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commit 00ca0f2e86bf40b016a646e6323a8941a09cf106 upstream.
The refactoring in commit f4e9e0e69468 ("mm/mempolicy: fix use-after-free
of VMA iterator") introduces a subtle bug which arises when attempting to
apply a new NUMA policy across a range of VMAs in mbind_range().
The refactoring passes a **prev pointer to keep track of the previous VMA
in order to reduce duplication, and in all but one case it keeps this
correctly updated.
The bug arises when a VMA within the specified range has an equivalent
policy as determined by mpol_equal() - which unlike other cases, does not
update prev.
This can result in a situation where, later in the iteration, a VMA is
found whose policy does need to change. At this point, vma_merge() is
invoked with prev pointing to a VMA which is before the previous VMA.
Since vma_merge() discovers the curr VMA by looking for the one
immediately after prev, it will now be in a situation where this VMA is
incorrect and the merge will not proceed correctly.
This is checked in the VM_WARN_ON() invariant case with end >
curr->vm_end, which, if a merge is possible, results in a warning (if
CONFIG_DEBUG_VM is specified).
I note that vma_merge() performs these invariant checks only after
merge_prev/merge_next are checked, which is debatable as it hides this
issue if no merge is possible even though a buggy situation has arisen.
The solution is simply to update the prev pointer even when policies are
equal.
This caused a bug to arise in the 6.2.y stable tree, and this patch
resolves this bug.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/83f1d612acb519d777bebf7f3359317c4e7f4265.1682866629.git.lstoakes@gmail.com
Fixes: f4e9e0e69468 ("mm/mempolicy: fix use-after-free of VMA iterator")
Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lstoakes@gmail.com>
Reported-by: kernel test robot <oliver.sang@intel.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-lkp/202304292203.44ddeff6-oliver.sang@intel.com
Cc: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@oracle.com>
Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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