[PATCH 1/2] mm/page_alloc: don't spin_trylock() in NMI on UP
From: Brendan Jackman
Date: Wed Jul 15 2026 - 05:04:59 EST
As noted in can_spin_trylock(), using this is unsafe in this context.
commit 620b46ed6ae17 ("mm/page_alloc: return NULL early from
alloc_frozen_pages_nolock() in NMI on UP") fixed this on the alloc side
but missed the free side.
Impact: If BPF programs using these features in NMI (probably tracing)
are present on non-SMP builds this might crash the kernel and is
probably exploitable by local attackers for privilege escalation.
Reported-by: sashiko-bot@xxxxxxxxxx
Link: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260703-alloc-trylock-v5-0-c87b714e19d3%40google.com?part=18
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: 8c57b687e8331 ("mm, bpf: Introduce free_pages_nolock()")
Signed-off-by: Brendan Jackman <jackmanb@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/page_alloc.c | 3 +--
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index af63558391345..5f9873dfccc5a 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -2979,8 +2979,7 @@ static void __free_frozen_pages(struct page *page, unsigned int order,
migratetype = MIGRATE_MOVABLE;
}
- if (unlikely((fpi_flags & FPI_TRYLOCK) && IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT)
- && (in_nmi() || in_hardirq()))) {
+ if (unlikely((fpi_flags & FPI_TRYLOCK) && !can_spin_trylock())) {
add_page_to_zone_llist(zone, page, order);
return;
}
--
2.54.0