linux-kernel - Re: [BUGFIX] NULL pointer dereference in __vm_enough

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Message-ID: <661de9470708110730r1267bdfdp1e76546e11b64f78@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Sat, 11 Aug 2007 20:00:12 +0530
From:	"Balbir Singh" <balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [BUGFIX] NULL pointer dereference in __vm_enough_memory()

On 8/11/07, Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@...il.com> wrote:
> Andrew,
>
> I'm not sure if this patch is the right fix for the bug.  But it do
> stops the oops message. The bug also happens in 2.6.23-rc1-mm2/2.6.23-rc2-mm2.
> I'm running debian/sid. The .config is attached.
>
>
> Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000138 RIP
>  [<ffffffff81092f66>] __vm_enough_memory+0x76/0x120
> PGD 7cd84067 PUD 7d9c3067 PMD 0
> Oops: 0000 [2] SMP
> CPU 1
> Modules linked in: eeprom lm85 hwmon_vid i2c_core tun fuse kvm snd_hda_intel snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_pcm snd_timer sg snd soundcore sr_mod cdrom snd_page_alloc pcspkr evdev button raid0 usbhid sd_mod uhci_hcd ehci_hcd ata_piix ahci ohci1394 ieee1394 thermal processor fan
> Pid: 4305, comm: khelper Tainted: G      D 2.6.23-rc2 #9
> RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff81092f66>]  [<ffffffff81092f66>] __vm_enough_memory+0x76/0x120
> RSP: 0000:ffff81007a3d1d30  EFLAGS: 00010206
> RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000001 RCX: 000000000003e142
> RDX: 00000000000004f4 RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: 0000000000000001
> RBP: ffff81007a3d1d40 R08: ffff81007a3d1d78 R09: 0000000000000000
> R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000001
> R13: 0000000000000000 R14: ffff81007d0c0188 R15: ffff81007d577b18
> FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff81007efa11d0(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
> CS:  0010 DS: 0018 ES: 0018 CR0: 000000008005003b
> CR2: 0000000000000138 CR3: 000000003799b000 CR4: 00000000000006e0
> DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
> DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
> Process khelper (pid: 4305, threadinfo ffff81007a3d0000, task ffff81007a30acc0)
> Stack:  0000000000000001 ffff81007d577b18 ffff81007a3d1d60 ffffffff811297ff
>  0000000000000001 ffff810037c84bb8 ffff81007a3d1da0 ffffffff81092532
>  ffff81007d0c0188 0000000000000000 ffff81007d577b20 0000000000000000
> Call Trace:
>  [<ffffffff811297ff>] cap_vm_enough_memory+0x2f/0x40
>  [<ffffffff81092532>] insert_vm_struct+0xa2/0xb0
>  [<ffffffff810b020e>] bprm_mm_init+0x11e/0x1b0
>  [<ffffffff810b1b71>] do_execve+0x81/0x220
>  [<ffffffff8104bf90>] __call_usermodehelper+0x0/0x90
>  [<ffffffff8100abc6>] sys_execve+0x46/0xb0
>  [<ffffffff8104bf90>] __call_usermodehelper+0x0/0x90
>  [<ffffffff8100cf64>] kernel_execve+0x64/0xd0
>  [<ffffffff8104bf90>] __call_usermodehelper+0x0/0x90
>  [<ffffffff8104c384>] ____call_usermodehelper+0x174/0x190
>  [<ffffffff8100cef8>] child_rip+0xa/0x12
>  [<ffffffff810356f8>] schedule_tail+0x78/0x100
>  [<ffffffff8100c60c>] restore_args+0x0/0x30
>  [<ffffffff8104c210>] ____call_usermodehelper+0x0/0x190
>  [<ffffffff8100ceee>] child_rip+0x0/0x12
>
>
> Code: 48 8b 80 38 01 00 00 48 c1 e8 05 48 29 c1 48 39 ca 0f 8c 89
> RIP  [<ffffffff81092f66>] __vm_enough_memory+0x76/0x120
>  RSP <ffff81007a3d1d30>
> CR2: 0000000000000138
>
> Signed-off-by: Fengguang Wu <wfg@...l.ustc.edu.cn>
> ---
>  mm/mmap.c |    3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> --- linux-2.6.23-rc2-mm2.orig/mm/mmap.c
> +++ linux-2.6.23-rc2-mm2/mm/mmap.c
> @@ -166,7 +166,8 @@ int __vm_enough_memory(long pages, int c
>
>         /* Don't let a single process grow too big:
>            leave 3% of the size of this process for other processes */
> -       allowed -= current->mm->total_vm / 32;
> +       if (current->mm)
> +               allowed -= current->mm->total_vm / 32;
>
>         /*
>          * cast `allowed' as a signed long because vm_committed_space
>
>

Shouldn't we just not stop vm accounting for kernel threads?

Warm Regards,
Balbir Singh
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