kernel/linux.git/mm/vmalloc.c, branch v6.12.80

mm/vmalloc: prevent RCU stalls in kasan_release_vmalloc_node

2026-03-04T12:21:50+00:00

[ Upstream commit 5747435e0fd474c24530ef1a6822f47e7d264b27 ] When CONFIG_PAGE_OWNER is enabled, freeing KASAN shadow pages during vmalloc cleanup triggers expensive stack unwinding that acquires RCU read locks. Processing a large purge_list without rescheduling can cause the task to hold CPU for extended periods (10+ seconds), leading to RCU stalls and potential OOM conditions. The issue manifests in purge_vmap_node() -> kasan_release_vmalloc_node() where iterating through hundreds or thousands of vmap_area entries and freeing their associated shadow pages causes: rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt detected stalls on CPUs/tasks: rcu: Tasks blocked on level-0 rcu_node (CPUs 0-1): P6229/1:b..l ... task:kworker/0:17 state:R running task stack:28840 pid:6229 ... kasan_release_vmalloc_node+0x1ba/0xad0 mm/vmalloc.c:2299 purge_vmap_node+0x1ba/0xad0 mm/vmalloc.c:2299 Each call to kasan_release_vmalloc() can free many pages, and with page_owner tracking, each free triggers save_stack() which performs stack unwinding under RCU read lock. Without yielding, this creates an unbounded RCU critical section. Add periodic cond_resched() calls within the loop to allow: - RCU grace periods to complete - Other tasks to run - Scheduler to preempt when needed The fix uses need_resched() for immediate response under load, with a batch count of 32 as a guaranteed upper bound to prevent worst-case stalls even under light load. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20260112103612.627247-1-kartikey406@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Deepanshu Kartikey Reported-by: syzbot+d8d4c31d40f868eaea30@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=d8d4c31d40f868eaea30 Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260112084723.622910-1-kartikey406@gmail.com/T/ [v1] Suggested-by: Uladzislau Rezki Reviewed-by: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) Cc: Hillf Danton Cc: Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

mm/kasan: fix KASAN poisoning in vrealloc()

2026-02-06T15:55:46+00:00

commit 9b47d4eea3f7c1f620e95bda1d6221660bde7d7b upstream. 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 Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

kasan: refactor pcpu kasan vmalloc unpoison

2026-01-08T09:14:49+00:00

commit 6f13db031e27e88213381039032a9cc061578ea6 upstream. 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. Refactor code by reusing __kasan_unpoison_vmalloc in a new helper in preparation for the actual fix. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/eb61d93b907e262eefcaa130261a08bcb6c5ce51.1764874575.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 Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

mm/kasan: fix incorrect unpoisoning in vrealloc for KASAN

2026-01-08T09:14:49+00:00

commit 007f5da43b3d0ecff972e2616062b8da1f862f5e upstream. Patch series "kasan: vmalloc: Fixes for the percpu allocator and vrealloc", v3. Patches fix two issues related to KASAN and vmalloc. The first one, 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 unpoisoned, each with a different random tag, 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 unpoison the vm_structs with the same tag when allocating them for the per cpu allocator (in pcpu_get_vm_areas()). The second one reported by syzkaller [4] is related to vrealloc and happens because of random tag generation when unpoisoning memory without allocating new pages. This breaks shadow memory tracking and needs to reuse the existing tag instead of generating a new one. At the same time an inconsistency in used flags is corrected. This patch (of 3): Syzkaller reported a memory out-of-bounds bug [4]. This patch fixes two issues: 1. In vrealloc the KASAN_VMALLOC_VM_ALLOC flag is missing when unpoisoning the extended region. This flag is required to correctly associate the allocation with KASAN's vmalloc tracking. Note: In contrast, vzalloc (via __vmalloc_node_range_noprof) explicitly sets KASAN_VMALLOC_VM_ALLOC and calls kasan_unpoison_vmalloc() with it. vrealloc must behave consistently -- especially when reusing existing vmalloc regions -- to ensure KASAN can track allocations correctly. 2. When vrealloc reuses an existing vmalloc region (without allocating new pages) KASAN generates a new tag, which breaks tag-based memory access tracking. Introduce KASAN_VMALLOC_KEEP_TAG, a new KASAN flag that allows reusing the tag already attached to the pointer, ensuring consistent tag behavior during reallocation. Pass KASAN_VMALLOC_KEEP_TAG and KASAN_VMALLOC_VM_ALLOC to the kasan_unpoison_vmalloc inside vrealloc_node_align_noprof(). Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/cover.1765978969.git.m.wieczorretman@pm.me Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/38dece0a4074c43e48150d1e242f8242c73bf1a5.1764874575.git.m.wieczorretman@pm.me Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/e7e04692866d02e6d3b32bb43b998e5d17092ba4.1738686764.git.maciej.wieczor-retman@intel.com/ [1] Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/aMUrW1Znp1GEj7St@MiWiFi-R3L-srv/ [2] Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAPAsAGxDRv_uFeMYu9TwhBVWHCCtkSxoWY4xmFB_vowMbi8raw@mail.gmail.com/ [3] Link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=997752115a851cb0cf36 [4] Fixes: a0309faf1cb0 ("mm: vmalloc: support more granular vrealloc() sizing") Signed-off-by: Jiayuan Chen Co-developed-by: Maciej Wieczor-Retman Signed-off-by: Maciej Wieczor-Retman Reported-by: syzbot+997752115a851cb0cf36@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/68e243a2.050a0220.1696c6.007d.GAE@google.com/T/ Reviewed-by: Andrey Konovalov Cc: Alexander Potapenko Cc: Andrey Ryabinin Cc: Danilo Krummrich Cc: Dmitriy Vyukov Cc: Kees Cook Cc: Marco Elver Cc: "Uladzislau Rezki (Sony)" Cc: Vincenzo Frascino Cc: Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

