[PATCH] mm/mremap: correctly uncharge accountable VMAs in error path

From: Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)

Date: Mon Oct 19 2026 - 15:56:44 EST


The mremap error path is a fragile and unwieldy beast - it reverses the
page table move then updates vma_remap_struct state to swap VMA, length and
address between old and new VMAs in copy_vma_and_data().

If the mremap() operation didn't specify MREMAP_DONTUNMAP then its caller,
move_vma(), invokes unmap_source_vma(), which unmaps the new VMA rather
than the old one.

For accountable VMAs when MREMAP_DONTUNMAP is not specified,
unmap_source_vma() unsets VMA_ACCOUNT_BIT during this unmap in order that
only the delta of a VMA expansion is charged (performed by
vrm_calc_charge() earlier).

Therefore nothing uncharges the expanded VMA size, and there is a permanent
leak in global Committed_AS.

Resolve the issue by uncharging when MREMAP_DONTUNMAP is not specified.

Fixes: fdbef6149135 ("mm/mremap: don't account pages in vma_to_resize()")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) <ljs@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Issue was found when I had local AI check the other mremap() fix from today - it
raised that this pre-existing issue was present.
---
mm/mremap.c | 14 ++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/mm/mremap.c b/mm/mremap.c
index 6970783fc445..1620006028c4 100644
--- a/mm/mremap.c
+++ b/mm/mremap.c
@@ -1338,6 +1338,20 @@ static int copy_vma_and_data(struct vma_remap_struct *vrm,
pmc_revert.need_rmap_locks = true;
move_page_tables(&pmc_revert);

+ /*
+ * When copy_vma_and_data() returns, the new VMA will be
+ * unmapped rather than the old one.
+ *
+ * When an accountable move is being performed, this unmapping
+ * will not uncharge any expansion, so do that now.
+ *
+ * A move is accountable if the VMA is accountable and
+ * MREMAP_DONTUNMAP is not specified, so only do so if the
+ * latter is true.
+ */
+ if (!(vrm->flags & MREMAP_DONTUNMAP))
+ vrm_uncharge(vrm);
+
vrm->vma = new_vma;
vrm->old_len = vrm->new_len;
vrm->addr = vrm->new_addr;

---
base-commit: 4dbe24720eb3811563cd56b35d87ddf3f9beed2a
change-id: 20261019-other-mremap-charge-leak-b426336c0299

Cheers,
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Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) <ljs@xxxxxxxxxx>