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* [PATCH] mm: enforce __must_check on VMA merge and split
@ 2024-12-06 22:50 Lorenzo Stoakes
  2024-12-06 22:53 ` Lorenzo Stoakes
                   ` (2 more replies)
  0 siblings, 3 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Lorenzo Stoakes @ 2024-12-06 22:50 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Andrew Morton
  Cc: Liam R . Howlett, Vlastimil Babka, Jann Horn, linux-mm, linux-kernel

It is of critical importance to check the return results on VMA merge (and
split), failure to do so can result in use-after-free's. This bug has
recurred, so have the compiler enforce this check to prevent any future
repetition.

Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>
---
 mm/vma.c |  8 +++++---
 mm/vma.h | 26 +++++++++++++++-----------
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/vma.c b/mm/vma.c
index a06747845cac..543c102b4062 100644
--- a/mm/vma.c
+++ b/mm/vma.c
@@ -447,8 +447,9 @@ void unmap_region(struct ma_state *mas, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
  * has already been checked or doesn't make sense to fail.
  * VMA Iterator will point to the original VMA.
  */
-static int __split_vma(struct vma_iterator *vmi, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
-		       unsigned long addr, int new_below)
+static __must_check int
+__split_vma(struct vma_iterator *vmi, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+	    unsigned long addr, int new_below)
 {
 	struct vma_prepare vp;
 	struct vm_area_struct *new;
@@ -710,7 +711,8 @@ static bool can_merge_remove_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
  * - The caller must hold a WRITE lock on the mm_struct->mmap_lock.
  * - vmi must be positioned within [@vmg->vma->vm_start, @vmg->vma->vm_end).
  */
-static struct vm_area_struct *vma_merge_existing_range(struct vma_merge_struct *vmg)
+static __must_check struct vm_area_struct *vma_merge_existing_range(
+		struct vma_merge_struct *vmg)
 {
 	struct vm_area_struct *vma = vmg->vma;
 	struct vm_area_struct *prev = vmg->prev;
diff --git a/mm/vma.h b/mm/vma.h
index 295d44ea54db..61ed044b6145 100644
--- a/mm/vma.h
+++ b/mm/vma.h
@@ -139,9 +139,10 @@ void validate_mm(struct mm_struct *mm);
 #define validate_mm(mm) do { } while (0)
 #endif
 
-int vma_expand(struct vma_merge_struct *vmg);
-int vma_shrink(struct vma_iterator *vmi, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
-	       unsigned long start, unsigned long end, pgoff_t pgoff);
+__must_check int vma_expand(struct vma_merge_struct *vmg);
+__must_check int vma_shrink(struct vma_iterator *vmi,
+		struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+		unsigned long start, unsigned long end, pgoff_t pgoff);
 
 static inline int vma_iter_store_gfp(struct vma_iterator *vmi,
 			struct vm_area_struct *vma, gfp_t gfp)
@@ -174,13 +175,14 @@ void unmap_region(struct ma_state *mas, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		struct vm_area_struct *prev, struct vm_area_struct *next);
 
 /* We are about to modify the VMA's flags. */
-struct vm_area_struct *vma_modify_flags(struct vma_iterator *vmi,
+__must_check struct vm_area_struct
+*vma_modify_flags(struct vma_iterator *vmi,
 		struct vm_area_struct *prev, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
 		unsigned long new_flags);
 
 /* We are about to modify the VMA's flags and/or anon_name. */
-struct vm_area_struct
+__must_check struct vm_area_struct
 *vma_modify_flags_name(struct vma_iterator *vmi,
 		       struct vm_area_struct *prev,
 		       struct vm_area_struct *vma,
@@ -190,7 +192,7 @@ struct vm_area_struct
 		       struct anon_vma_name *new_name);
 
 /* We are about to modify the VMA's memory policy. */
-struct vm_area_struct
+__must_check struct vm_area_struct
 *vma_modify_policy(struct vma_iterator *vmi,
 		   struct vm_area_struct *prev,
 		   struct vm_area_struct *vma,
@@ -198,7 +200,7 @@ struct vm_area_struct
 		   struct mempolicy *new_pol);
 
 /* We are about to modify the VMA's flags and/or uffd context. */
-struct vm_area_struct
+__must_check struct vm_area_struct
 *vma_modify_flags_uffd(struct vma_iterator *vmi,
 		       struct vm_area_struct *prev,
 		       struct vm_area_struct *vma,
@@ -206,11 +208,13 @@ struct vm_area_struct
 		       unsigned long new_flags,
 		       struct vm_userfaultfd_ctx new_ctx);
 
-struct vm_area_struct *vma_merge_new_range(struct vma_merge_struct *vmg);
+__must_check struct vm_area_struct
+*vma_merge_new_range(struct vma_merge_struct *vmg);
 
-struct vm_area_struct *vma_merge_extend(struct vma_iterator *vmi,
-					struct vm_area_struct *vma,
-					unsigned long delta);
+__must_check struct vm_area_struct
+*vma_merge_extend(struct vma_iterator *vmi,
+		  struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+		  unsigned long delta);
 
 void unlink_file_vma_batch_init(struct unlink_vma_file_batch *vb);
 
-- 
2.47.1



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