Re: [PATCH] mm/vmalloc: Move free_vm_area(area) from the __vmalloc_area_node function to the __vmalloc_node_range_noprof function

From: Lai, Yi
Date: Thu Mar 13 2025 - 05:17:58 EST


On Mon, Mar 03, 2025 at 09:57:02AM +0800, Liu Ye wrote:
> Moved free_vm_area from the __vmalloc_area_node function to the
> __vmalloc_node_range_noprof function so that allocation and freeing
> of the area can be paired in one function for better readability.
>
> Signed-off-by: Liu Ye <liuye@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> mm/vmalloc.c | 5 +++--
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
> index a6e7acebe9ad..dc658d4af181 100644
> --- a/mm/vmalloc.c
> +++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
> @@ -3651,7 +3651,6 @@ static void *__vmalloc_area_node(struct vm_struct *area, gfp_t gfp_mask,
> warn_alloc(gfp_mask, NULL,
> "vmalloc error: size %lu, failed to allocated page array size %lu",
> nr_small_pages * PAGE_SIZE, array_size);
> - free_vm_area(area);
> return NULL;
> }
>
> @@ -3844,8 +3843,10 @@ void *__vmalloc_node_range_noprof(unsigned long size, unsigned long align,
>
> /* Allocate physical pages and map them into vmalloc space. */
> ret = __vmalloc_area_node(area, gfp_mask, prot, shift, node);
> - if (!ret)
> + if (!ret) {
> + free_vm_area(area);
> goto fail;
> + }
>
> /*
> * Mark the pages as accessible, now that they are mapped.
> --
> 2.25.1
>

Another issue is also bisected to this commit: there is KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in io_create_region


Syzkaller repro code:
https://github.com/laifryiee/syzkaller_logs/tree/main/250313_124102_io_create_region/repro.c
Syzkaller repro syscall steps:
https://github.com/laifryiee/syzkaller_logs/tree/main/250313_124102_io_create_region/repro.prog
Syzkaller report:
https://github.com/laifryiee/syzkaller_logs/tree/main/250313_124102_io_create_region/repro.report
Issue dmesg:
https://github.com/laifryiee/syzkaller_logs/blob/main/250313_124102_io_create_region/eea255893718268e1ab852fb52f70c613d109b99_dmesg.log

