[PATCH] zram: fix slot write race condition
From: Sergey Senozhatsky
Date: Tue Sep 09 2025 - 00:31:41 EST
Parallel concurrent writes to the same zram index result in
leaked zsmalloc handles. Schematically we can have something
like this:
CPU0 CPU1
zram_slot_lock()
zs_free(handle)
zram_slot_lock()
zram_slot_lock()
zs_free(handle)
zram_slot_lock()
compress compress
handle = zs_malloc() handle = zs_malloc()
zram_slot_lock
zram_set_handle(handle)
zram_slot_lock
zram_slot_lock
zram_set_handle(handle)
zram_slot_lock
Either CPU0 or CPU1 zsmalloc handle will leak because zs_free()
is done too early. In fact, we need to reset zram entry right
before we set its new handle, all under the same slot lock scope.
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Reported-by: Changhui Zhong <czhong@xxxxxxxxxx>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAGVVp+UtpGoW5WEdEU7uVTtsSCjPN=ksN6EcvyypAtFDOUf30A@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
Fixes: 71268035f5d73 ("zram: free slot memory early during write")
Signed-off-by: Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c | 13 ++++++-------
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c b/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c
index 9ac271b82780..dc4a1cdfaf98 100644
--- a/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c
@@ -1788,6 +1788,7 @@ static int write_same_filled_page(struct zram *zram, unsigned long fill,
u32 index)
{
zram_slot_lock(zram, index);
+ zram_free_page(zram, index);
zram_set_flag(zram, index, ZRAM_SAME);
zram_set_handle(zram, index, fill);
zram_slot_unlock(zram, index);
@@ -1820,11 +1821,13 @@ static int write_incompressible_page(struct zram *zram, struct page *page,
return -ENOMEM;
}
+ zram_slot_lock(zram, index);
+ zram_free_page(zram, index);
+
src = kmap_local_page(page);
zs_obj_write(zram->mem_pool, handle, src, PAGE_SIZE);
kunmap_local(src);
- zram_slot_lock(zram, index);
zram_set_flag(zram, index, ZRAM_HUGE);
zram_set_handle(zram, index, handle);
zram_set_obj_size(zram, index, PAGE_SIZE);
@@ -1848,11 +1851,6 @@ static int zram_write_page(struct zram *zram, struct page *page, u32 index)
unsigned long element;
bool same_filled;
- /* First, free memory allocated to this slot (if any) */
- zram_slot_lock(zram, index);
- zram_free_page(zram, index);
- zram_slot_unlock(zram, index);
-
mem = kmap_local_page(page);
same_filled = page_same_filled(mem, &element);
kunmap_local(mem);
@@ -1890,10 +1888,11 @@ static int zram_write_page(struct zram *zram, struct page *page, u32 index)
return -ENOMEM;
}
+ zram_slot_lock(zram, index);
+ zram_free_page(zram, index);
zs_obj_write(zram->mem_pool, handle, zstrm->buffer, comp_len);
zcomp_stream_put(zstrm);
- zram_slot_lock(zram, index);
zram_set_handle(zram, index, handle);
zram_set_obj_size(zram, index, comp_len);
zram_slot_unlock(zram, index);
--
2.51.0.384.g4c02a37b29-goog