Re: [PATCH] mm: khugepaged: Fix kernel BUG in hpage_collapse_scan_file

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Wed Mar 29 2023 - 17:53:32 EST


On Wed, 29 Mar 2023 18:53:30 +0400 Ivan Orlov <ivan.orlov0322@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Syzkaller reported the following issue:
>
> ...
>
> The 'xas_store' call during page cache scanning can potentially
> translate 'xas' into the error state (with the reproducer provided
> by the syzkaller the error code is -ENOMEM). However, there are no
> further checks after the 'xas_store', and the next call of 'xas_next'
> at the start of the scanning cycle doesn't increase the xa_index,
> and the issue occurs.
>
> This patch will add the xarray state error checking after the
> 'xas_store' and the corresponding result error code.
>
> Tested via syzbot.
>
> Reported-by: syzbot+9578faa5475acb35fa50@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=7d6bb3760e026ece7524500fe44fb024a0e959fc
> Signed-off-by: Ivan Orlov <ivan.orlov0322@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> mm/khugepaged.c | 10 ++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/mm/khugepaged.c b/mm/khugepaged.c
> index 92e6f56a932d..4d9850d9ea7f 100644
> --- a/mm/khugepaged.c
> +++ b/mm/khugepaged.c
> @@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ enum scan_result {
> SCAN_CGROUP_CHARGE_FAIL,
> SCAN_TRUNCATED,
> SCAN_PAGE_HAS_PRIVATE,
> + SCAN_STORE_FAILED,
> };
>
> #define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
> @@ -1840,6 +1841,15 @@ static int collapse_file(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
> goto xa_locked;
> }
> xas_store(&xas, hpage);
> + if (xas_error(&xas)) {
> + /* revert shmem_charge performed
> + * in the previous condition
> + */
> + mapping->nrpages--;
> + shmem_uncharge(mapping->host, 1);
> + result = SCAN_STORE_FAILED;
> + goto xa_locked;
> + }
> nr_none++;
> continue;
> }

Needs this, I assume.

--- a/include/trace/events/huge_memory.h~mm-khugepaged-fix-kernel-bug-in-hpage_collapse_scan_file-fix
+++ a/include/trace/events/huge_memory.h
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@
EM( SCAN_ALLOC_HUGE_PAGE_FAIL, "alloc_huge_page_failed") \
EM( SCAN_CGROUP_CHARGE_FAIL, "ccgroup_charge_failed") \
EM( SCAN_TRUNCATED, "truncated") \
- EMe(SCAN_PAGE_HAS_PRIVATE, "page_has_private") \
+ EM( SCAN_PAGE_HAS_PRIVATE, "page_has_private") \
+ EMe(SCAN_STORE_FAILED, "store_failed")

#undef EM
#undef EMe
_