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| author | Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com> | 2026-01-05 20:11:47 +0000 |
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| committer | Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> | 2026-01-14 22:16:24 -0800 |
| commit | 61f67c230a5e7c741c352349ea80147fbe65bfae (patch) | |
| tree | c7fcf1023c5842ba327ae3f0ac5b67b90759bee6 /mm | |
| parent | 590b13669b813d55844fecd9142c56abd567914d (diff) | |
mm/vma: fix anon_vma UAF on mremap() faulted, unfaulted merge
Patch series "mm/vma: fix anon_vma UAF on mremap() faulted, unfaulted
merge", v2.
Commit 879bca0a2c4f ("mm/vma: fix incorrectly disallowed anonymous VMA
merges") introduced the ability to merge previously unavailable VMA merge
scenarios.
However, it is handling merges incorrectly when it comes to mremap() of a
faulted VMA adjacent to an unfaulted VMA. The issues arise in three
cases:
1. Previous VMA unfaulted:
copied -----|
v
|-----------|.............|
| unfaulted |(faulted VMA)|
|-----------|.............|
prev
2. Next VMA unfaulted:
copied -----|
v
|.............|-----------|
|(faulted VMA)| unfaulted |
|.............|-----------|
next
3. Both adjacent VMAs unfaulted:
copied -----|
v
|-----------|.............|-----------|
| unfaulted |(faulted VMA)| unfaulted |
|-----------|.............|-----------|
prev next
This series fixes each of these cases, and introduces self tests to assert
that the issues are corrected.
I also test a further case which was already handled, to assert that my
changes continues to correctly handle it:
4. prev unfaulted, next faulted:
copied -----|
v
|-----------|.............|-----------|
| unfaulted |(faulted VMA)| faulted |
|-----------|.............|-----------|
prev next
This bug was discovered via a syzbot report, linked to in the first patch
in the series, I confirmed that this series fixes the bug.
I also discovered that we are failing to check that the faulted VMA was
not forked when merging a copied VMA in cases 1-3 above, an issue this
series also addresses.
I also added self tests to assert that this is resolved (and confirmed
that the tests failed prior to this).
I also cleaned up vma_expand() as part of this work, renamed
vma_had_uncowed_parents() to vma_is_fork_child() as the previous name was
unduly confusing, and simplified the comments around this function.
This patch (of 4):
Commit 879bca0a2c4f ("mm/vma: fix incorrectly disallowed anonymous VMA
merges") introduced the ability to merge previously unavailable VMA merge
scenarios.
The key piece of logic introduced was the ability to merge a faulted VMA
immediately next to an unfaulted VMA, which relies upon dup_anon_vma() to
correctly handle anon_vma state.
In the case of the merge of an existing VMA (that is changing properties
of a VMA and then merging if those properties are shared by adjacent
VMAs), dup_anon_vma() is invoked correctly.
However in the case of the merge of a new VMA, a corner case peculiar to
mremap() was missed.
The issue is that vma_expand() only performs dup_anon_vma() if the target
(the VMA that will ultimately become the merged VMA): is not the next VMA,
i.e. the one that appears after the range in which the new VMA is to be
established.
A key insight here is that in all other cases other than mremap(), a new
VMA merge either expands an existing VMA, meaning that the target VMA will
be that VMA, or would have anon_vma be NULL.
Specifically:
* __mmap_region() - no anon_vma in place, initial mapping.
* do_brk_flags() - expanding an existing VMA.
* vma_merge_extend() - expanding an existing VMA.
* relocate_vma_down() - no anon_vma in place, initial mapping.
In addition, we are in the unique situation of needing to duplicate
anon_vma state from a VMA that is neither the previous or next VMA being
merged with.
dup_anon_vma() deals exclusively with the target=unfaulted, src=faulted
case. This leaves four possibilities, in each case where the copied VMA
is faulted:
1. Previous VMA unfaulted:
copied -----|
v
|-----------|.............|
| unfaulted |(faulted VMA)|
|-----------|.............|
prev
target = prev, expand prev to cover.
2. Next VMA unfaulted:
copied -----|
v
|.............|-----------|
|(faulted VMA)| unfaulted |
|.............|-----------|
next
target = next, expand next to cover.
