linux-kernel - [PATCH] mempolicy: migration attempt to match interleave nodes: fix

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Date:   Mon, 23 Oct 2023 23:50:42 -0700 (PDT)
From:   Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>
To:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
cc:     Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>, Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
        Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@...cle.com>,
        David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>,
        Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com>,
        Yang Shi <shy828301@...il.com>,
        Sidhartha Kumar <sidhartha.kumar@...cle.com>,
        Vishal Moola <vishal.moola@...il.com>,
        Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@...wei.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
        Mel Gorman <mgorman@...hsingularity.net>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>,
        "Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@...el.com>,
        "Liam R. Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@...cle.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: [PATCH] mempolicy: migration attempt to match interleave nodes:
 fix

mm-unstable commit edd33b8807a1 ("mempolicy: migration attempt to match
interleave nodes") added a second vma_iter search to do_mbind(), to
determine the interleave index to be used in the MPOL_INTERLEAVE case.

But sadly it added it just after the mmap_write_unlock(), leaving this
new VMA search unprotected: and so syzbot reports suspicious RCU usage
from lib/maple_tree.c:856.

This could be fixed with an rcu_read_lock/unlock() pair (per Liam);
but since we have been relying on the mmap_lock up to this point, it's
slightly better to extend it over the new search too, for a well-defined
result consistent with the policy this mbind() is establishing (rather
than whatever might follow once the mmap_lock is dropped).

Reported-by: syzbot+79fcba037b6df73756d3@...kaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/000000000000c05f1b0608657fde@google.com/
Fixes: edd33b8807a1 ("mempolicy: migration attempt to match interleave nodes")
Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>
---
 mm/mempolicy.c | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index 989293180eb6..5e472e6e0507 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -1291,8 +1291,6 @@ static long do_mbind(unsigned long start, unsigned long len,
 		}
 	}
 
-	mmap_write_unlock(mm);
-
 	if (!err && !list_empty(&pagelist)) {
 		/* Convert MPOL_DEFAULT's NULL to task or default policy */
 		if (!new) {
@@ -1334,7 +1332,11 @@ static long do_mbind(unsigned long start, unsigned long len,
 				mmpol.ilx -= page->index >> order;
 			}
 		}
+	}
 
+	mmap_write_unlock(mm);
+
+	if (!err && !list_empty(&pagelist)) {
 		nr_failed |= migrate_pages(&pagelist,
 				alloc_migration_target_by_mpol, NULL,
 				(unsigned long)&mmpol, MIGRATE_SYNC,
-- 
2.35.3