From: Guilherme Giacomo Simoes <trintaeoitogc@gmail.com>
To: akpm@linux-foundation.org, david@kernel.org, ljs@kernel.org,
liam@infradead.org, vbabka@kernel.org, rppt@kernel.org,
surenb@google.com, mhocko@suse.com, riel@surriel.com,
harry@kernel.org, jannh@google.com, lance.yang@linux.dev
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Guilherme Giacomo Simoes <trintaeoitogc@gmail.com>,
syzbot+395b7abe9696862fc188@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Subject: [PATCH] mm: fix the race on huge alloc failed
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2026 07:00:34 -0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260829100034.423064-1-trintaeoitogc@gmail.com> (raw)
The race occurs because the reader (__vmf_anon_prepare()) checks
`vma->anon->vma` without holding the mmap_lock and withou the
READ_ONCE() macro. Since the writer (__anon_vma_prepare()) is holding the
mmap_lock and updating the pointer, it creates a data race as the two
access are not properly synchronized.
Use READ_ONCE() on the reader side and WRITE_ONCE() on the writer side
to tell to compiler treat these memory access carefully and not to
optimize them leading to inconsistent read.
Reported-by: syzbot+395b7abe9696862fc188@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=395b7abe9696862fc188
Fixes: 164b06f238b9 ("mm: call wp_page_copy() under the VMA lock")
Signed-off-by: Guilherme Giacomo Simoes <trintaeoitogc@gmail.com>
---
mm/memory.c | 2 +-
mm/rmap.c | 2 +-
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 6b8280cfc1db..33c1fbd30cdd 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -3820,7 +3820,7 @@ vm_fault_t __vmf_anon_prepare(struct vm_fault *vmf)
struct vm_area_struct *vma = vmf->vma;
vm_fault_t ret = 0;
- if (likely(vma->anon_vma))
+ if (likely(READ_ONCE(vma->anon_vma)))
return 0;
if (vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_VMA_LOCK) {
if (!mmap_read_trylock(vma->vm_mm))
diff --git a/mm/rmap.c b/mm/rmap.c
index 1c77d5dc06e9..9d64d776b8c5 100644
--- a/mm/rmap.c
+++ b/mm/rmap.c
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ int __anon_vma_prepare(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
/* page_table_lock to protect against threads */
spin_lock(&mm->page_table_lock);
if (likely(!vma->anon_vma)) {
- vma->anon_vma = anon_vma;
+ WRITE_ONCE(vma->anon_vma, anon_vma);
anon_vma_chain_assign(vma, avc, anon_vma);
anon_vma_interval_tree_insert(avc, &anon_vma->rb_root);
anon_vma->num_active_vmas++;
--
2.52.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-08-29 10:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-29 10:00 Guilherme Giacomo Simoes [this message]
2026-08-29 15:33 ` Matthew Wilcox
2026-08-29 15:36 ` Matthew Wilcox
2026-08-29 18:02 ` Guilherme Giacomo Simoes
2026-08-30 3:06 ` Lance Yang
2026-08-30 3:34 ` Matthew Wilcox
2026-08-30 12:47 ` Guilherme Giacomo Simoes
2026-08-30 14:07 ` Pedro Falcato
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