linux-kernel - Re: [syzbot] [mm?] possible deadlock in move

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Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2024 18:45:54 +0800
From: Hillf Danton <hdanton@...a.com>
To: syzbot <syzbot+49056626fe41e01f2ba7@...kaller.appspotmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	syzkaller-bugs@...glegroups.com
Subject: Re: [syzbot] [mm?] possible deadlock in move_pages

On Tue, 19 Mar 2024 02:52:16 -0700
> syzbot found the following issue on:
> 
> HEAD commit:    e5eb28f6d1af Merge tag 'mm-nonmm-stable-2024-03-14-09-36' ..
> git tree:       upstream
> C reproducer:   https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/repro.c?x=173b7ac9180000

#syz test https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git  e5eb28f6d1af

--- x/mm/userfaultfd.c
+++ y/mm/userfaultfd.c
@@ -1442,9 +1442,9 @@ static int uffd_move_lock(struct mm_stru
 		 * See comment in lock_vma() as to why not using
 		 * vma_start_read() here.
 		 */
-		down_read(&(*dst_vmap)->vm_lock->lock);
+		down_read_nested(&(*dst_vmap)->vm_lock->lock, 1);
 		if (*dst_vmap != *src_vmap)
-			down_read(&(*src_vmap)->vm_lock->lock);
+			down_read_nested(&(*src_vmap)->vm_lock->lock, 2);
 	}
 	mmap_read_unlock(mm);
 	return err;
--