Re: [PATCH] mm: zswap: fix kernel BUG in sg_init_one

[Yosry Ahmed <yosryahmed@google.com>]

On Mon, Mar 18, 2024 at 4:12 PM Barry Song <21cnbao@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Mar 19, 2024 at 12:06 PM Yosry Ahmed <yosryahmed@google.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 18, 2024 at 4:00 PM Barry Song <21cnbao@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > From: Barry Song <v-songbaohua@oppo.com>
> > >
> > > sg_init_one() relies on linearly mapped low memory for the safe
> > > utilization of virt_to_page(). Consequently, we have two choices:
> > > either employ kmap_to_page() alongside sg_set_page(), or resort to
> > > copying high memory contents to a temporary buffer residing in low
> > > memory. However, considering the introduction of the WARN_ON_ONCE
> > > in commit ef6e06b2ef870 ("highmem: fix kmap_to_page() for
> > > kmap_local_page() addresses"), which specifically addresses high
> > > memory concerns, it appears that memcpy remains the sole viable
> > > option.
> > >
> > > Reported-and-tested-by: syzbot+adbc983a1588b7805de3@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
> > > Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/000000000000bbb3d80613f243a6@google.com/
> > > Fixes: 270700dd06ca ("mm/zswap: remove the memcpy if acomp is not sleepable")
> > > Signed-off-by: Barry Song <v-songbaohua@oppo.com>
> > > ---
> > >  mm/zswap.c | 5 +++--
> > >  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/mm/zswap.c b/mm/zswap.c
> > > index 9dec853647c8..17bf6d87b274 100644
> > > --- a/mm/zswap.c
> > > +++ b/mm/zswap.c
> > > @@ -1080,7 +1080,8 @@ static void zswap_decompress(struct zswap_entry *entry, struct page *page)
> > >         mutex_lock(&acomp_ctx->mutex);
> > >
> > >         src = zpool_map_handle(zpool, entry->handle, ZPOOL_MM_RO);
> > > -       if (acomp_ctx->is_sleepable && !zpool_can_sleep_mapped(zpool)) {
> > > +       if ((acomp_ctx->is_sleepable && !zpool_can_sleep_mapped(zpool)) ||
> > > +           !virt_addr_valid(src)) {
> >
> >
> > Would it be better to explicitly check is_kmap_addr() here? I am
> > particularly worried about hiding a bug where the returned address
> > from zpool_map_handle() is not a kmap address, but also not a valid
> > linear mapping address.
> >
> > If we use is_kmap_addr() here, then the virt_addr_valid() check in
> > sg_init_one() will catch any non-kmap non-linear mapping addresses.
> > WDYT? Am I being paranoid? :)
>
> we have a possibility that a userspace buffer or vmalloc address is given to
> sg_init_one, then it is non-kmap non-linear. but is it possible someday some
> people return a vmalloc/vmap address from zpool_map_handle() in the future?
> then we still need !virt_addr_valid().

Hmm I guess if zpool_map_handle() ever returns a vmalloc/vmap address
we would need to copy the data to the buffer in zswap code, at least
until we enlighten the code to deal with them directly. So I guess we
can keep virt_addr_valid(). Ideally the comment will clarify this.

Thanks!