[PATCH] mm/rmap: synchronize lock and unlock target in anon_vma_clone

From: Eric Kim

Date: Fri Aug 14 2026 - 02:33:26 EST


Currently, in anon_vma_clone(), src vma's anon_vma is assigned to
active_anon_vma and is used when unlocking anon_vma after linking new
AVCs. However, the anon_vma is locked using src->anon_vma, instead of
active_anon_vma, making the lock and unlock target inconsistent.

Use active_anon_vma for both locking and unlocking.

Signed-off-by: Eric Kim <seohyun.kim@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/rmap.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mm/rmap.c b/mm/rmap.c
index 1c77d5dc06e9..f3fadfb69c7f 100644
--- a/mm/rmap.c
+++ b/mm/rmap.c
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ int anon_vma_clone(struct vm_area_struct *dst, struct vm_area_struct *src,
* Now link the anon_vma's back to the newly inserted AVCs.
* Note that all anon_vma's share the same root.
*/
- anon_vma_lock_write(src->anon_vma);
+ anon_vma_lock_write(active_anon_vma);
list_for_each_entry_reverse(avc, &dst->anon_vma_chain, same_vma) {
struct anon_vma *anon_vma = avc->anon_vma;

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2.55.0