Re: [PATCH v5] ocfs2: fix use-after-free in ocfs2_fault() when VM_FAULT_RETRY

From: Joseph Qi

Date: Fri Apr 10 2026 - 04:36:37 EST




On 4/10/26 4:04 PM, Tejas Bharambe wrote:
> From: Tejas Bharambe <tejas.bharambe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> filemap_fault() may drop the mmap_lock before returning VM_FAULT_RETRY,
> as documented in mm/filemap.c:
>
> "If our return value has VM_FAULT_RETRY set, it's because the mmap_lock
> may be dropped before doing I/O or by lock_folio_maybe_drop_mmap()."
>
> When this happens, a concurrent munmap() can call remove_vma() and free
> the vm_area_struct via RCU. The saved 'vma' pointer in ocfs2_fault() then
> becomes a dangling pointer, and the subsequent trace_ocfs2_fault() call
> dereferences it -- a use-after-free.
>
> Fix this by saving the inode reference before calling filemap_fault(),
> and removing vma from the trace event. The inode remains valid across
> the lock drop since the file is still open, so the trace can fire in
> all cases without dereferencing the potentially freed vma.
>

The commit log should also be updated.
Also do not send to stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx by default.

Thanks,
Joseph

> Reported-by: syzbot+a49010a0e8fcdeea075f@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=a49010a0e8fcdeea075f
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Suggested-by: Joseph Qi <joseph.qi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Tejas Bharambe <tejas.bharambe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> fs/ocfs2/mmap.c | 7 +++----
> fs/ocfs2/ocfs2_trace.h | 10 ++++------
> 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/mmap.c b/fs/ocfs2/mmap.c
> index 50e2faf64c..6c570157ca 100644
> --- a/fs/ocfs2/mmap.c
> +++ b/fs/ocfs2/mmap.c
> @@ -30,7 +30,8 @@
>
> static vm_fault_t ocfs2_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
> {
> - struct vm_area_struct *vma = vmf->vma;
> + unsigned long long ip_blkno =
> + OCFS2_I(file_inode(vmf->vma->vm_file))->ip_blkno;
> sigset_t oldset;
> vm_fault_t ret;
>
> @@ -38,11 +39,9 @@ static vm_fault_t ocfs2_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
> ret = filemap_fault(vmf);
> ocfs2_unblock_signals(&oldset);
>
> - trace_ocfs2_fault(OCFS2_I(vma->vm_file->f_mapping->host)->ip_blkno,
> - vma, vmf->page, vmf->pgoff);
> + trace_ocfs2_fault(ip_blkno, vmf->page, vmf->pgoff);
> return ret;
> }
> -
> static vm_fault_t __ocfs2_page_mkwrite(struct file *file,
> struct buffer_head *di_bh, struct folio *folio)
> {
> diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2_trace.h b/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2_trace.h
> index 4b32fb5658..6c2c97a980 100644
> --- a/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2_trace.h
> +++ b/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2_trace.h
> @@ -1246,22 +1246,20 @@ TRACE_EVENT(ocfs2_write_end_inline,
>
> TRACE_EVENT(ocfs2_fault,
> TP_PROTO(unsigned long long ino,
> - void *area, void *page, unsigned long pgoff),
> - TP_ARGS(ino, area, page, pgoff),
> + void *page, unsigned long pgoff),
> + TP_ARGS(ino, page, pgoff),
> TP_STRUCT__entry(
> __field(unsigned long long, ino)
> - __field(void *, area)
> __field(void *, page)
> __field(unsigned long, pgoff)
> ),
> TP_fast_assign(
> __entry->ino = ino;
> - __entry->area = area;
> __entry->page = page;
> __entry->pgoff = pgoff;
> ),
> - TP_printk("%llu %p %p %lu",
> - __entry->ino, __entry->area, __entry->page, __entry->pgoff)
> + TP_printk("%llu %p %lu",
> + __entry->ino, __entry->page, __entry->pgoff)
> );
>
> /* End of trace events for fs/ocfs2/mmap.c. */