The vmf->page can be NULL when the wp_page_reuse() is invoked
by wp_pfn_shared(), it will cause the following panic:
[ 12.981200] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 000000000000008
[ 12.981954] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
[ 12.982615] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
[ 12.983146] PGD 0 P4D 0
[ 12.983417] Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI
[ 12.983846] CPU: 18 PID: 923 Comm: Xorg Not tainted 5.19.0-rc8.bm.1-amd64 #263
[ 12.984606] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.14.0-0-g14
[ 12.985760] RIP: 0010:_compound_head+0x0/0x40
[...]
[ 12.995932] Call Trace:
[ 12.996199] <TASK>
[ 12.996424] wp_page_reuse+0x1c/0xa0
[ 12.996800] do_wp_page+0x1a5/0x3f0
[ 12.997169] __handle_mm_fault+0x8cf/0xd20
[ 12.997587] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x23/0x35
[ 12.998105] handle_mm_fault+0xd5/0x2a0
[ 12.998499] do_user_addr_fault+0x1d0/0x680
[ 12.998930] exc_page_fault+0x78/0x170
[ 12.999321] asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30
To fix it, this patch performs a NULL pointer check before
dereferencing the vmf->page.
Fixes: 6c287605fd56 ("mm: remember exclusively mapped anonymous pages with PG_anon_exclusive")
Signed-off-by: Qi Zheng <[email protected]>
---
mm/memory.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 4cf7d4b6c950..9174918ce3f7 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -3043,7 +3043,7 @@ static inline void wp_page_reuse(struct vm_fault *vmf)
pte_t entry;
VM_BUG_ON(!(vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_WRITE));
- VM_BUG_ON(PageAnon(page) && !PageAnonExclusive(page));
+ VM_BUG_ON(page && PageAnon(page) && !PageAnonExclusive(page));
/*
* Clear the pages cpupid information as the existing
--
2.20.1
On 26.07.22 08:24, Qi Zheng wrote:
> The vmf->page can be NULL when the wp_page_reuse() is invoked
> by wp_pfn_shared(), it will cause the following panic:
>
> [ 12.981200] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 000000000000008
> [ 12.981954] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
> [ 12.982615] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
> [ 12.983146] PGD 0 P4D 0
> [ 12.983417] Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI
> [ 12.983846] CPU: 18 PID: 923 Comm: Xorg Not tainted 5.19.0-rc8.bm.1-amd64 #263
> [ 12.984606] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.14.0-0-g14
> [ 12.985760] RIP: 0010:_compound_head+0x0/0x40
> [...]
> [ 12.995932] Call Trace:
> [ 12.996199] <TASK>
> [ 12.996424] wp_page_reuse+0x1c/0xa0
> [ 12.996800] do_wp_page+0x1a5/0x3f0
> [ 12.997169] __handle_mm_fault+0x8cf/0xd20
> [ 12.997587] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x23/0x35
> [ 12.998105] handle_mm_fault+0xd5/0x2a0
> [ 12.998499] do_user_addr_fault+0x1d0/0x680
> [ 12.998930] exc_page_fault+0x78/0x170
> [ 12.999321] asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30
>
> To fix it, this patch performs a NULL pointer check before
> dereferencing the vmf->page.
>
> Fixes: 6c287605fd56 ("mm: remember exclusively mapped anonymous pages with PG_anon_exclusive")
> Signed-off-by: Qi Zheng <[email protected]>
> ---
> mm/memory.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
> index 4cf7d4b6c950..9174918ce3f7 100644
> --- a/mm/memory.c
> +++ b/mm/memory.c
> @@ -3043,7 +3043,7 @@ static inline void wp_page_reuse(struct vm_fault *vmf)
> pte_t entry;
>
> VM_BUG_ON(!(vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_WRITE));
> - VM_BUG_ON(PageAnon(page) && !PageAnonExclusive(page));
> + VM_BUG_ON(page && PageAnon(page) && !PageAnonExclusive(page));
>
> /*
> * Clear the pages cpupid information as the existing
Indeed, fortunately, only an issue in the VM_BUG_ON statement
Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <[email protected]>
--
Thanks,
David / dhildenb
On Tue, Jul 26, 2022 at 12:45 AM David Hildenbrand <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > VM_BUG_ON(!(vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_WRITE));
> > - VM_BUG_ON(PageAnon(page) && !PageAnonExclusive(page));
> > + VM_BUG_ON(page && PageAnon(page) && !PageAnonExclusive(page));
>
> Indeed, fortunately, only an issue in the VM_BUG_ON statement
Well, at least Fedora ends up enabling CONFIG_DEBUG_VM by default, so
normal people - not just VM people - can definitely see this.
> Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <[email protected]>
Applied.
Linus