mm/mempolicy.c:488:6-25: WARNING: atomic_dec_and_test variation before object free at line 496.

[kernel test robot]

tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master
head:   940de590b839f71d6dc846160534bf202401b8b7
commit: 190a8c48ff623c3d67cb295b4536a660db2012aa futex: Fix UaF between futex_key_to_node_opt() and vma_replace_policy()
date:   5 months ago
config: s390-randconfig-r064-20260903 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20260903/202609032025.W5uNU0A3-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/config)
compiler: s390-linux-gcc (GCC) 8.5.0

If you fix the issue in a separate patch/commit (i.e. not just a new version of
the same patch/commit), kindly add following tags
| Fixes: 190a8c48ff62 ("futex: Fix UaF between futex_key_to_node_opt() and vma_replace_policy()")
| Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
| Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202609032025.W5uNU0A3-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/

cocci warnings: (new ones prefixed by >>)
>> mm/mempolicy.c:488:6-25: WARNING: atomic_dec_and_test variation before object free at line 496.

vim +488 mm/mempolicy.c

^1da177e4c3f415 Linus Torvalds   2005-04-16  484  
52cd3b074050dd6 Lee Schermerhorn 2008-04-28  485  /* Slow path of a mpol destructor. */
c36f6e6dff4d32e Hugh Dickins     2023-10-03  486  void __mpol_put(struct mempolicy *pol)
52cd3b074050dd6 Lee Schermerhorn 2008-04-28  487  {
c36f6e6dff4d32e Hugh Dickins     2023-10-03 @488  	if (!atomic_dec_and_test(&pol->refcnt))
52cd3b074050dd6 Lee Schermerhorn 2008-04-28  489  		return;
190a8c48ff623c3 Hao-Yu Yang      2026-03-13  490  	/*
190a8c48ff623c3 Hao-Yu Yang      2026-03-13  491  	 * Required to allow mmap_lock_speculative*() access, see for example
190a8c48ff623c3 Hao-Yu Yang      2026-03-13  492  	 * futex_key_to_node_opt(). All accesses are serialized by mmap_lock,
190a8c48ff623c3 Hao-Yu Yang      2026-03-13  493  	 * however the speculative lock section unbound by the normal lock
190a8c48ff623c3 Hao-Yu Yang      2026-03-13  494  	 * boundaries, requiring RCU freeing.
190a8c48ff623c3 Hao-Yu Yang      2026-03-13  495  	 */
190a8c48ff623c3 Hao-Yu Yang      2026-03-13 @496  	kfree_rcu(pol, rcu);
52cd3b074050dd6 Lee Schermerhorn 2008-04-28  497  }
f634f10809ec3d5 Shivank Garg     2025-08-27  498  EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_MODULES(__mpol_put, "kvm");
52cd3b074050dd6 Lee Schermerhorn 2008-04-28  499  

:::::: The code at line 488 was first introduced by commit
:::::: c36f6e6dff4d32ec8b6da8f553933727a57a7a4a mempolicy trivia: slightly more consistent naming

:::::: TO: Hugh Dickins <hughd@xxxxxxxxxx>
:::::: CC: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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