From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: "Iván Ezequiel Rodriguez" <ivanrwcm25@gmail.com>,
"Mark Brown" <broonie@kernel.org>,
"Catalin Marinas" <catalin.marinas@arm.com>,
"Sasha Levin" <sashal@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 6.18.y] arm64/gcs: release GCS on failed fork
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:49:06 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261111134838.1649375-1-sashal@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261107051555-failed-6.18-078e122f3bf0@kernel.org>
From: Iván Ezequiel Rodriguez <ivanrwcm25@gmail.com>
[ Upstream commit 078e122f3bf000dd45965997b66deac10ee580fa ]
copy_thread() can map a CLONE_VM GCS and still return 0. A later
copy_process() failure calls exit_thread(), but arm64 did not
implement it, so the VMA stayed in the parent's mm. Wire
HAVE_EXIT_THREAD to gcs_free().
Kernel threads created with CLONE_VM (io_uring and vhost workers)
inherit the parent's gcs_base/gcs_size from arch_dup_task_struct()
without allocating their own GCS. When such a thread exits,
exit_mm() -> mm_release() -> deactivate_mm() -> gcs_free() unmaps the
parent's GCS. With the new exit_thread(), a failed copy_process() for
one of these threads would do the same. Clear these fields in
copy_thread().
Fixes: 506496bcbb42 ("arm64/gcs: Ensure that new threads have a GCS")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Iván Ezequiel Rodriguez <ivanrwcm25@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
Tested-by: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
[ sashal: Placed exit_thread() before the existing erratum helper conditional block. ]
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
arch/arm64/Kconfig | 1 +
arch/arm64/kernel/process.c | 17 +++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 18 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
index 2e567a7d89c9b..66b7284ce751d 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@ config ARM64
select HAVE_SAMPLE_FTRACE_DIRECT_MULTI
select HAVE_BUILDTIME_MCOUNT_SORT
select HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS
+ select HAVE_EXIT_THREAD
select HAVE_GUP_FAST
select HAVE_FTRACE_GRAPH_FUNC
select HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/process.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/process.c
index 4c328b7c79ba3..b3cde5f60b00f 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/process.c
@@ -319,9 +319,18 @@ static int copy_thread_gcs(struct task_struct *p,
return 0;
}
+static void gcs_reset_thread(struct task_struct *task)
+{
+ task->thread.gcs_base = 0;
+ task->thread.gcs_size = 0;
+ task->thread.gcspr_el0 = 0;
+}
+
#else
static void flush_gcs(void) { }
+static void gcs_reset_thread(struct task_struct *task) { }
+
static int copy_thread_gcs(struct task_struct *p,
const struct kernel_clone_args *args)
{
@@ -340,6 +349,12 @@ void flush_thread(void)
flush_gcs();
}
+void exit_thread(struct task_struct *tsk)
+{
+ /* Failed fork after copy_thread(); deactivate_mm() does not run. */
+ gcs_free(tsk);
+}
+
#ifdef CONFIG_ARM64_ERRATUM_4193714
static void arch_dup_tlbbatch_mask(struct task_struct *dst)
@@ -537,6 +552,8 @@ int copy_thread(struct task_struct *p, const struct kernel_clone_args *args)
p->thread.cpu_context.x19 = (unsigned long)args->fn;
p->thread.cpu_context.x20 = (unsigned long)args->fn_arg;
+ /* Kernel threads sharing the parent's mm must not free its GCS. */
+ gcs_reset_thread(p);
if (system_supports_poe())
p->thread.por_el0 = POR_EL0_INIT;
--
2.53.0
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