[PATCH] mm/util: don't read __page_2 for order-1 folios in snapshot_page()
From: Aboorva Devarajan
Date: Tue Jul 07 2026 - 21:53:20 EST
snapshot_page() reconstructs a folio from a struct page. After copying
the head and __page_1 it reads __page_2 whenever the folio has more than
one page:
if (nr_pages > 1)
memcpy(&ps->folio_snapshot.__page_2, &foliop->__page_2,
sizeof(struct page));
__page_2 is the folio's third struct page, so it is part of the folio
only for order >= 2 (nr_pages > 2). For an order-1 folio (exactly two
pages) __page_2 is not part of the folio at all, it is the struct page
of the following pfn.
When such an order-1 head sits in the last struct page slots of a
populated section whose neighbouring section is absent (a memory hole),
__page_2 falls into the next section's unpopulated vmemmap and the
read oopses.
Observed on a 22 TB ppc64le LPAR during DLPAR memory remove, on the page
isolation dump path:
offline_pages -> start_isolate_page_range -> isolate_single_pageblock
-> set_migratetype_isolate -> dump_page -> __dump_page -> snapshot_page
NIP = snapshot_page+264 (ld of __page_2)
r4 = foliop = head = 0xc00c0005a03fff80
DAR = r4 + 0x88 = 0xc00c0005a0400008 (unmapped)
DSISR = 0x40000000 (no translation)
The faulting head was a free page that still carried PG_head with
_nr_pages == 2; its __page_2 is the first entry of the absent section.
It is also reproducible deterministically in a VM by placing an order-1
folio in the last slots of a populated section adjacent to a hole
(memmap=nnM$ssM) and calling dump_page() on it.
Only read __page_2 for order >= 2 folios (nr_pages > 2).
Fixes: 31a31da8a618 ("mm: move _pincount in folio to page[2] on 32bit")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # v6.15+
Reported-by: Sourabh Jain <sourabhjain@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Aboorva Devarajan <aboorvad@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/util.c | 8 +++++++-
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/mm/util.c b/mm/util.c
index af2c2103f0d95..b3d48a05e6d82 100644
--- a/mm/util.c
+++ b/mm/util.c
@@ -1353,7 +1353,13 @@ void snapshot_page(struct page_snapshot *ps, const struct page *page)
if (ps->idx < MAX_FOLIO_NR_PAGES) {
memcpy(&ps->folio_snapshot, foliop, 2 * sizeof(struct page));
nr_pages = folio_nr_pages(&ps->folio_snapshot);
- if (nr_pages > 1)
+ /*
+ * __page_2 is the folio's third struct page and is part of the
+ * folio only for order >= 2 (nr_pages > 2). For an order-1
+ * folio it is not part of the folio and may fall into an
+ * adjacent, possibly absent, section.
+ */
+ if (nr_pages > 2)
memcpy(&ps->folio_snapshot.__page_2, &foliop->__page_2,
sizeof(struct page));
set_ps_flags(ps, foliop, page);
--
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