Re: [PATCH for v6.3 regression] mm/mremap: fix vm_pgoff in vma_merge() case 3

[Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>]

On 4/27/23 16:27, Greg KH wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 27, 2023 at 04:09:59PM +0200, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
>> After upgrading build guests to v6.3, rpm started segfaulting for
>> specific packages, which was bisected to commit 0503ea8f5ba7 ("mm/mmap:
>> remove __vma_adjust()"). rpm is doing many mremap() operations with file
>> mappings of its db. The problem is that in vma_merge() case 3 (we merge
>> with the next vma, expanding it downwards) vm_pgoff is not adjusted as
>> it should when vm_start changes. As a result the rpm process most likely
>> sees data from the wrong offset of the file. Fix the vm_pgoff
>> calculation.
>> 
>> For case 8 this is a non-functional change as the resulting vm_pgoff is
>> the same.
>> 
>> Reported-and-bisected-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@kernel.org>
>> Reported-and-tested-by: Fabian Vogt <fvogt@suse.com>
>> Link: https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1210903
>> Fixes: 0503ea8f5ba7 ("mm/mmap: remove __vma_adjust()")
>> Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
>> Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
>> ---
>> Hi, I'm sending this patch on top of v6.3 as I think it should be
>> applied and backported to 6.3-stable rather sooner than later.
>> This means there would be a small conflict when merging mm/mm-stable
>> later. Alternatively it could be added to mm/mm-stable and upcoming 6.4
>> pull request, but then the stable backport would need adjustment.
>> It's up to Linus and Andrew.
> 
> That's not how the stable tree works, sorry, it needs to be in Linus's
> tree _first_.

Sorry, I wasn't clear what I meant here. I didn't intend to bypass that
stable rule that I'm aware of, just that it might be desirable to get this
fix to Linus's tree faster so that stable tree can also take it soon.

> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h