3. Both adjacent VMAs unfaulted:
copied -----|
v
|-----------|.............|-----------|
| unfaulted |(faulted VMA)| unfaulted |
|-----------|.............|-----------|
prev next
target = prev, expand prev to cover.
4. prev unfaulted, next faulted:
copied -----|
v
|-----------|.............|-----------|
| unfaulted |(faulted VMA)| faulted |
|-----------|.............|-----------|
prev next
target = prev, expand prev to cover. Essentially equivalent to 3, but
with additional requirement that next's anon_vma is the same as the copied
VMA's. This is covered by the existing logic.
To account for this very explicitly, we introduce
vma_merge_copied_range(), which sets a newly introduced vmg->copied_from
field, then invokes vma_merge_new_range() which handles the rest of the
logic.
We then update the key vma_expand() function to clean up the logic and
make what's going on clearer, making the 'remove next' case less special,
before invoking dup_anon_vma() unconditionally should we be copying from a
VMA.
Note that in case 3, the if (remove_next) ... branch will be a no-op, as
next=src in this instance and src is unfaulted.
In case 4, it won't be, but since in this instance next=src and it is
faulted, this will have required tgt=faulted, src=faulted to be
compatible, meaning that next->anon_vma == vmg->copied_from->anon_vma, and
thus a single dup_anon_vma() of next suffices to copy anon_vma state for
the copied-from VMA also.
If we are copying from a VMA in a successful merge we must _always_
propagate anon_vma state.
This issue can be observed most directly by invoked mremap() to move
around a VMA and cause this kind of merge with the MREMAP_DONTUNMAP flag
specified.
This will result in unlink_anon_vmas() being called after failing to
duplicate anon_vma state to the target VMA, which results in the anon_vma
itself being freed with folios still possessing dangling pointers to the
anon_vma and thus a use-after-free bug.
This bug was discovered via a syzbot report, which this patch resolves.
We further make a change to update the mergeable anon_vma check to assert
the copied-from anon_vma did not have CoW parents, as otherwise
dup_anon_vma() might incorrectly propagate CoW ancestors from the next VMA
in case 4 despite the anon_vma's being identical for both VMAs.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/cover.1767638272.git.lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/b7930ad2b1503a657e29fe928eb33061d7eadf5b.1767638272.git.lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com
Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>
Fixes: 879bca0a2c4f ("mm/vma: fix incorrectly disallowed anonymous VMA merges")
Reported-by: syzbot+b165fc2e11771c66d8ba@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/694a2745.050a0220.19928e.0017.GAE@google.com/
Reported-by: syzbot+5272541ccbbb14e2ec30@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/694e3dc6.050a0220.35954c.0066.GAE@google.com/
Reviewed-by: Harry Yoo <harry.yoo@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Jeongjun Park <aha310510@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Cc: David Hildenbrand (Red Hat) <david@kernel.org>
Cc: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
Cc: Yeoreum Yun <yeoreum.yun@arm.com>
Cc: Liam Howlett <liam.howlett@oracle.com>
Cc: "Liam R. Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@oracle.com>
Cc: Pedro Falcato <pfalcato@suse.de>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@surriel.com>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'mm')
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/vma.c | 84 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/vma.h | 3 |
2 files changed, 62 insertions, 25 deletions
