[PATCH] mm: vmscan: fix NULL pointer dereference in can_reclaim_anon_pages

From: Liu Shixin
Date: Fri Sep 08 2023 - 04:37:17 EST


The variable sc is NULL pointer in can_reclaim_anon_pages() when called
from zone_reclaimable_pages(). Check it before setting swapcache_only.

Reported-by: Sachin Sant <sachinp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/F00144DE-2A3F-4463-8203-45E0D57E313E@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/T/
Fixes: 92039ae85e8d("mm: vmscan: try to reclaim swapcache pages if no swap space")
Signed-off-by: Liu Shixin <liushixin2@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/vmscan.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index f1dc0dbf1cdb..5eb85ddf403f 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ static inline bool can_reclaim_anon_pages(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
if (get_nr_swap_pages() > 0)
return true;
/* Is there any swapcache pages to reclaim? */
- if (total_swapcache_pages() > 0) {
+ if (sc && total_swapcache_pages() > 0) {
sc->swapcache_only = 1;
return true;
}
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ static inline bool can_reclaim_anon_pages(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
if (mem_cgroup_get_nr_swap_pages(memcg) > 0)
return true;
/* Is there any swapcache pages in memcg to reclaim? */
- if (mem_cgroup_get_nr_swapcache_pages(memcg) > 0) {
+ if (sc && mem_cgroup_get_nr_swapcache_pages(memcg) > 0) {
sc->swapcache_only = 1;
return true;
}
--
2.25.1