linux-kernel - [PATCH] mm: Fix possible NULL pointer dereference in __swap

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Message-ID: <44655569e3a1419f800952004f07e714@honor.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2025 03:13:46 +0000
From: gaoxu <gaoxu2@...or.com>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, "linux-mm@...ck.org"
	<linux-mm@...ck.org>
CC: "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, "Suren
 Baghdasaryan" <surenb@...gle.com>, Barry Song <21cnbao@...il.com>,
	yipengxiang <yipengxiang@...or.com>
Subject: [PATCH] mm: Fix possible NULL pointer dereference in __swap_duplicate

swp_swap_info() may return null; it is necessary to check the return value
to avoid NULL pointer dereference. The code for other calls to
swp_swap_info() includes checks, and __swap_duplicate() should also
include checks.

The reason why swp_swap_info() returns NULL is unclear; it may be due to
CPU cache issues or DDR bit flips. The probability of this issue is very
small, and the stack info we encountered is as follows：
Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address
0000000000000058
[RB/E]rb_sreason_str_set: sreason_str set null_pointer
Mem abort info:
  ESR = 0x0000000096000005
  EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits
  SET = 0, FnV = 0
  EA = 0, S1PTW = 0
  FSC = 0x05: level 1 translation fault
Data abort info:
  ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000005, ISS2 = 0x00000000
  CM = 0, WnR = 0, TnD = 0, TagAccess = 0
  GCS = 0, Overlay = 0, DirtyBit = 0, Xs = 0
user pgtable: 4k pages, 39-bit VAs, pgdp=00000008a80e5000
[0000000000000058] pgd=0000000000000000, p4d=0000000000000000,
pud=0000000000000000
Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000005 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
Skip md ftrace buffer dump for: 0x1609e0
...
pc : swap_duplicate+0x44/0x164
lr : copy_page_range+0x508/0x1e78
sp : ffffffc0f2a699e0
x29: ffffffc0f2a699e0 x28: ffffff8a5b28d388 x27: ffffff8b06603388
x26: ffffffdf7291fe70 x25: 0000000000000006 x24: 0000000000100073
x23: 00000000002d2d2f x22: 0000000000000008 x21: 0000000000000000
x20: 00000000002d2d2f x19: 18000000002d2d2f x18: ffffffdf726faec0
x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0010000000000001 x15: 0040000000000001
x14: 0400000000000001 x13: ff7ffffffffffb7f x12: ffeffffffffffbff
x11: ffffff8a5c7e1898 x10: 0000000000000018 x9 : 0000000000000006
x8 : 1800000000000000 x7 : 0000000000000000 x6 : ffffff8057c01f10
x5 : 000000000000a318 x4 : 0000000000000000 x3 : 0000000000000000
x2 : 0000006daf200000 x1 : 0000000000000001 x0 : 18000000002d2d2f
Call trace:
 swap_duplicate+0x44/0x164
 copy_page_range+0x508/0x1e78
 copy_process+0x1278/0x21cc
 kernel_clone+0x90/0x438
 __arm64_sys_clone+0x5c/0x8c
 invoke_syscall+0x58/0x110
 do_el0_svc+0x8c/0xe0
 el0_svc+0x38/0x9c
 el0t_64_sync_handler+0x44/0xec
 el0t_64_sync+0x1a8/0x1ac
Code: 9139c35a 71006f3f 54000568 f8797b55 (f9402ea8)
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
Kernel panic - not syncing: Oops: Fatal exception
SMP: stopping secondary CPUs

The patch seems to only provide a workaround, but there are no more
effective software solutions to handle the bit flips problem. This path
will change the issue from a system crash to a process exception, thereby
reducing the impact on the entire machine.

Signed-off-by: gao xu <gaoxu2@...or.com>
---
 mm/swapfile.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/mm/swapfile.c b/mm/swapfile.c
index 7448a3876..0b253b8ca 100644
--- a/mm/swapfile.c
+++ b/mm/swapfile.c
@@ -3521,6 +3521,8 @@ static int __swap_duplicate(swp_entry_t entry, unsigned char usage, int nr)
 	int err, i;
 
 	si = swp_swap_info(entry);
+	if (unlikely(!si))
+		return -EINVAL;
 
 	offset = swp_offset(entry);
 	VM_WARN_ON(nr > SWAPFILE_CLUSTER - offset % SWAPFILE_CLUSTER);
-- 
2.17.1