[PATCH v2 1/2] mm/memory: recheck PG_uptodate after ->page_mkwrite()
From: Kiryl Shutsemau (Meta)
Date: Mon Nov 09 2026 - 07:07:02 EST
do_shared_fault() unlocks the folio around ->page_mkwrite(). Writeback
can lock it in that window, fail, and clear PG_uptodate with the folio
left in the page cache. ecryptfs_writepages() does this when encryption
fails. filemap_page_mkwrite() relocks the folio and checks only
->mapping, so the fault maps a folio that is not uptodate:
CPU0 CPU1
do_shared_fault()
folio_unlock()
ecryptfs_writepages()
folio_clear_uptodate()
filemap_page_mkwrite()
folio_lock()
finish_fault()
The next read(2) or fault on the folio reads it in again from the file,
over anything stored through the mapping in the meantime. Those stores
are lost.
Recheck PG_uptodate once ->page_mkwrite() returns with the folio locked,
and retry the fault if it is clear, the same way filemap_fault() retries
on a cached folio that lost PG_uptodate. Skip folios outside the page
cache: driver pages from ->fault() never get PG_uptodate and would
retry forever.
The check stays out of do_page_mkwrite(): wp_page_shared() calls it on
a folio that is still mapped, and a retry there would fault on the same
PTE forever.
Reported-by: Sashiko <sashiko-bot@xxxxxxxxxx>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/sashiko-outbox-202966@xxxxxxxxxx/
Signed-off-by: Kiryl Shutsemau (Meta) <kas@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/memory.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 22 insertions(+)
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index fe72e66c9c2e..cc1d0b7d15c7 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -5613,6 +5613,18 @@ static vm_fault_t do_anonymous_page(struct vm_fault *vmf)
return VM_FAULT_OOM;
}
+/*
+ * A page cache folio that is not uptodate holds data that was never read in
+ * or cleared, and mapping it leaks stale memory to userspace.
+ */
+static bool file_folio_not_uptodate(struct folio *folio)
+{
+ if (likely(folio_test_uptodate(folio)))
+ return false;
+ /* Driver pages from ->fault() never get PG_uptodate */
+ return !folio_test_anon(folio) && folio->mapping;
+}
+
/*
* Either the VMA lock or the mmap_lock must have been held on entry
* (see FAULT_FLAG_VMA_LOCK) and may have been released depending on
@@ -6163,6 +6175,16 @@ static vm_fault_t do_shared_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
folio_put(folio);
return tmp;
}
+
+ /*
+ * The folio was unlocked for ->page_mkwrite(). If it lost
+ * PG_uptodate meanwhile, retry the fault to read it in again.
+ */
+ if (unlikely(file_folio_not_uptodate(folio))) {
+ folio_unlock(folio);
+ folio_put(folio);
+ return VM_FAULT_NOPAGE;
+ }
}
ret |= finish_fault(vmf);
--
2.54.0