Re: [PATCH 1/2] mm/uffd: Fix vma operation where start addr cuts part of vma

From: Peter Xu
Date: Wed May 17 2023 - 14:38:29 EST


On Wed, May 17, 2023 at 06:20:55PM +0100, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
> On Wed, May 17, 2023 at 11:04:07AM -0400, Peter Xu wrote:
> > It seems vma merging with uffd paths is broken with either
> > register/unregister, where right now we can feed wrong parameters to
> > vma_merge() and it's found by recent patch which moved asserts upwards in
> > vma_merge() by Lorenzo Stoakes:
> >
> > https://lore.kernel.org/all/ZFunF7DmMdK05MoF@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> >
> > The problem is in the current code base we didn't fixup "prev" for the case
> > where "start" address can be within the "prev" vma section. In that case
> > we should have "prev" points to the current vma rather than the previous
> > one when feeding to vma_merge().
>
> This doesn't seem quite correct, perhaps - "where start is contained within vma
> but not clamped to its start. We need to convert this into case 4 which permits
> subdivision of prev by assigning vma to prev. As we loop, each subsequent VMA
> will be clamped to the start."

I think it covers more than case 4 - it can also be case 0 where no merge
will happen?

>
> >
> > This patch will eliminate the report and make sure vma_merge() calls will
> > become legal again.
> >
> > One thing to mention is that the "Fixes: 29417d292bd0" below is there only
> > to help explain where the warning can start to trigger, the real commit to
> > fix should be 69dbe6daf104. Commit 29417d292bd0 helps us to identify the
> > issue, but unfortunately we may want to keep it in Fixes too just to ease
> > kernel backporters for easier tracking.
> >
> > Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <lstoakes@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Mike Rapoport (IBM) <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Reported-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx>
> > Fixes: 29417d292bd0 ("mm/mmap/vma_merge: always check invariants")
> > Fixes: 69dbe6daf104 ("userfaultfd: use maple tree iterator to iterate VMAs")
> > Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/ZFunF7DmMdK05MoF@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> > Cc: linux-stable <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Peter Xu <peterx@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > fs/userfaultfd.c | 5 +++++
> > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/fs/userfaultfd.c b/fs/userfaultfd.c
> > index 0fd96d6e39ce..17c8c345dac4 100644
> > --- a/fs/userfaultfd.c
> > +++ b/fs/userfaultfd.c
> > @@ -1459,6 +1459,8 @@ static int userfaultfd_register(struct userfaultfd_ctx *ctx,
> >
> > vma_iter_set(&vmi, start);
> > prev = vma_prev(&vmi);
> > + if (vma->vm_start < start)
> > + prev = vma;
> >
> > ret = 0;
> > for_each_vma_range(vmi, vma, end) {
> > @@ -1625,6 +1627,9 @@ static int userfaultfd_unregister(struct userfaultfd_ctx *ctx,
> >
> > vma_iter_set(&vmi, start);
> > prev = vma_prev(&vmi);
> > + if (vma->vm_start < start)
> > + prev = vma;
> > +
> > ret = 0;
> > for_each_vma_range(vmi, vma, end) {
> > cond_resched();
> > --
> > 2.39.1
> >
>
> Other than that looks good:-
>
> Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lstoakes@xxxxxxxxx>

Thanks to both on the quick reviews!

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Peter Xu