[PATCH v3] mm/hugetlb: restore reservation on error in hugetlb folio copy paths
From: David Carlier
Date: Wed May 20 2026 - 00:49:34 EST
Two sites in mm/hugetlb.c allocate a hugetlb folio via
alloc_hugetlb_folio() (consuming a VMA reservation) and then call
copy_user_large_folio(), which became int-returning in commit
1cb9dc4b475c ("mm: hwpoison: support recovery from HugePage
copy-on-write faults") and can now fail (e.g. -EHWPOISON on a
hwpoisoned source page). On the failure path, folio_put() restores
the global hugetlb pool count through free_huge_folio(), but the
per-VMA reservation map entry is left marked consumed:
- hugetlb_mfill_atomic_pte() resubmission path (UFFDIO_COPY)
- copy_hugetlb_page_range() fork-time CoW path when
hugetlb_try_dup_anon_rmap() fails (rare: pinned hugetlb anon
folio under fork)
User-visible effect: on UFFDIO_COPY into a private hugetlb VMA where
the resubmission copy fails, the reservation for that address is
leaked from the VMA's reserve map. A subsequent fault at the same
address takes the no-reservation path, and under hugetlb pool
pressure the task is SIGBUSed at an address it had previously
reserved. The fork-time CoW path leaks the same way in the child
VMA's reserve map, though it requires the much rarer combination
of pinned hugetlb anon page + hwpoisoned source.
Add the missing restore_reserve_on_error() call before folio_put()
on both error paths.
Fixes: 1cb9dc4b475c ("mm: hwpoison: support recovery from HugePage copy-on-write faults")
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David Carlier <devnexen@xxxxxxxxx>
---
v3:
- Fold the copy_hugetlb_page_range() sibling fix into this patch
(per Muchun) -- same Fixes commit, same fix pattern, single
backport unit for stable.
- Reworded changelog to cover both sites.
v2: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260519230503.121293-1-devnexen@xxxxxxxxx/
v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260322052120.14021-1-devnexen@xxxxxxxxx/
mm/hugetlb.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index 4b80b167cc9c..ba7c3ed96835 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -4974,6 +4974,7 @@ int copy_hugetlb_page_range(struct mm_struct *dst, struct mm_struct *src,
addr, dst_vma);
folio_put(pte_folio);
if (ret) {
+ restore_reserve_on_error(h, dst_vma, addr, new_folio);
folio_put(new_folio);
break;
}
@@ -6270,6 +6271,7 @@ int hugetlb_mfill_atomic_pte(pte_t *dst_pte,
folio_put(*foliop);
*foliop = NULL;
if (ret) {
+ restore_reserve_on_error(h, dst_vma, dst_addr, folio);
folio_put(folio);
goto out;
}
--
2.53.0