kernel/linux.git/mm/kasan, branch master

kasan: fix bug type classification for SW_TAGS mode

2026-04-05T20:53:18+00:00

kasan_non_canonical_hook() derives orig_addr from kasan_shadow_to_mem(), but the pointer tag may remain in the top byte. In SW_TAGS mode this tagged address is compared against PAGE_SIZE and TASK_SIZE, which leads to incorrect bug classification. As a result, NULL pointer dereferences may be reported as "wild-memory-access". Strip the tag before performing these range checks and use the untagged value when reporting addresses in these ranges. Before: [ ] Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address ffef800000000000 [ ] KASAN: maybe wild-memory-access in range [0xff00000000000000-0xff0000000000000f] After: [ ] Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address ffef800000000000 [ ] KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000000-0x000000000000000f] Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20260305185659.20807-1-ryabinin.a.a@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Andrey Ryabinin Cc: Alexander Potapenko Cc: Andrey Konovalov Cc: Dmitry Vyukov Cc: Maciej Wieczor-Retman Cc: Vincenzo Frascino Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton

mm/kasan: fix double free for kasan pXds

2026-04-05T20:53:11+00:00

kasan_free_pxd() assumes the page table is always struct page aligned. But that's not always the case for all architectures. E.g. In case of powerpc with 64K pagesize, PUD table (of size 4096) comes from slab cache named pgtable-2^9. Hence instead of page_to_virt(pxd_page()) let's just directly pass the start of the pxd table which is passed as the 1st argument. This fixes the below double free kasan issue seen with PMEM: radix-mmu: Mapped 0x0000047d10000000-0x0000047f90000000 with 2.00 MiB pages ================================================================== BUG: KASAN: double-free in kasan_remove_zero_shadow+0x9c4/0xa20 Free of addr c0000003c38e0000 by task ndctl/2164 CPU: 34 UID: 0 PID: 2164 Comm: ndctl Not tainted 6.19.0-rc1-00048-gea1013c15392 #157 VOLUNTARY Hardware name: IBM,9080-HEX POWER10 (architected) 0x800200 0xf000006 of:IBM,FW1060.00 (NH1060_012) hv:phyp pSeries Call Trace: dump_stack_lvl+0x88/0xc4 (unreliable) print_report+0x214/0x63c kasan_report_invalid_free+0xe4/0x110 check_slab_allocation+0x100/0x150 kmem_cache_free+0x128/0x6e0 kasan_remove_zero_shadow+0x9c4/0xa20 memunmap_pages+0x2b8/0x5c0 devm_action_release+0x54/0x70 release_nodes+0xc8/0x1a0 devres_release_all+0xe0/0x140 device_unbind_cleanup+0x30/0x120 device_release_driver_internal+0x3e4/0x450 unbind_store+0xfc/0x110 drv_attr_store+0x78/0xb0 sysfs_kf_write+0x114/0x140 kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x264/0x3f0 vfs_write+0x3bc/0x7d0 ksys_write+0xa4/0x190 system_call_exception+0x190/0x480 system_call_vectored_common+0x15c/0x2ec ---- interrupt: 3000 at 0x7fff93b3d3f4 NIP: 00007fff93b3d3f4 LR: 00007fff93b3d3f4 CTR: 0000000000000000 REGS: c0000003f1b07e80 TRAP: 3000 Not tainted (6.19.0-rc1-00048-gea1013c15392) MSR: 800000000280f033 CR: 48888208 XER: 00000000 <...> NIP [00007fff93b3d3f4] 0x7fff93b3d3f4 LR [00007fff93b3d3f4] 0x7fff93b3d3f4 ---- interrupt: 3000 The buggy address belongs to the object at c0000003c38e0000 which belongs to the cache pgtable-2^9 of size 4096 The buggy address is located 0 bytes inside of 4096-byte region [c0000003c38e0000, c0000003c38e1000) The buggy address belongs to the physical page: page: refcount:0 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x3c38c head: order:2 mapcount:0 entire_mapcount:0 nr_pages_mapped:0 pincount:0 memcg:c0000003bfd63e01 flags: 0x63ffff800000040(head|node=6|zone=0|lastcpupid=0x7ffff) page_type: f5(slab) raw: 063ffff800000040 c000000140058980 5deadbeef0000122 0000000000000000 raw: 0000000000000000 0000000080200020 00000000f5000000 c0000003bfd63e01 head: 063ffff800000040 c000000140058980 5deadbeef0000122 0000000000000000 head: 0000000000000000 0000000080200020 00000000f5000000 c0000003bfd63e01 head: 063ffff800000002 c00c000000f0e301 00000000ffffffff 00000000ffffffff head: ffffffffffffffff 0000000000000000 00000000ffffffff 0000000000000004 page dumped because: kasan: bad access detected [ 138.953636] [ T2164] Memory state around the buggy address: [ 138.953643] [ T2164] c0000003c38dff00: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc [ 138.953652] [ T2164] c0000003c38dff80: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc [ 138.953661] [ T2164] >c0000003c38e0000: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc [ 138.953669] [ T2164] ^ [ 138.953675] [ T2164] c0000003c38e0080: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc [ 138.953684] [ T2164] c0000003c38e0100: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc [ 138.953692] [ T2164] ================================================================== [ 138.953701] [ T2164] Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/2f9135c7866c6e0d06e960993b8a5674a9ebc7ec.1771938394.git.ritesh.list@gmail.com Fixes: 0207df4fa1a8 ("kernel/memremap, kasan: make ZONE_DEVICE with work with KASAN") Signed-off-by: Ritesh Harjani (IBM) Reported-by: Venkat Rao Bagalkote Reviewed-by: Alexander Potapenko Cc: Andrey Konovalov Cc: Andrey Ryabinin Cc: Dmitry Vyukov Cc: "Ritesh Harjani (IBM)" Cc: Vincenzo Frascino Cc: Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton

Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument

2026-02-22T01:09:51+00:00

This was done entirely with mindless brute force, using git grep -l '\

treewide: Replace kmalloc with kmalloc_obj for non-scalar types

2026-02-21T09:02:28+00:00

This is the result of running the Coccinelle script from scripts/coccinelle/api/kmalloc_objs.cocci. The script is designed to avoid scalar types (which need careful case-by-case checking), and instead replace kmalloc-family calls that allocate struct or union object instances: Single allocations: kmalloc(sizeof(TYPE), ...) are replaced with: kmalloc_obj(TYPE, ...) Array allocations: kmalloc_array(COUNT, sizeof(TYPE), ...) are replaced with: kmalloc_objs(TYPE, COUNT, ...) Flex array allocations: kmalloc(struct_size(PTR, FAM, COUNT), ...) are replaced with: kmalloc_flex(*PTR, FAM, COUNT, ...) (where TYPE may also be *VAR) The resulting allocations no longer return "void *", instead returning "TYPE *". Signed-off-by: Kees Cook

kasan: remove unnecessary sync argument from start_report()

2026-01-31T22:22:52+00:00

commit 7ce0ea19d50e ("kasan: switch kunit tests to console tracepoints") removed use of sync variable, thus removing that extra argument also. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20260122041556.341868-1-maninder1.s@samsung.com Signed-off-by: Maninder Singh Acked-by: Andrey Ryabinin Reviewed-by: Andrey Konovalov Cc: Alexander Potapenko Cc: Dmitriy Vyukov Cc: Dmitry Vyukov Cc: Vincenzo Frascino Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton

Merge branch 'mm-hotfixes-stable' into mm-stable to pick up "mm/shmem,

2026-01-31T22:20:03+00:00

swap: fix race of truncate and swap entry split", needed for merging "mm, swap: cleanup swap entry management workflow".

mm/kasan/kunit: extend vmalloc OOB tests to cover vrealloc()

