From: Vernon Yang <vernon2gm@gmail.com>
To: akpm@linux-foundation.org, david@kernel.org, ljs@kernel.org
Cc: nico.pache@linux.dev, ryan.roberts@arm.com, dev.jain@arm.com,
baohua@kernel.org, lance.yang@linux.dev, usama.arif@linux.dev,
zokeefe@google.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-mm@kvack.org, stable@vger.kernel.org,
Vernon Yang <yanglincheng@kylinos.cn>
Subject: [PATCH v4 1/3] mm: khugepaged: fix swap entry value to folio_pfn()
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2026 13:59:24 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260828055926.346744-2-vernon2gm@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260828055926.346744-1-vernon2gm@gmail.com>
From: Vernon Yang <yanglincheng@kylinos.cn>
When the swap entries found exceed max_ptes_swap, the loop is left via
break with folio still holding the xarray value that encodes the swap
entry, not valid folio pointer.
That value is passed to trace_mm_khugepaged_scan_file(), which feeds it
to folio_pfn(). On FLATMEM and SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP, the page_to_pfn() is
plain pointer arithmetic, so the trace event merely prints bogus
scan_pfn. On classic SPARSEMEM, the page_to_pfn() reads page->flags,
dereferencing the tiny encoded integer and oopsing khugepaged whenever
the trace event is enabled.
So when folio is the swap entry value, simply set pfn to -1, just like
exhausted scan naturally.
And the folio_put() has maybe dropped the last reference of folio. The
trace_mm_khugepaged_scan_file() is left with a dangling folio pointer.
so using the folio_pfn() before dropping the reference, closing
use-after-free window.
About calling the respective trace_xxx() functions separately on success
and failure, refer to [1].
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/ao6jVbVHLUmuY2UA@gremlin/
Fixes: d41fd2016ed0 ("mm/khugepaged: add tracepoint to hpage_collapse_scan_file()")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Vernon Yang <yanglincheng@kylinos.cn>
---
include/trace/events/huge_memory.h | 6 +++---
mm/khugepaged.c | 11 ++++++++++-
2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/trace/events/huge_memory.h b/include/trace/events/huge_memory.h
index 5a48c5406cce..7b526528f85b 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/huge_memory.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/huge_memory.h
@@ -178,10 +178,10 @@ TRACE_EVENT(mm_collapse_huge_page_swapin,
TRACE_EVENT(mm_khugepaged_scan_file,
- TP_PROTO(struct mm_struct *mm, struct folio *folio, struct file *file,
+ TP_PROTO(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long pfn, struct file *file,
int present, int swap, int result),
- TP_ARGS(mm, folio, file, present, swap, result),
+ TP_ARGS(mm, pfn, file, present, swap, result),
TP_STRUCT__entry(
__field(struct mm_struct *, mm)
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ TRACE_EVENT(mm_khugepaged_scan_file,
TP_fast_assign(
__entry->mm = mm;
- __entry->pfn = folio ? folio_pfn(folio) : -1;
+ __entry->pfn = pfn;
__assign_str(filename);
__entry->present = present;
__entry->swap = swap;
diff --git a/mm/khugepaged.c b/mm/khugepaged.c
index 75639298efc2..b597a3e68606 100644
--- a/mm/khugepaged.c
+++ b/mm/khugepaged.c
@@ -2683,6 +2683,7 @@ static enum scan_result collapse_scan_file(struct mm_struct *mm,
int present, swap;
int node = NUMA_NO_NODE;
enum scan_result result = SCAN_SUCCEED;
+ unsigned long failed_pfn = -1;
present = 0;
swap = 0;
@@ -2715,6 +2716,7 @@ static enum scan_result collapse_scan_file(struct mm_struct *mm,
if (is_pmd_order(folio_order(folio))) {
result = SCAN_PTE_MAPPED_HUGEPAGE;
+ failed_pfn = folio_pfn(folio);
/*
* PMD-sized THP implies that we can only try
* retracting the PTE table.
@@ -2726,6 +2728,7 @@ static enum scan_result collapse_scan_file(struct mm_struct *mm,
node = folio_nid(folio);
if (collapse_scan_abort(node, cc)) {
result = SCAN_SCAN_ABORT;
+ failed_pfn = folio_pfn(folio);
folio_put(folio);
break;
}
@@ -2733,12 +2736,14 @@ static enum scan_result collapse_scan_file(struct mm_struct *mm,
if (!folio_test_lru(folio)) {
result = SCAN_PAGE_LRU;
+ failed_pfn = folio_pfn(folio);
folio_put(folio);
break;
}
if (folio_expected_ref_count(folio) + 1 != folio_ref_count(folio)) {
result = SCAN_PAGE_COUNT;
+ failed_pfn = folio_pfn(folio);
folio_put(folio);
break;
}
@@ -2771,9 +2776,13 @@ static enum scan_result collapse_scan_file(struct mm_struct *mm,
} else {
result = collapse_file(mm, addr, file, start, cc);
}
+ trace_mm_khugepaged_scan_file(mm, -1, file, present, swap,
+ SCAN_SUCCEED);
+ } else {
+ trace_mm_khugepaged_scan_file(mm, failed_pfn, file, present,
+ swap, result);
}
- trace_mm_khugepaged_scan_file(mm, folio, file, present, swap, result);
return result;
}
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-28 5:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-28 5:59 [PATCH v4 0/3] mm: khugepaged: fix tracepoint UAF Vernon Yang
2026-08-28 5:59 ` Vernon Yang [this message]
2026-08-28 5:59 ` [PATCH v4 2/3] mm: khugepaged: fix folio is used after pte_unmap_unlock() Vernon Yang
2026-08-28 5:59 ` [PATCH v4 3/3] mm: khugepaged: fix folio is used after folio_put/unlock() Vernon Yang
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