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Message-ID: <a8fd8cb3-c3e5-48be-a034-7a5c9f3ce778@suse.cz>
Date: Tue, 6 May 2025 09:58:15 +0200
From: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
To: David Wang <00107082@....com>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
surenb@...gle.com, mhocko@...e.com, jackmanb@...gle.com, hannes@...xchg.org,
ziy@...dia.com
Cc: linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] mm/codetag: move tag retrieval back upfront in
__free_pages()
On 5/5/25 21:30, David Wang wrote:
> Commit 51ff4d7486f0 ("mm: avoid extra mem_alloc_profiling_enabled()
> checks") introduces a possible use-after-free scenario, when page
> is non-compound, page[0] could be released by other thread right
> after put_page_testzero failed in current thread, pgalloc_tag_sub_pages
> afterwards would manipulate an invalid page for accounting remaining
> pages:
>
> [timeline] [thread1] [thread2]
> | alloc_page non-compound
> V
> | get_page, rf counter inc
> V
> | in ___free_pages
> | put_page_testzero fails
> V
> | put_page, page released
> V
> | in ___free_pages,
> | pgalloc_tag_sub_pages
> | manipulate an invalid page
> V
>
> Restore __free_pages() to its state before, retrieve alloc tag
> beforehand.
>
> Fixes: 51ff4d7486f0 ("mm: avoid extra mem_alloc_profiling_enabled() checks")
That's a 6.15-rc1 commit, so no cc: stable needed, but should go to mm-hotfixes.
> Signed-off-by: David Wang <00107082@....com>
Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
Thanks!
> ---
> include/linux/pgalloc_tag.h | 8 ++++++++
> mm/page_alloc.c | 15 ++++++---------
> 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/pgalloc_tag.h b/include/linux/pgalloc_tag.h
> index c74077977830..8a7f4f802c57 100644
> --- a/include/linux/pgalloc_tag.h
> +++ b/include/linux/pgalloc_tag.h
> @@ -188,6 +188,13 @@ static inline struct alloc_tag *__pgalloc_tag_get(struct page *page)
> return tag;
> }
>
> +static inline struct alloc_tag *pgalloc_tag_get(struct page *page)
> +{
> + if (mem_alloc_profiling_enabled())
> + return __pgalloc_tag_get(page);
> + return NULL;
> +}
> +
> void pgalloc_tag_split(struct folio *folio, int old_order, int new_order);
> void pgalloc_tag_swap(struct folio *new, struct folio *old);
>
> @@ -199,6 +206,7 @@ static inline void clear_page_tag_ref(struct page *page) {}
> static inline void alloc_tag_sec_init(void) {}
> static inline void pgalloc_tag_split(struct folio *folio, int old_order, int new_order) {}
> static inline void pgalloc_tag_swap(struct folio *new, struct folio *old) {}
> +static inline struct alloc_tag *pgalloc_tag_get(struct page *page) { return NULL; }
>
> #endif /* CONFIG_MEM_ALLOC_PROFILING */
>
> diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
> index 5669baf2a6fe..1b00e14a9780 100644
> --- a/mm/page_alloc.c
> +++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
> @@ -1151,14 +1151,9 @@ static inline void pgalloc_tag_sub(struct page *page, unsigned int nr)
> __pgalloc_tag_sub(page, nr);
> }
>
> -static inline void pgalloc_tag_sub_pages(struct page *page, unsigned int nr)
> +/* When tag is not NULL, assuming mem_alloc_profiling_enabled */
> +static inline void pgalloc_tag_sub_pages(struct alloc_tag *tag, unsigned int nr)
> {
> - struct alloc_tag *tag;
> -
> - if (!mem_alloc_profiling_enabled())
> - return;
> -
> - tag = __pgalloc_tag_get(page);
> if (tag)
> this_cpu_sub(tag->counters->bytes, PAGE_SIZE * nr);
> }
> @@ -1168,7 +1163,7 @@ static inline void pgalloc_tag_sub_pages(struct page *page, unsigned int nr)
> static inline void pgalloc_tag_add(struct page *page, struct task_struct *task,
> unsigned int nr) {}
> static inline void pgalloc_tag_sub(struct page *page, unsigned int nr) {}
> -static inline void pgalloc_tag_sub_pages(struct page *page, unsigned int nr) {}
> +static inline void pgalloc_tag_sub_pages(struct alloc_tag *tag, unsigned int nr) {}
>
> #endif /* CONFIG_MEM_ALLOC_PROFILING */
>
> @@ -5065,11 +5060,13 @@ static void ___free_pages(struct page *page, unsigned int order,
> {
> /* get PageHead before we drop reference */
> int head = PageHead(page);
> + /* get alloc tag in case the page is released by others */
> + struct alloc_tag *tag = pgalloc_tag_get(page);
>
> if (put_page_testzero(page))
> __free_frozen_pages(page, order, fpi_flags);
> else if (!head) {
> - pgalloc_tag_sub_pages(page, (1 << order) - 1);
> + pgalloc_tag_sub_pages(tag, (1 << order) - 1);
> while (order-- > 0)
> __free_frozen_pages(page + (1 << order), order,
> fpi_flags);
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