[PATCH v3 6/7] mm/kasan: Introduce helpers for lazy MMU mode sanitizer
From: Alexander Gordeev
Date: Tue Jun 16 2026 - 08:41:04 EST
Provide helpers that allow architectures implement
illegitimate PTE direct accesses while the lazy MMU
mode is enabled, such as:
pte_t pte = *ptep;
*ptep = pte;
By contrast, these would have to be:
pte_t pte = ptep_get(ptep);
set_pte(ptep, pte);
The direct PTE accesses pose a real issue on s390.
Suggested-by: Ilya Leoshkevich <iii@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/kasan.h | 16 ++++++++++++++++
mm/kasan/common.c | 10 ++++++++++
mm/kasan/kasan.h | 2 ++
3 files changed, 28 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/linux/kasan.h b/include/linux/kasan.h
index bf233bde68c7..deadf566b84a 100644
--- a/include/linux/kasan.h
+++ b/include/linux/kasan.h
@@ -134,6 +134,20 @@ static __always_inline void kasan_poison_slab(struct slab *slab)
__kasan_poison_slab(slab);
}
+void __kasan_poison_pte(pte_t *pte, int nr);
+static __always_inline void kasan_poison_pte(pte_t *pte, int nr)
+{
+ if (kasan_enabled())
+ __kasan_poison_pte(pte, nr);
+}
+
+void __kasan_unpoison_pte(pte_t *pte, int nr);
+static __always_inline void kasan_unpoison_pte(pte_t *pte, int nr)
+{
+ if (kasan_enabled())
+ __kasan_unpoison_pte(pte, nr);
+}
+
void __kasan_unpoison_new_object(struct kmem_cache *cache, void *object);
/**
* kasan_unpoison_new_object - Temporarily unpoison a new slab object.
@@ -414,6 +428,8 @@ static inline bool kasan_unpoison_pages(struct page *page, unsigned int order,
return false;
}
static inline void kasan_poison_slab(struct slab *slab) {}
+static inline void kasan_poison_pte(pte_t *pte, int nr) {}
+static inline void kasan_unpoison_pte(pte_t *pte, int nr) {}
static inline void kasan_unpoison_new_object(struct kmem_cache *cache,
void *object) {}
static inline void kasan_poison_new_object(struct kmem_cache *cache,
diff --git a/mm/kasan/common.c b/mm/kasan/common.c
index b7d05c2a6d93..cbf68680614e 100644
--- a/mm/kasan/common.c
+++ b/mm/kasan/common.c
@@ -163,6 +163,16 @@ void __kasan_poison_slab(struct slab *slab)
KASAN_SLAB_REDZONE, false);
}
+void __kasan_poison_pte(pte_t *pte, int nr)
+{
+ kasan_poison(pte, sizeof(*pte) * nr, KASAN_LAZY_MMU_PTE, false);
+}
+
+void __kasan_unpoison_pte(pte_t *pte, int nr)
+{
+ kasan_unpoison(pte, sizeof(*pte) * nr, false);
+}
+
void __kasan_unpoison_new_object(struct kmem_cache *cache, void *object)
{
kasan_unpoison(object, cache->object_size, false);
diff --git a/mm/kasan/kasan.h b/mm/kasan/kasan.h
index fc9169a54766..8ba0fbabd75b 100644
--- a/mm/kasan/kasan.h
+++ b/mm/kasan/kasan.h
@@ -144,12 +144,14 @@ static inline bool kasan_requires_meta(void)
#define KASAN_PAGE_REDZONE 0xFE /* redzone for kmalloc_large allocation */
#define KASAN_SLAB_REDZONE 0xFC /* redzone for slab object */
#define KASAN_SLAB_FREE 0xFB /* freed slab object */
+#define KASAN_LAZY_MMU_PTE 0xFD
#define KASAN_VMALLOC_INVALID 0xF8 /* inaccessible space in vmap area */
#else
#define KASAN_PAGE_FREE KASAN_TAG_INVALID
#define KASAN_PAGE_REDZONE KASAN_TAG_INVALID
#define KASAN_SLAB_REDZONE KASAN_TAG_INVALID
#define KASAN_SLAB_FREE KASAN_TAG_INVALID
+#define KASAN_LAZY_MMU_PTE KASAN_TAG_INVALID
#define KASAN_VMALLOC_INVALID KASAN_TAG_INVALID /* only used for SW_TAGS */
#endif
--
2.53.0