linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 6.12.y v2] mm/mmap: fix __mmap_region() error handling in rare merge failure case

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite for Android: free password hash cracker in your pocket

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <c67696e1-242c-4bf2-bd3c-b08e68e729dd@suse.cz>
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2024 21:48:54 +0100
From: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
To: "Liam R. Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@...cle.com>, stable@...r.kernel.org
Cc: linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
 Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com>, Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>,
 syzbot+bc6bfc25a68b7a020ee1@...kaller.appspotmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6.12.y v2] mm/mmap: fix __mmap_region() error handling in
 rare merge failure case

On 11/19/24 18:59, Liam R. Howlett wrote:
> From: "Liam R. Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@...cle.com>
> 
> The mmap_region() function tries to install a new vma, which requires a
> pre-allocation for the maple tree write due to the complex locking
> scenarios involved.
> 
> Recent efforts to simplify the error recovery required the relocation of
> the preallocation of the maple tree nodes (via vma_iter_prealloc()
> calling mas_preallocate()) higher in the function.
> 
> The relocation of the preallocation meant that, if there was a file
> associated with the vma and the driver call (mmap_file()) modified the
> vma flags, then a new merge of the new vma with existing vmas is
> attempted.
> 
> During the attempt to merge the existing vma with the new vma, the vma
> iterator is used - the same iterator that would be used for the next
> write attempt to the tree.  In the event of needing a further allocation
> and if the new allocations fails, the vma iterator (and contained maple
> state) will cleaned up, including freeing all previous allocations and
> will be reset internally.
> 
> Upon returning to the __mmap_region() function, the error is available
> in the vma_merge_struct and can be used to detect the -ENOMEM status.
> 
> Hitting an -ENOMEM scenario after the driver callback leaves the system
> in a state that undoing the mapping is worse than continuing by dipping
> into the reserve.
> 
> A preallocation should be performed in the case of an -ENOMEM and the
> allocations were lost during the failure scenario.  The __GFP_NOFAIL
> flag is used in the allocation to ensure the allocation succeeds after
> implicitly telling the driver that the mapping was happening.
> 
> The range is already set in the vma_iter_store() call below, so it is
> not necessary and is dropped.
> 
> Reported-by: syzbot+bc6bfc25a68b7a020ee1@...kaller.appspotmail.com
> Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=17b0ace8580000
> Fixes: 5de195060b2e2 ("mm: resolve faulty mmap_region() error path behaviour")
> Signed-off-by: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@...cle.com>
> Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com>
> Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
> Cc: Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>
> Cc: <stable@...r.kernel.org>

Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>