linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 4/4] mm: page_table_check: Ensure user pages are not slab pages

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Date:   Tue, 16 May 2023 10:14:26 -0400
From:   Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@...een.com>
To:     David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
Cc:     Ruihan Li <lrh2000@....edu.cn>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        syzbot+fcf1a817ceb50935ce99@...kaller.appspotmail.com,
        stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 4/4] mm: page_table_check: Ensure user pages are not
 slab pages

> >> Acked-by: Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@...een.com>
> >>
> >> I would also update order in mm/memory.c
> >> static int validate_page_before_insert(struct page *page)
> >> {
> >> if (PageAnon(page) || PageSlab(page) || page_has_type(page))
> >>
> >> It is not strictly a bug there, as it works by accident, but
> >> PageSlab() should go before PageAnon(), because without checking if
> >> this is PageSlab() we should not be testing for PageAnon().
> >
> > Right. Perhaps it would be better to send another patch for this
> > separately.

Yes, as a separate from this series patch would work.

>
> Probably not really worth it IMHO. With PageSlab() we might have
> PageAnon() false-positives. Either will take the same path here ...

That is correct, it works by accident, but it is not a good idea to
keep a broken logic at least because it may be copied into other
places.