[PATCH 2/3] mm/vmalloc: fix vmalloc_dump_obj cross-zone VA lookup

From: Ye Liu

Date: Wed Sep 16 2026 - 04:28:40 EST


From: Ye Liu <liuye@xxxxxxxxxx>

vmalloc_dump_obj() searches only one vmap node (addr_to_node(addr)),
but a vmalloc allocation may span multiple vmap zones. The VA is
stored in only one node's rb-tree (addr_to_node(va_start)), so an
object pointer in a different zone than va_start maps to a different
node and the search misses. This affects any allocation larger than
vmap_zone_size (64 KiB) on multi-CPU systems.

Iterate all vmap nodes using for_each_vmap_node, like find_vmap_area()
does, but with spin_trylock instead of spin_lock as this function can
be called from atomic dump contexts (OOM, KASAN, RCU).

Signed-off-by: Ye Liu <liuye@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/vmalloc.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++------
1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
index df42d8a6f058..30c610f678dc 100644
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c
+++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -5278,17 +5278,29 @@ bool vmalloc_dump_obj(void *object)
unsigned long nr_pages;

addr = PAGE_ALIGN_DOWN((unsigned long) object);
- vn = addr_to_node(addr);

- if (!spin_trylock(&vn->busy.lock))
- return false;
+ /*
+ * A vmalloc allocation may span multiple vmap zones, so the
+ * node whose rb-tree holds the VA may differ from the node
+ * the address maps to. Search all nodes. Use trylock as
+ * this function can be called from atomic dump contexts.
+ */
+ va = NULL;
+ for_each_vmap_node(vn) {
+ if (!spin_trylock(&vn->busy.lock))
+ continue;
+
+ va = __find_vmap_area(addr, &vn->busy.root);
+ if (va && va->vm)
+ break;

- va = __find_vmap_area(addr, &vn->busy.root);
- if (!va || !va->vm) {
spin_unlock(&vn->busy.lock);
- return false;
+ va = NULL;
}

+ if (!va)
+ return false;
+
vm = va->vm;
addr = (unsigned long) vm->addr;
caller = vm->caller;

--
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