2026-01-27T04:02:29+00:00

Extend the vmalloc_oob() test to validate OOB detection after resizing vmalloc allocations with vrealloc(). The test now verifies that KASAN correctly poisons and unpoisons vmalloc memory when allocations are shrunk and expanded, ensuring OOB accesses are reliably detected after each resize. [ryabinin.a.a@gmail.com: adjust vrealloc() size] Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20260116132822.22227-1-ryabinin.a.a@gmail.com Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20260113191516.31015-2-ryabinin.a.a@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Andrey Ryabinin Reviewed-by: Andrey Konovalov Cc: Alexander Potapenko Cc: Dmitriy Vyukov Cc: Maciej Żenczykowski Cc: Uladzislau Rezki Cc: Vincenzo Frascino Cc: Maciej Wieczor-Retman Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton

mm/kasan: fix KASAN poisoning in vrealloc()

2026-01-27T03:03:45+00:00

A KASAN warning can be triggered when vrealloc() changes the requested size to a value that is not aligned to KASAN_GRANULE_SIZE. ------------[ cut here ]------------ WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 1 at mm/kasan/shadow.c:174 kasan_unpoison+0x40/0x48 ... pc : kasan_unpoison+0x40/0x48 lr : __kasan_unpoison_vmalloc+0x40/0x68 Call trace: kasan_unpoison+0x40/0x48 (P) vrealloc_node_align_noprof+0x200/0x320 bpf_patch_insn_data+0x90/0x2f0 convert_ctx_accesses+0x8c0/0x1158 bpf_check+0x1488/0x1900 bpf_prog_load+0xd20/0x1258 __sys_bpf+0x96c/0xdf0 __arm64_sys_bpf+0x50/0xa0 invoke_syscall+0x90/0x160 Introduce a dedicated kasan_vrealloc() helper that centralizes KASAN handling for vmalloc reallocations. The helper accounts for KASAN granule alignment when growing or shrinking an allocation and ensures that partial granules are handled correctly. Use this helper from vrealloc_node_align_noprof() to fix poisoning logic. [ryabinin.a.a@gmail.com: move kasan_enabled() check, fix build] Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20260119144509.32767-1-ryabinin.a.a@gmail.com Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20260113191516.31015-1-ryabinin.a.a@gmail.com Fixes: d699440f58ce ("mm: fix vrealloc()'s KASAN poisoning logic") Signed-off-by: Andrey Ryabinin Reported-by: Maciej Żenczykowski Reported-by: Closes: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/CANP3RGeuRW53vukDy7WDO3FiVgu34-xVJYkfpm08oLO3odYFrA@mail.gmail.com Reviewed-by: Andrey Konovalov Tested-by: Maciej Wieczor-Retman Cc: Alexander Potapenko Cc: Dmitriy Vyukov Cc: Dmitry Vyukov Cc: Uladzislau Rezki Cc: Vincenzo Frascino Cc: Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton

