Re: [PATCH v2 10/13] mm: Remove __alloc_pages_node()

[sashiko-bot]

Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 1 potential issue(s) to consider:

Pre-existing issues:
- [High] The patch leaves `__folio_alloc_node()` exposed to the exact same CPU hotplug out-of-bounds vulnerability that justified the removal of `__alloc_pages_node()`.
--

commit b690a6726aee701f88a87b35d2db8bfbfa39bc05
Author: Brendan Jackman <jackmanb@xxxxxxxxxx>

mm: Remove __alloc_pages_node()

This patch removes __alloc_pages_node() because its usage with cpu_to_node()
can return NUMA_NO_NODE during CPU hotplug, bypassing validation and causing
out-of-bounds accesses on NODE_DATA().

> diff --git a/include/linux/gfp.h b/include/linux/gfp.h
> index cdf95a9f0b87c..7edcc2e0be9ce 100644
> --- a/include/linux/gfp.h
> +++ b/include/linux/gfp.h
> @@ -278,21 +278,6 @@ static inline void warn_if_node_offline(int this_node, gfp_t gfp_mask)
>  	dump_stack();
>  }
>  
> -/*
> - * Allocate pages, preferring the node given as nid. The node must be valid and
> - * online. For more general interface, see alloc_pages_node().
> - */
> -static inline struct page *
> -__alloc_pages_node_noprof(int nid, gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order)
> -{
> -	VM_BUG_ON(nid < 0 || nid >= MAX_NUMNODES);
> -	warn_if_node_offline(nid, gfp_mask);
> -
> -	return __alloc_pages_noprof(gfp_mask, order, nid, NULL);
> -}
> -
> -#define  __alloc_pages_node(...)		alloc_hooks(__alloc_pages_node_noprof(__VA_ARGS__))
> -
>  static inline
>  struct folio *__folio_alloc_node_noprof(gfp_t gfp, unsigned int order, int nid)
>  {

[Severity: High]
This isn't a bug introduced by this patch, but does leaving
__folio_alloc_node_noprof() exposed maintain the exact same CPU hotplug
vulnerability that justified removing __alloc_pages_node()?

The commit message notes that passing the result of cpu_to_node() to the
allocator can yield NUMA_NO_NODE if the CPU is hotplugged out, which
bypasses validation and causes out-of-bounds accesses on NODE_DATA().

Can this still happen with __folio_alloc_node()? For example, in
net/sunrpc/svc.c, svc_prepare_thread() calls:

rqstp->rq_scratch_folio = __folio_alloc_node(GFP_KERNEL, 0, node);

with a potentially invalid node ID originating from cpu_to_node(). Should
__folio_alloc_node() also be removed or updated to safely handle
NUMA_NO_NODE?

-- 
Sashiko AI review · https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260622-alloc-trylock-v2-0-31f31367d420@xxxxxxxxxx?part=10