[PATCH v2] mm: vmalloc: WARN_ON if mapping size is not PAGE_SIZE aligned
From: Yadong Qi
Date: Thu Oct 09 2025 - 02:14:28 EST
In mm/vmalloc.c, the function vmap_pte_range() assumes that the
mapping size is aligned to PAGE_SIZE. If this assumption is
violated, the loop will become infinite because the termination
condition (`addr != end`) will never be met. This can lead to
overwriting other VA ranges and/or random pages physically follow
the page table.
It's the caller's responsibility to ensure that the mapping size
is aligned to PAGE_SIZE. However, the memory corruption is hard
to root cause. To identify the programming error in the caller
easier, check whether the mapping size is PAGE_SIZE aligned with
WARN_ON().
Signed-off-by: Yadong Qi <yadong.qi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Huang Ying <ying.huang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
v1 -> v2:
* Use WARN_ON instead of BUG_ON
---
mm/vmalloc.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
index 5edd536ba9d2..2cad593e4677 100644
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c
+++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -100,6 +100,9 @@ static int vmap_pte_range(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
struct page *page;
unsigned long size = PAGE_SIZE;
+ if (WARN_ON(!PAGE_ALIGNED(end - addr)))
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
pfn = phys_addr >> PAGE_SHIFT;
pte = pte_alloc_kernel_track(pmd, addr, mask);
if (!pte)
--
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