From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: "David Hildenbrand (Arm)" <david@kernel.org>,
Josef Bacik <josef@toxicpanda.com>,
"Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)" <rppt@kernel.org>,
"Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)" <ljs@kernel.org>,
Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>,
Muhammad Usama Anjum <usama.anjum@arm.com>,
Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 6.6.y] mm/userfaultfd: write-lock the VMA before waking waiters when unregistering
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2026 17:56:14 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261111225545.347124-1-sashal@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261109201329-failed-6.6-35f7ecd55ce7@kernel.org>
From: "David Hildenbrand (Arm)" <david@kernel.org>
[ Upstream commit 35f7ecd55ce7e51cb6d5ef49e6dd51f3c80f61e4 ]
userfaultfd_unregister() wakes pending missing faults before clearing the
VMA's userfaultfd registration. With per-VMA fault locking, holding
mmap_lock for write does not prevent another fault from queuing after
the wakeup but before userfaultfd_clear_vma() write-locks the VMA. That
waiter can then remain asleep indefinitely.
Call vma_start_write() before waking waiters. Existing fault handlers
queue themselves before dropping the VMA read lock, and new readers are
excluded until mmap_write_unlock().
Fixes: 29a22b9e08d7 ("mm: handle userfaults under VMA lock")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reported-by: Josef Bacik <josef@toxicpanda.com>
Reviewed-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) <ljs@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>
Tested-by: Muhammad Usama Anjum <usama.anjum@arm.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20261031-fixes_core-v3-23-d6437171ecc3@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <david@kernel.org>
[ sashal: adjusted the patch location because userfaultfd still resides in the filesystem subsystem ]
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
fs/userfaultfd.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/fs/userfaultfd.c b/fs/userfaultfd.c
index bd64d6b9cf899..11b4ed7efa5f8 100644
--- a/fs/userfaultfd.c
+++ b/fs/userfaultfd.c
@@ -1664,6 +1664,9 @@ static int userfaultfd_unregister(struct userfaultfd_ctx *ctx,
start = vma->vm_start;
vma_end = min(end, vma->vm_end);
+ /* Prevent new userfaults from being queued after the wakeup. */
+ vma_start_write(vma);
+
if (userfaultfd_missing(vma)) {
/*
* Wake any concurrent pending userfault while
--
2.53.0
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