[PATCH] ksm: fix rmap_item use after free

[Andrea Arcangeli]

From: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@xxxxxxxxxx>

This avoid crashing with slab debugging enabled by removing a window
for memory corruption if freed slab entries are reused before we read
the next pointer. Against mmotm.

Signed-off-by: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@xxxxxxxxxx>
---

diff --git a/mm/ksm.c b/mm/ksm.c
index 74d921b..f060e87 100644
--- a/mm/ksm.c
+++ b/mm/ksm.c
@@ -892,7 +892,7 @@ static struct rmap_item *stable_tree_search(struct page *page,
 {
 	struct rb_node *node = root_stable_tree.rb_node;
 	struct tree_item *tree_item;
-	struct rmap_item *found_rmap_item;
+	struct rmap_item *found_rmap_item, *next_rmap_item;
 
 	while (node) {
 		int ret;
@@ -907,9 +907,11 @@ static struct rmap_item *stable_tree_search(struct page *page,
 			      found_rmap_item->address == rmap_item->address)) {
 				if (!is_zapped_item(found_rmap_item, page2))
 					break;
+				next_rmap_item = found_rmap_item->next;
 				remove_rmap_item_from_tree(found_rmap_item);
-			}
-			found_rmap_item = found_rmap_item->next;
+				found_rmap_item = next_rmap_item;
+			} else
+				found_rmap_item = found_rmap_item->next;
 		}
 		if (!found_rmap_item)
 			goto out_didnt_find;
@@ -959,7 +961,7 @@ static int stable_tree_insert(struct page *page,
 
 	while (*new) {
 		int ret;
-		struct rmap_item *insert_rmap_item;
+		struct rmap_item *insert_rmap_item, *next_rmap_item;
 
 		tree_item = rb_entry(*new, struct tree_item, node);
 		BUG_ON(!tree_item);
@@ -973,9 +975,11 @@ static int stable_tree_insert(struct page *page,
 			     insert_rmap_item->address == rmap_item->address)) {
 				if (!is_zapped_item(insert_rmap_item, page2))
 					break;
+				next_rmap_item = insert_rmap_item->next;
 				remove_rmap_item_from_tree(insert_rmap_item);
-			}
-			insert_rmap_item = insert_rmap_item->next;
+				insert_rmap_item = next_rmap_item;
+			} else
+				insert_rmap_item = insert_rmap_item->next;
 		}
 		if (!insert_rmap_item)
 			return 1;



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