[PATCH] mm/ksm: avoid anon_vma UAF during page merging
From: Zhao Gongyi
Date: Sat Oct 31 2026 - 14:23:44 EST
KASAN reports a use-after-free in page_address_in_vma() while ksmd
merges pages. ksmd keeps a folio reference across an mmap_lock drop,
during which mremap() can remove its last mapping and free its
anon_vma. page_address_in_vma() then dereferences the stale pointer
from folio->mapping.
KSM needs only a candidate address. write_protect_page() checks that
the PTE maps the folio, and replace_page() verifies the saved PTE
before replacing it. Compute the candidate from the folio index and
VMA instead of dereferencing the folio-side anon_vma. Reject KSM
folios because their page index is not meaningful.
Fixes: 21d0d443cdc1 ("rmap: resurrect page_address_in_vma anon_vma check")
Signed-off-by: Zhao Gongyi <zhaogongyi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Testing:
Unpatched mm-new: fixed-pool KSM/mremap reproduced the KASAN UAF.
Patched mm-new: the same workload ran for 12 minutes without KASAN,
BUG or WARNING; fork/COW KSM smoke passed.
mm/ksm.c | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/ksm.c b/mm/ksm.c
index d6f736a..f8af5ee 100644
--- a/mm/ksm.c
+++ b/mm/ksm.c
@@ -1307,7 +1307,7 @@ static int write_protect_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct folio *folio,
if (WARN_ON_ONCE(folio_test_large(folio)))
return err;
- pvmw.address = page_address_in_vma(folio, folio_page(folio, 0), vma);
+ pvmw.address = vma_anon_address(vma, folio_pgoff(folio), 1);
if (pvmw.address == -EFAULT)
goto out;
@@ -1408,7 +1408,7 @@ static int replace_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct page *page,
int err = -EFAULT;
struct mmu_notifier_range range;
- addr = page_address_in_vma(folio, page, vma);
+ addr = vma_anon_address(vma, page_pgoff(folio, page), 1);
if (addr == -EFAULT)
goto out;
@@ -1515,7 +1515,7 @@ static int try_to_merge_one_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
if (page == kpage) /* ksm page forked */
return 0;
- if (!folio_test_anon(folio))
+ if (!folio_test_anon(folio) || folio_test_ksm(folio))
goto out;
/*
base-commit: 243e8cdab64129d6207c398f8cf5fbb1962ff7e1
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2.39.5 (Apple Git-154)