[PATCH v2 2/3] mm: khugepaged: fix folio is used after pte_unmap_unlock()
From: Vernon Yang
Date: Sat Aug 15 2026 - 01:21:12 EST
From: Vernon Yang <yanglincheng@xxxxxxxxxx>
After the page table lock has dropped, the folio can be freed
concurrently. The trace_mm_khugepaged_scan_pmd() is left with
a dangling folio pointer.
So using the folio_pfn() before dropping the page table lock,
closing use-after-free window.
Fixes: 7d2eba0557c1 ("mm: add tracepoint for scanning pages")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Vernon Yang <yanglincheng@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/trace/events/huge_memory.h | 6 +++---
mm/khugepaged.c | 4 +++-
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/trace/events/huge_memory.h b/include/trace/events/huge_memory.h
index d3572d4ef453..5dc71d292f47 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/huge_memory.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/huge_memory.h
@@ -55,10 +55,10 @@ SCAN_STATUS
TRACE_EVENT(mm_khugepaged_scan_pmd,
- TP_PROTO(struct mm_struct *mm, struct folio *folio,
+ TP_PROTO(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long pfn,
int referenced, int none_or_zero, int status, int unmapped),
- TP_ARGS(mm, folio, referenced, none_or_zero, status, unmapped),
+ TP_ARGS(mm, pfn, referenced, none_or_zero, status, unmapped),
TP_STRUCT__entry(
__field(struct mm_struct *, mm)
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ TRACE_EVENT(mm_khugepaged_scan_pmd,
TP_fast_assign(
__entry->mm = mm;
- __entry->pfn = folio ? folio_pfn(folio) : -1;
+ __entry->pfn = pfn;
__entry->referenced = referenced;
__entry->none_or_zero = none_or_zero;
__entry->status = status;
diff --git a/mm/khugepaged.c b/mm/khugepaged.c
index e7830761d3a2..7c8c48577408 100644
--- a/mm/khugepaged.c
+++ b/mm/khugepaged.c
@@ -1603,6 +1603,7 @@ static enum scan_result collapse_scan_pmd(struct mm_struct *mm,
enum scan_result result = SCAN_FAIL;
struct page *page = NULL;
struct folio *folio = NULL;
+ unsigned long pfn = -1;
unsigned long addr;
unsigned long enabled_orders;
spinlock_t *ptl;
@@ -1778,6 +1779,7 @@ static enum scan_result collapse_scan_pmd(struct mm_struct *mm,
result = SCAN_SUCCEED;
}
out_unmap:
+ pfn = folio ? folio_pfn(folio) : -1;
pte_unmap_unlock(pte, ptl);
if (result == SCAN_SUCCEED) {
/* collapse_huge_page expects the lock to be dropped before calling */
@@ -1788,7 +1790,7 @@ static enum scan_result collapse_scan_pmd(struct mm_struct *mm,
*lock_dropped = true;
}
out:
- trace_mm_khugepaged_scan_pmd(mm, folio, referenced,
+ trace_mm_khugepaged_scan_pmd(mm, pfn, referenced,
none_or_zero, result, unmapped);
return result;
}
--
2.53.0