From: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: "Liam R . Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@oracle.com>,
Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>, Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>,
Pedro Falcato <pfalcato@suse.de>,
Yeoreum Yun <yeoreum.yun@arm.com>,
linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>,
Jeongjun Park <aha310510@gmail.com>,
Rik van Riel <riel@surriel.com>, Harry Yoo <harry.yoo@oracle.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 0/4] mm/vma: fix anon_vma UAF on mremap() faulted, unfaulted merge
Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2026 20:11:46 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <cover.1767638272.git.lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com> (raw)
Commit 879bca0a2c4f ("mm/vma: fix incorrectly disallowed anonymous VMA
merges") introduced the ability to merge previously unavailable VMA merge
scenarios.
However, it is handling merges incorrectly when it comes to mremap() of a
faulted VMA adjacent to an unfaulted VMA. The issues arise in three cases:
1. Previous VMA unfaulted:
copied -----|
v
|-----------|.............|
| unfaulted |(faulted VMA)|
|-----------|.............|
prev
2. Next VMA unfaulted:
copied -----|
v
|.............|-----------|
|(faulted VMA)| unfaulted |
|.............|-----------|
next
3. Both adjacent VMAs unfaulted:
copied -----|
v
|-----------|.............|-----------|
| unfaulted |(faulted VMA)| unfaulted |
|-----------|.............|-----------|
prev next
This series fixes each of these cases, and introduces self tests to assert
that the issues are corrected.
I also test a further case which was already handled, to assert that my
changes continues to correctly handle it:
4. prev unfaulted, next faulted:
copied -----|
v
|-----------|.............|-----------|
| unfaulted |(faulted VMA)| faulted |
|-----------|.............|-----------|
prev next
This bug was discovered via a syzbot report, linked to in the first patch
in the series, I confirmed that this series fixes the bug.
I also discovered that we are failing to check that the faulted VMA was not
forked when merging a copied VMA in cases 1-3 above, an issue this series
also addresses.
I also added self tests to assert that this is resolved (and confirmed that
the tests failed prior to this).
I also cleaned up vma_expand() as part of this work, renamed
vma_had_uncowed_parents() to vma_is_fork_child() as the previous name was
unduly confusing, and simplified the comments around this function.
v2:
* Provide more general solution that fixes failure raised by Harry (thanks
very much for raising the issues!)
* Additionally discovered another failure case (prev unfaulted merge with
faulted). The general solution solves this also.
* Reworked vma_expand() to be more logical and understandable.
* Added vma_merge_copied_range() specifically for mremap() so we abstract
out the invocation of vma_merge_new_range() to make things a little more
straightforward.
* Added exhaustive self tests for every case, including unfaulted, faulted,
faulted (which was previously correctly handled by vma_expand()).
* Discovered that we are incorrectly allowing merges between
faulted/unfaulted mremap() for forked VMAs, so adjusted
is_mergeable_anon_vma() to correctly check for this for the mremap()
case.
* While I was there, renamed vma_had_uncowed_parents() to
vma_is_fork_child() as the name was confusing, and removed duplicative
comments.
* Added self tests to assert correctness for the forked VMA changes.
v1:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260102205520.986725-1-lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com/
Lorenzo Stoakes (4):
mm/vma: fix anon_vma UAF on mremap() faulted, unfaulted merge
tools/testing/selftests: add tests for !tgt, src mremap() merges
mm/vma: enforce VMA fork limit on unfaulted,faulted mremap merge too
tools/testing/selftests: add forked (un)/faulted VMA merge tests
mm/vma.c | 111 ++++++---
mm/vma.h | 3 +
tools/testing/selftests/mm/merge.c | 384 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
3 files changed, 434 insertions(+), 64 deletions(-)
--
2.52.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-01-05 20:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-05 20:11 Lorenzo Stoakes [this message]
2026-01-05 20:11 ` [PATCH v2 1/4] " Lorenzo Stoakes
2026-01-06 3:15 ` Harry Yoo
2026-01-06 15:01 ` Jeongjun Park
2026-01-05 20:11 ` [PATCH v2 2/4] tools/testing/selftests: add tests for !tgt, src mremap() merges Lorenzo Stoakes
2026-01-05 20:11 ` [PATCH v2 3/4] mm/vma: enforce VMA fork limit on unfaulted,faulted mremap merge too Lorenzo Stoakes
2026-01-06 6:03 ` Harry Yoo
2026-01-06 15:23 ` Jeongjun Park
2026-01-05 20:11 ` [PATCH v2 4/4] tools/testing/selftests: add forked (un)/faulted VMA merge tests Lorenzo Stoakes
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