Re: [PATCH] mm/mmu_notifier: mm/rmap.c: Fix a mmu_notifier range bug in try_to_unmap_one

From: Pankaj Gupta
Date: Thu Jan 10 2019 - 00:52:43 EST



> The conversion to use a structure for mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_*()
> unintentionally changed the usage in try_to_unmap_one() to init the
> 'struct mmu_notifier_range' with vma->vm_start instead of @address,
> i.e. it invalidates the wrong address range. Revert to the correct
> address range.
>
> Manifests as KVM use-after-free WARNINGs and subsequent "BUG: Bad page
> state in process X" errors when reclaiming from a KVM guest due to KVM
> removing the wrong pages from its own mappings.
>
> Reported-by: leozinho29_eu@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Reported-by: Mike Galbraith <efault@xxxxxx>
> Reported-by: Adam Borowski <kilobyte@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: JÃrÃme Glisse <jglisse@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Christian KÃnig <christian.koenig@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Matthew Wilcox <mawilcox@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ross Zwisler <zwisler@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Radim KrÄmÃÅ <rkrcmar@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Felix Kuehling <felix.kuehling@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ralph Campbell <rcampbell@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: John Hubbard <jhubbard@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Fixes: ac46d4f3c432 ("mm/mmu_notifier: use structure for
> invalidate_range_start/end calls v2")
> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> FWIW, I looked through all other calls to mmu_notifier_range_init() in
> the patch and didn't spot any other unintentional functional changes.
>
> mm/rmap.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/rmap.c b/mm/rmap.c
> index 68a1a5b869a5..0454ecc29537 100644
> --- a/mm/rmap.c
> +++ b/mm/rmap.c
> @@ -1371,8 +1371,8 @@ static bool try_to_unmap_one(struct page *page, struct
> vm_area_struct *vma,
> * Note that the page can not be free in this function as call of
> * try_to_unmap() must hold a reference on the page.
> */
> - mmu_notifier_range_init(&range, vma->vm_mm, vma->vm_start,
> - min(vma->vm_end, vma->vm_start +
> + mmu_notifier_range_init(&range, vma->vm_mm, address,
> + min(vma->vm_end, address +
> (PAGE_SIZE << compound_order(page))));
> if (PageHuge(page)) {
> /*
> --

I was suspecting this patch for some other issue. But could not spot this after
in depth analyzing the changed "invalidate_range_start/end calls".

Its indeed a good catch.

Reviewed-by: Pankaj gupta <pagupta@xxxxxxxxxx>

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