[PATCH] mm: shrinker: fix NULL pointer dereference in debugfs
From: Qi Zheng
Date: Wed Jun 17 2026 - 05:05:04 EST
From: Qi Zheng <zhengqi.arch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
The shrinker_debugfs_add() creates both "count" and "scan" debugfs files
unconditionally.
That assumes every shrinker implements both count_objects() and
scan_objects(), which is not guaranteed. For example, the xen-backend
shrinker sets count_objects() but leaves scan_objects() NULL, so writing
to its scan file calls through a NULL function pointer and panics the
kernel:
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000
RIP: 0010:0x0
Code: Unable to access opcode bytes at 0xffffffffffffffd6.
Call Trace:
<TASK>
shrinker_debugfs_scan_write+0x12e/0x270
full_proxy_write+0x5f/0x90
vfs_write+0xde/0x420
? filp_flush+0x75/0x90
? filp_close+0x1d/0x30
? do_dup2+0xb8/0x120
ksys_write+0x68/0xf0
? filp_flush+0x75/0x90
do_syscall_64+0xb3/0x5b0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
The count path has the same issue in principle if a shrinker omits
count_objects().
To fix it, only create "count" and "scan" debugfs files when the
corresponding callbacks are present.
Fixes: bbf535fd6f06 ("mm: shrinkers: add scan interface for shrinker debugfs")
Signed-off-by: Qi Zheng <zhengqi.arch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/shrinker_debug.c | 10 ++++++----
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/shrinker_debug.c b/mm/shrinker_debug.c
index cda4e86428c8..cafb56630132 100644
--- a/mm/shrinker_debug.c
+++ b/mm/shrinker_debug.c
@@ -183,10 +183,12 @@ int shrinker_debugfs_add(struct shrinker *shrinker)
}
shrinker->debugfs_entry = entry;
- debugfs_create_file("count", 0440, entry, shrinker,
- &shrinker_debugfs_count_fops);
- debugfs_create_file("scan", 0220, entry, shrinker,
- &shrinker_debugfs_scan_fops);
+ if (shrinker->count_objects)
+ debugfs_create_file("count", 0440, entry, shrinker,
+ &shrinker_debugfs_count_fops);
+ if (shrinker->scan_objects)
+ debugfs_create_file("scan", 0220, entry, shrinker,
+ &shrinker_debugfs_scan_fops);
return 0;
}
--
2.54.0