mm: introduce generic lazy_mmu helpers

2026-01-21T03:24:33+00:00

The implementation of the lazy MMU mode is currently entirely arch-specific; core code directly calls arch helpers: arch_{enter,leave}_lazy_mmu_mode(). We are about to introduce support for nested lazy MMU sections. As things stand we'd have to duplicate that logic in every arch implementing lazy_mmu - adding to a fair amount of logic already duplicated across lazy_mmu implementations. This patch therefore introduces a new generic layer that calls the existing arch_* helpers. Two pair of calls are introduced: * lazy_mmu_mode_enable() ... lazy_mmu_mode_disable() This is the standard case where the mode is enabled for a given block of code by surrounding it with enable() and disable() calls. * lazy_mmu_mode_pause() ... lazy_mmu_mode_resume() This is for situations where the mode is temporarily disabled by first calling pause() and then resume() (e.g. to prevent any batching from occurring in a critical section). The documentation in will be updated in a subsequent patch. No functional change should be introduced at this stage. The implementation of enable()/resume() and disable()/pause() is currently identical, but nesting support will change that. Most of the call sites have been updated using the following Coccinelle script: @@ @@ { ... - arch_enter_lazy_mmu_mode(); + lazy_mmu_mode_enable(); ... - arch_leave_lazy_mmu_mode(); + lazy_mmu_mode_disable(); ... } @@ @@ { ... - arch_leave_lazy_mmu_mode(); + lazy_mmu_mode_pause(); ... - arch_enter_lazy_mmu_mode(); + lazy_mmu_mode_resume(); ... } A couple of notes regarding x86: * Xen is currently the only case where explicit handling is required for lazy MMU when context-switching. This is purely an implementation detail and using the generic lazy_mmu_mode_* functions would cause trouble when nesting support is introduced, because the generic functions must be called from the current task. For that reason we still use arch_leave() and arch_enter() there. * x86 calls arch_flush_lazy_mmu_mode() unconditionally in a few places, but only defines it if PARAVIRT_XXL is selected, and we are removing the fallback in . Add a new fallback definition to to keep things building. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20251215150323.2218608-8-kevin.brodsky@arm.com Signed-off-by: Kevin Brodsky Acked-by: David Hildenbrand Reviewed-by: Anshuman Khandual Reviewed-by: Yeoreum Yun Cc: Alexander Gordeev Cc: Andreas Larsson Cc: Borislav Betkov Cc: Boris Ostrovsky Cc: Catalin Marinas Cc: Christophe Leroy Cc: David Hildenbrand (Red Hat) Cc: David S. Miller Cc: David Woodhouse Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Jann Horn Cc: Juegren Gross Cc: Liam Howlett Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes Cc: Madhavan Srinivasan Cc: Michael Ellerman Cc: Michal Hocko Cc: Mike Rapoport Cc: Nicholas Piggin Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Ritesh Harjani (IBM) Cc: Ryan Roberts Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan Cc: Thomas Gleinxer Cc: Venkat Rao Bagalkote Cc: Vlastimil Babka Cc: Will Deacon Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton

kasan: unpoison vms[area] addresses with a common tag

2025-12-23T19:23:12+00:00

A KASAN tag mismatch, possibly causing a kernel panic, can be observed on systems with a tag-based KASAN enabled and with multiple NUMA nodes. It was reported on arm64 and reproduced on x86. It can be explained in the following points: 1. There can be more than one virtual memory chunk. 2. Chunk's base address has a tag. 3. The base address points at the first chunk and thus inherits the tag of the first chunk. 4. The subsequent chunks will be accessed with the tag from the first chunk. 5. Thus, the subsequent chunks need to have their tag set to match that of the first chunk. Use the new vmalloc flag that disables random tag assignment in __kasan_unpoison_vmalloc() - pass the same random tag to all the vm_structs by tagging the pointers before they go inside __kasan_unpoison_vmalloc(). Assigning a common tag resolves the pcpu chunk address mismatch. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: use WARN_ON_ONCE(), per Andrey] Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/CA+fCnZeuGdKSEm11oGT6FS71_vGq1vjq-xY36kxVdFvwmag2ZQ@mail.gmail.com [maciej.wieczor-retman@intel.com: remove unneeded pr_warn()] Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/919897daaaa3c982a27762a2ee038769ad033991.1764945396.git.m.wieczorretman@pm.me Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/873821114a9f722ffb5d6702b94782e902883fdf.1764874575.git.m.wieczorretman@pm.me Fixes: 1d96320f8d53 ("kasan, vmalloc: add vmalloc tagging for SW_TAGS") Signed-off-by: Maciej Wieczor-Retman Reviewed-by: Andrey Konovalov Cc: Alexander Potapenko Cc: Andrey Ryabinin Cc: Danilo Krummrich Cc: Dmitriy Vyukov Cc: Jiayuan Chen Cc: Kees Cook Cc: Marco Elver Cc: "Uladzislau Rezki (Sony)" Cc: Vincenzo Frascino Cc: [6.1+] Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton