From: Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@linux.ibm.com>
To: Andrey Ryabinin <ryabinin.a.a@gmail.com>,
Daniel Axtens <dja@axtens.net>,
Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@arm.com>
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org, kasan-dev@googlegroups.com,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-s390@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] mm/kasan: avoid lazy MMU mode hazards
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2025 18:39:13 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <0d2efb7ddddbff6b288fbffeeb10166e90771718.1755528662.git.agordeev@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1755528662.git.agordeev@linux.ibm.com>
Functions __kasan_populate_vmalloc() and __kasan_depopulate_vmalloc()
use apply_to_pte_range() function, which enters the lazy MMU mode. In
that mode updating PTEs may not be observed until the mode is left.
That may lead to a situation that otherwise correct reads and writes
to a PTE using ptep_get(), set_pte(), pte_clear() and other access
primitives bring wrong results when the vmalloc shadow memory is
being (de-)populated.
To avoid these hazards leave the lazy MMU mode before and re-enter it
after each PTE manipulation.
Fixes: 3c5c3cfb9ef4 ("kasan: support backing vmalloc space with real shadow memory")
Signed-off-by: Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@linux.ibm.com>
---
mm/kasan/shadow.c | 8 ++++++++
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff --git a/mm/kasan/shadow.c b/mm/kasan/shadow.c
index 4d846d146d02..e2ceebf737ef 100644
--- a/mm/kasan/shadow.c
+++ b/mm/kasan/shadow.c
@@ -305,6 +305,8 @@ static int kasan_populate_vmalloc_pte(pte_t *ptep, unsigned long addr,
pte_t pte;
int index;
+ arch_leave_lazy_mmu_mode();
+
index = PFN_DOWN(addr - data->start);
page = data->pages[index];
__memset(page_to_virt(page), KASAN_VMALLOC_INVALID, PAGE_SIZE);
@@ -317,6 +319,8 @@ static int kasan_populate_vmalloc_pte(pte_t *ptep, unsigned long addr,
}
spin_unlock(&init_mm.page_table_lock);
+ arch_enter_lazy_mmu_mode();
+
return 0;
}
@@ -461,6 +465,8 @@ static int kasan_depopulate_vmalloc_pte(pte_t *ptep, unsigned long addr,
pte_t pte;
int none;
+ arch_leave_lazy_mmu_mode();
+
spin_lock(&init_mm.page_table_lock);
pte = ptep_get(ptep);
none = pte_none(pte);
@@ -471,6 +477,8 @@ static int kasan_depopulate_vmalloc_pte(pte_t *ptep, unsigned long addr,
if (likely(!none))
__free_page(pfn_to_page(pte_pfn(pte)));
+ arch_enter_lazy_mmu_mode();
+
return 0;
}
--
2.48.1
prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-08-18 16:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-08-18 16:39 [PATCH 0/2] mm/kasan: fix vmalloc shadow memory population issues Alexander Gordeev
2025-08-18 16:39 ` [PATCH 1/2] mm/kasan: fix vmalloc shadow memory (de-)population races Alexander Gordeev
2025-08-18 16:39 ` Alexander Gordeev [this message]
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