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[ 24.707888] __asan_report_load8_noabort+0x18/0x20
[ 24.707895] __vmalloc_node_range_noprof+0x1344/0x1420
[ 24.707901] ? __lock_acquire+0x1bad/0x5d60
[ 24.707915] ? io_create_region+0x6ca/0xe00
[ 24.707933] ? __pfx___vmalloc_node_range_noprof+0x10/0x10
[ 24.707940] ? debug_smp_processor_id+0x20/0x30
[ 24.707958] __kvmalloc_node_noprof+0x2a9/0x6a0
[ 24.707969] ? io_create_region+0x6ca/0xe00
[ 24.707979] ? io_create_region+0x6ca/0xe00
[ 24.707992] io_create_region+0x6ca/0xe00
[ 24.708002] ? io_create_region+0x6ca/0xe00
[ 24.708015] ? __pfx_io_create_region+0x10/0x10
[ 24.708025] ? __this_cpu_preempt_check+0x21/0x30
[ 24.708035] ? lock_release+0x440/0x870
[ 24.708046] ? __pfx_lock_release+0x10/0x10
[ 24.708056] io_create_region_mmap_safe+0xaf/0x150
[ 24.708067] ? __pfx_io_create_region_mmap_safe+0x10/0x10
[ 24.708081] ? __sanitizer_cov_trace_const_cmp8+0x1c/0x30
[ 24.708096] __do_sys_io_uring_register+0xb90/0x2b10
[ 24.708110] ? __pfx___do_sys_io_uring_register+0x10/0x10
[ 24.708127] ? trace_hardirqs_on+0x51/0x60
[ 24.708145] ? __audit_syscall_entry+0x39c/0x500
[ 24.708157] __x64_sys_io_uring_register+0x9f/0x100
[ 24.708168] ? syscall_trace_enter+0x14d/0x280
[ 24.708179] x64_sys_call+0x1eef/0x2150
[ 24.708188] do_syscall_64+0x6d/0x140
[ 24.708199] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
[ 24.708206] RIP: 0033:0x7f9276c3ee5d
[ 24.708217] Code: ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 90 f3 0f 1e fa 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 8b 0d 93 af 1b 00 f7 d8 64 89 01 48
[ 24.708224] RSP: 002b:00007ffd41ff7c18 EFLAGS: 00000202 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000001ab
[ 24.708234] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 00007f9276c3ee5d
[ 24.708238] RDX: 0000000020003300 RSI: 0000000000000022 RDI: 0000000000000003
[ 24.708242] RBP: 00007ffd41ff7c30 R08: 00007ffd41ff7c30 R09: 00007ffd41ff7c30
[ 24.708246] R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 0000000000000202 R12: 00007ffd41ff7d88
[ 24.708250] R13: 00000000004017f5 R14: 0000000000403e08 R15: 00007f9276f77000
[ 24.708260] </TASK>
[ 24.708262]
[ 24.719961] Allocated by task 1208:
[ 24.720136] kasan_save_stack+0x2c/0x60
[ 24.720336] kasan_save_track+0x18/0x40
[ 24.720529] kasan_save_alloc_info+0x3c/0x50
[ 24.720744] __kasan_kmalloc+0x88/0xa0
[ 24.720933] __kmalloc_cache_node_noprof+0x1d0/0x470
[ 24.721174] __get_vm_area_node+0xf7/0x260
[ 24.721380] __vmalloc_node_range_noprof+0x25c/0x1420
[ 24.721622] __kvmalloc_node_noprof+0x2a9/0x6a0
[ 24.721848] io_create_region+0x6ca/0xe00
[ 24.722049] io_create_region_mmap_safe+0xaf/0x150
[ 24.722291] __do_sys_io_uring_register+0xb90/0x2b10
[ 24.722539] __x64_sys_io_uring_register+0x9f/0x100
[ 24.722782] x64_sys_call+0x1eef/0x2150
[ 24.722976] do_syscall_64+0x6d/0x140
[ 24.723159] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
[ 24.723405]
[ 24.723491] Freed by task 1208:
[ 24.723648] kasan_save_stack+0x2c/0x60
[ 24.723841] kasan_save_track+0x18/0x40
[ 24.724035] kasan_save_free_info+0x3f/0x60
[ 24.724247] __kasan_slab_free+0x3d/0x60
[ 24.724450] kfree+0x28d/0x440
[ 24.724610] vfree+0x2ce/0x910
[ 24.724769] __vmalloc_node_range_noprof+0xeca/0x1420
[ 24.725017] __kvmalloc_node_noprof+0x2a9/0x6a0
[ 24.725240] io_create_region+0x6ca/0xe00
[ 24.725442] io_create_region_mmap_safe+0xaf/0x150
[ 24.725682] __do_sys_io_uring_register+0xb90/0x2b10
[ 24.725934] __x64_sys_io_uring_register+0x9f/0x100
[ 24.726177] x64_sys_call+0x1eef/0x2150
[ 24.726365] do_syscall_64+0x6d/0x140
[ 24.726549] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
[ 24.726796]
[ 24.726882] The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff8880166bfb80
[ 24.726882] which belongs to the cache kmalloc-64 of size 64
[ 24.727442] The buggy address is located 8 bytes inside of
[ 24.727442] freed 64-byte region [ffff8880166bfb80, ffff8880166bfbc0)
[ 24.727990]
[ 24.728078] The buggy address belongs to the physical page:
[ 24.728344] page: refcount:0 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x166bf
[ 24.728712] anon flags: 0xfffffc0000000(node=0|zone=1|lastcpupid=0x1fffff)
[ 24.729034] page_type: f5(slab)
[ 24.729196] raw: 000fffffc0000000 ffff88800d4418c0 0000000000000000 dead000000000001
[ 24.729562] raw: 0000000000000000 0000000080200020 00000000f5000000 0000000000000000
[ 24.729922] page dumped because: kasan: bad access detected
[ 24.730189]
[ 24.730274] Memory state around the buggy address:
[ 24.730503] ffff8880166bfa80: fa fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc
[ 24.730839] ffff8880166bfb00: fa fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc
[ 24.731179] >ffff8880166bfb80: fa fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc
[ 24.731518] ^
[ 24.731696] ffff8880166bfc00: fa fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc
[ 24.732032] ffff8880166bfc80: fa fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc
[ 24.732369] ==================================================================
[ 24.732787] Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint
[ 24.734673] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[ 24.734907] Trying to vfree() bad address (00000000ea48f0e7)
[ 24.735229] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 1207 at mm/vmalloc.c:3231 remove_vm_area+0x1c2/0x220
[ 24.735601] Modules linked in:
[ 24.735760] CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 1207 Comm: repro Tainted: G B 6.14.0-rc6-next-20250311-eea255893718 #1
[ 24.736307] Tainted: [B]=BAD_PAGE
[ 24.736477] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.16.0-0-gd239552ce722-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014
[ 24.737002] RIP: 0010:remove_vm_area+0x1c2/0x220
[ 24.737230] Code: c3 cc cc cc cc e8 7e e2 a4 ff 49 81 ee 00 10 00 00 e9 51 ff ff ff e8 6d e2 a4 ff 4c 89 e6 48 c7 c7 a0 eb fa 85 e8 ce 71 63 ff <0f> 0b 45 31 ed eb bb 45 31 ed eb b6 e8 ed d2 0f 00 e9 10 ff ff ff
[ 24.738072] RSP: 0000:ffff88804dbc78b8 EFLAGS: 00010292
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Hope this cound be insightful to you.

Regards,
Yi Lai