[PATCH] mm: correct error handling in mmap_region()

From: Lorenzo Stoakes
Date: Tue Oct 01 2024 - 07:44:50 EST


Commit f8d112a4e657 ("mm/mmap: avoid zeroing vma tree in mmap_region()")
changed how error handling is performed in mmap_region(), defaulting to
-ENOMEM but then potentially clearing this state when invoking
vms_gather_munmap_vmas().

Later calls which have abort cases, such as the check against
may_expand_vm() and vm_area_alloc() do not update error, meaning that we
may report the operation is successful when in fact it failed.

Correct this and avoid future confusion by strictly setting error on each
and every occasion we jump to the error handling logic, and set the error
code immediately prior to doing so.

This way we can see at a glance that the error code is always correct

Thanks to Vegard Nossum who spotted this issue in discussion around this
problem.

Reported-by: Bert Karwatzki <spasswolf@xxxxxx>
Suggested-by: Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@xxxxxxxxxx>
Fixes: f8d112a4e657 ("mm/mmap: avoid zeroing vma tree in mmap_region()")
Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/mmap.c | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++-----------
1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
index dd4b35a25aeb..9c0fb43064b5 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -1371,7 +1371,7 @@ unsigned long mmap_region(struct file *file, unsigned long addr,
struct maple_tree mt_detach;
unsigned long end = addr + len;
bool writable_file_mapping = false;
- int error = -ENOMEM;
+ int error;
VMA_ITERATOR(vmi, mm, addr);
VMG_STATE(vmg, mm, &vmi, addr, end, vm_flags, pgoff);

@@ -1396,8 +1396,10 @@ unsigned long mmap_region(struct file *file, unsigned long addr,
}

/* Check against address space limit. */
- if (!may_expand_vm(mm, vm_flags, pglen - vms.nr_pages))
+ if (!may_expand_vm(mm, vm_flags, pglen - vms.nr_pages)) {
+ error = -ENOMEM;
goto abort_munmap;
+ }

/*
* Private writable mapping: check memory availability
@@ -1405,8 +1407,11 @@ unsigned long mmap_region(struct file *file, unsigned long addr,
if (accountable_mapping(file, vm_flags)) {
charged = pglen;
charged -= vms.nr_accounted;
- if (charged && security_vm_enough_memory_mm(mm, charged))
- goto abort_munmap;
+ if (charged) {
+ error = security_vm_enough_memory_mm(mm, charged);
+ if (error)
+ goto abort_munmap;
+ }

vms.nr_accounted = 0;
vm_flags |= VM_ACCOUNT;
@@ -1422,8 +1427,10 @@ unsigned long mmap_region(struct file *file, unsigned long addr,
* not unmapped, but the maps are removed from the list.
*/
vma = vm_area_alloc(mm);
- if (!vma)
+ if (!vma) {
+ error = -ENOMEM;
goto unacct_error;
+ }

vma_iter_config(&vmi, addr, end);
vma_set_range(vma, addr, end, pgoff);
@@ -1453,9 +1460,10 @@ unsigned long mmap_region(struct file *file, unsigned long addr,
* Expansion is handled above, merging is handled below.
* Drivers should not alter the address of the VMA.
*/
- error = -EINVAL;
- if (WARN_ON((addr != vma->vm_start)))
+ if (WARN_ON((addr != vma->vm_start))) {
+ error = -EINVAL;
goto close_and_free_vma;
+ }

vma_iter_config(&vmi, addr, end);
/*
@@ -1500,13 +1508,15 @@ unsigned long mmap_region(struct file *file, unsigned long addr,
}

/* Allow architectures to sanity-check the vm_flags */
- error = -EINVAL;
- if (!arch_validate_flags(vma->vm_flags))
+ if (!arch_validate_flags(vma->vm_flags)) {
+ error = -EINVAL;
goto close_and_free_vma;
+ }

- error = -ENOMEM;
- if (vma_iter_prealloc(&vmi, vma))
+ if (vma_iter_prealloc(&vmi, vma)) {
+ error = -ENOMEM;
goto close_and_free_vma;
+ }

/* Lock the VMA since it is modified after insertion into VMA tree */
vma_start_write(vma);
--
2.46.2