count_objects)
+		debugfs_create_file("count", 0440, entry, shrinker,
+				    &shrinker_debugfs_count_fops);
+	if (shrinker->scan_objects)
+		debugfs_create_file("scan", 0220, entry, shrinker,
+				    &shrinker_debugfs_scan_fops);
 	return 0;
 }
 
-- 
2.53.0


      reply	other threads:[~2026-07-15 20:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-07-13 13:42 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] mm: shrinker: fix NULL pointer dereference in debugfs" failed to apply to 6.1-stable tree gregkh
2026-07-15 20:16 ` [PATCH 6.1.y 1/2] mm: shrinkers: fix debugfs file permissions Sasha Levin
2026-07-15 20:16   ` Sasha Levin [this message]

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