Re: [syzbot] [kernel?] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in __hrtimer_run_queues

From: Hillf Danton
Date: Tue Jun 04 2024 - 08:45:59 EST


On Mon, 03 Jun 2024 03:22:29 -0700
> syzbot found the following issue on:
>
> HEAD commit: 4a4be1ad3a6e Revert "vfs: Delete the associated dentry whe..
> git tree: upstream
> C reproducer: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/repro.c?x=12c1b514980000

#syz test https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master

--- a/arch/arm64/mm/contpte.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/contpte.c
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ void contpte_clear_young_dirty_ptes(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
* clearing access/dirty for the whole block.
*/
unsigned long start = addr;
- unsigned long end = start + nr;
+ unsigned long end = start + nr * PAGE_SIZE;

if (pte_cont(__ptep_get(ptep + nr - 1)))
end = ALIGN(end, CONT_PTE_SIZE);
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ void contpte_clear_young_dirty_ptes(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
ptep = contpte_align_down(ptep);
}

- __clear_young_dirty_ptes(vma, start, ptep, end - start, flags);
+ __clear_young_dirty_ptes(vma, start, ptep, (end - start) / PAGE_SIZE, flags);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(contpte_clear_young_dirty_ptes);

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