@@ -829,6 +829,8 @@ static __must_check struct vm_area_struct *vma_merge_existing_range( VM_WARN_ON_VMG(middle && !(vma_iter_addr(vmg->vmi) >= middle->vm_start && vma_iter_addr(vmg->vmi) < middle->vm_end), vmg); + /* An existing merge can never be used by the mremap() logic. */ + VM_WARN_ON_VMG(vmg->copied_from, vmg); vmg->state = VMA_MERGE_NOMERGE; @@ -1099,6 +1101,33 @@ struct vm_area_struct *vma_merge_new_range(struct vma_merge_struct *vmg) } /* + * vma_merge_copied_range - Attempt to merge a VMA that is being copied by + * mremap() + * + * @vmg: Describes the VMA we are adding, in the copied-to range @vmg->start to + * @vmg->end (exclusive), which we try to merge with any adjacent VMAs if + * possible. + * + * vmg->prev, next, start, end, pgoff should all be relative to the COPIED TO + * range, i.e. the target range for the VMA. + * + * Returns: In instances where no merge was possible, NULL. Otherwise, a pointer + * to the VMA we expanded. + * + * ASSUMPTIONS: Same as vma_merge_new_range(), except vmg->middle must contain + * the copied-from VMA. + */ +static struct vm_area_struct *vma_merge_copied_range(struct vma_merge_struct *vmg) +{ + /* We must have a copied-from VMA. */ + VM_WARN_ON_VMG(!vmg->middle, vmg); + + vmg->copied_from = vmg->middle; + vmg->middle = NULL; + return vma_merge_new_range(vmg); +} + +/* * vma_expand - Expand an existing VMA * * @vmg: Describes a VMA expansion operation. @@ -1117,46 +1146,52 @@ struct vm_area_struct *vma_merge_new_range(struct vma_merge_struct *vmg) int vma_expand(struct vma_merge_struct *vmg) { struct vm_area_struct *anon_dup = NULL; - bool remove_next = false; struct vm_area_struct *target = vmg->target; struct vm_area_struct *next = vmg->next; + bool remove_next = false; vm_flags_t sticky_flags; - - sticky_flags = vmg->vm_flags & VM_STICKY; - sticky_flags |= target->vm_flags & VM_STICKY; - - VM_WARN_ON_VMG(!target, vmg); + int ret = 0; mmap_assert_write_locked(vmg->mm); - vma_start_write(target); - if (next && (target != next) && (vmg->end == next->vm_end)) { - int ret; - sticky_flags |= next->vm_flags & VM_STICKY; + if (next && target != next && vmg->end == next->vm_end) remove_next = true; - /* This should already have been checked by this point. */ - VM_WARN_ON_VMG(!can_merge_remove_vma(next), vmg); - vma_start_write(next); - /* - * In this case we don't report OOM, so vmg->give_up_on_mm is - * safe. - */ - ret = dup_anon_vma(target, next, &anon_dup); - if (ret) - return ret; - } + /* We must have a target. */ + VM_WARN_ON_VMG(!target, vmg); + /* This should have already been checked by this point. */ + VM_WARN_ON_VMG(remove_next && !can_merge_remove_vma(next), vmg); /* Not merging but overwriting any part of next is not handled. */ VM_WARN_ON_VMG(next && !remove_next && next != target && vmg->end > next->vm_start, vmg); - /* Only handles expanding */ + /* Only handles expanding. */ VM_WARN_ON_VMG(target->vm_start < vmg->start || target->vm_end > vmg->end, vmg); + sticky_flags = vmg->vm_flags & VM_STICKY; + sticky_flags |= target->vm_flags & VM_STICKY; if (remove_next) - vmg->__remove_next = true; + sticky_flags |= next->vm_flags & VM_STICKY; + /* + * If we are removing the next VMA or copying from a VMA + * (e.g. mremap()'ing), we must propagate anon_vma state. + * + * Note that, by convention, callers ignore OOM for this case, so + * we don't need to account for vmg->give_up_on_mm here. + */ + if (remove_next) + ret = dup_anon_vma(target, next, &anon_dup); + if (!ret && vmg->copied_from) + ret = dup_anon_vma(target, vmg->copied_from, &anon_dup); + if (ret) + return ret; + + if (remove_next) { + vma_start_write(next); + vmg->__remove_next = true; + } if (commit_merge(vmg)) goto nomem; @@ -1828,10 +1863,9 @@ struct vm_area_struct *copy_vma(struct vm_area_struct **vmap, if (new_vma && new_vma->vm_start < addr + len) return NULL; /* should never get here */ - vmg.middle = NULL; /* New VMA range. */ vmg.pgoff = pgoff; vmg.next = vma_iter_next_rewind(&vmi, NULL); - new_vma = vma_merge_new_range(&vmg); + new_vma = vma_merge_copied_range(&vmg); if (new_vma) { /* @@ -106,6 +106,9 @@ struct vma_merge_struct { struct anon_vma_name *anon_name; enum vma_merge_state state; + /* If copied from (i.e. mremap()'d) the VMA from which we are copying. */ + struct vm_area_struct *copied_from; + /* Flags which callers can use to modify merge behaviour: */ /* |
