From: Maciej Wieczor-Retman <m.wieczorretman@pm.me>
To: urezki@gmail.com, akpm@linux-foundation.org, elver@google.com,
vincenzo.frascino@arm.com, glider@google.com, dvyukov@google.com,
ryabinin.a.a@gmail.com, andreyknvl@gmail.com
Cc: kasan-dev@googlegroups.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-mm@kvack.org, maciej.wieczor-retman@intel.com,
m.wieczorretman@pm.me
Subject: [PATCH v2 0/2] kasan: vmalloc: Fix incorrect tag assignment with multiple vm_structs
Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2025 14:27:56 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <cover.1764685296.git.m.wieczorretman@pm.me> (raw)
A KASAN tag mismatch, possibly resulting in a kernel panic, can be
observed on systems with a tag-based KASAN enabled and with multiple
NUMA nodes. Initially it was only noticed on x86 [1] but later a similar
issue was also reported on arm64 [2].
Specifically the problem is related to how vm_structs interact with
pcpu_chunks - both when they are allocated, assigned and when pcpu_chunk
addresses are derived.
When vm_structs are allocated they are tagged if vmalloc support is
enabled along the KASAN mode. Later when first pcpu chunk is allocated
it gets its 'base_addr' field set to the first allocated vm_struct.
With that it inherits that vm_struct's tag.
When pcpu_chunk addresses are later derived (by pcpu_chunk_addr(), for
example in pcpu_alloc_noprof()) the base_addr field is used and offsets
are added to it. If the initial conditions are satisfied then some of
the offsets will point into memory allocated with a different vm_struct.
So while the lower bits will get accurately derived the tag bits in the
top of the pointer won't match the shadow memory contents.
The solution (proposed at v2 of the x86 KASAN series [3]) is to tag the
vm_structs the same when allocating them for the per cpu allocator (in
pcpu_get_vm_areas()).
Originally these patches were part of the x86 KASAN series [4].
The series is based on 6.18.
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/e7e04692866d02e6d3b32bb43b998e5d17092ba4.1738686764.git.maciej.wieczor-retman@intel.com/
[2] https://lore.kernel.org/all/aMUrW1Znp1GEj7St@MiWiFi-R3L-srv/
[3] https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAPAsAGxDRv_uFeMYu9TwhBVWHCCtkSxoWY4xmFB_vowMbi8raw@mail.gmail.com/
[4] https://lore.kernel.org/all/cover.1761763681.git.m.wieczorretman@pm.me/
Changes v2:
- Redid the patches since last version wasn't an actual refactor as the
patch promised.
- Also fixed multiple mistakes and retested everything.
Maciej Wieczor-Retman (2):
kasan: Refactor pcpu kasan vmalloc unpoison
kasan: Unpoison vms[area] addresses with a common tag
include/linux/kasan.h | 16 +++++++++++++---
mm/kasan/common.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
mm/kasan/hw_tags.c | 21 ++++++++++++++++++---
mm/kasan/shadow.c | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++++---
mm/vmalloc.c | 4 +---
5 files changed, 72 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
--
2.52.0
next reply other threads:[~2025-12-02 14:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-12-02 14:27 Maciej Wieczor-Retman [this message]
2025-12-02 14:29 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] kasan: Refactor pcpu kasan vmalloc unpoison Maciej Wieczor-Retman
2025-12-03 15:53 ` Andrey Konovalov
2025-12-03 16:43 ` Maciej Wieczór-Retman
2025-12-02 14:29 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] kasan: Unpoison vms[area] addresses with a common tag Maciej Wieczor-Retman
2025-12-03 15:53 ` Andrey Konovalov
2025-12-03 16:24 ` Maciej Wieczór-Retman
2025-12-04 0:43 ` Andrey Konovalov
2025-12-04 8:00 ` Maciej Wieczór-Retman
2025-12-02 16:35 ` [PATCH v2 0/2] kasan: vmalloc: Fix incorrect tag assignment with multiple vm_structs Andrew Morton
2025-12-02 17:13 ` Maciej Wieczór-Retman
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