mm/vmalloc: leave lazy MMU mode on PTE mapping error

2025-07-17T16:37:14+00:00

commit fea18c686320a53fce7ad62a87a3e1d10ad02f31 upstream. vmap_pages_pte_range() enters the lazy MMU mode, but fails to leave it in case an error is encountered. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250623075721.2817094-1-agordeev@linux.ibm.com Fixes: 2ba3e6947aed ("mm/vmalloc: track which page-table levels were modified") Signed-off-by: Alexander Gordeev Reported-by: kernel test robot Reported-by: Dan Carpenter Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/r/202506132017.T1l1l6ME-lkp@intel.com/ Reviewed-by: Ryan Roberts Cc: Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

mm/vmalloc: fix data race in show_numa_info()

2025-07-10T14:05:13+00:00

commit 5c5f0468d172ddec2e333d738d2a1f85402cf0bc upstream. The following data-race was found in show_numa_info(): ================================================================== BUG: KCSAN: data-race in vmalloc_info_show / vmalloc_info_show read to 0xffff88800971fe30 of 4 bytes by task 8289 on cpu 0: show_numa_info mm/vmalloc.c:4936 [inline] vmalloc_info_show+0x5a8/0x7e0 mm/vmalloc.c:5016 seq_read_iter+0x373/0xb40 fs/seq_file.c:230 proc_reg_read_iter+0x11e/0x170 fs/proc/inode.c:299 .... write to 0xffff88800971fe30 of 4 bytes by task 8287 on cpu 1: show_numa_info mm/vmalloc.c:4934 [inline] vmalloc_info_show+0x38f/0x7e0 mm/vmalloc.c:5016 seq_read_iter+0x373/0xb40 fs/seq_file.c:230 proc_reg_read_iter+0x11e/0x170 fs/proc/inode.c:299 .... value changed: 0x0000008f -> 0x00000000 ================================================================== According to this report,there is a read/write data-race because m->private is accessible to multiple CPUs. To fix this, instead of allocating the heap in proc_vmalloc_init() and passing the heap address to m->private, vmalloc_info_show() should allocate the heap. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250508165620.15321-1-aha310510@gmail.com Fixes: 8e1d743f2c26 ("mm: vmalloc: support multiple nodes in vmallocinfo") Signed-off-by: Jeongjun Park Suggested-by: Eric Dumazet Suggested-by: Andrew Morton Reviewed-by: "Uladzislau Rezki (Sony)" Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

mm: vmalloc: only zero-init on vrealloc shrink

2025-05-29T09:03:23+00:00

commit 70d1eb031a68cbde4eed8099674be21778441c94 upstream. The common case is to grow reallocations, and since init_on_alloc will have already zeroed the whole allocation, we only need to zero when shrinking the allocation. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250515214217.619685-2-kees@kernel.org Fixes: a0309faf1cb0 ("mm: vmalloc: support more granular vrealloc() sizing") Signed-off-by: Kees Cook Tested-by: Pawan Gupta Cc: Danilo Krummrich Cc: Eduard Zingerman Cc: "Erhard F." Cc: Shung-Hsi Yu Cc: "Uladzislau Rezki (Sony)" Cc: Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

mm: vmalloc: actually use the in-place vrealloc region

2025-05-29T09:03:23+00:00

commit f7a35a3c36d1e36059c5654737d9bee3454f01a3 upstream. Patch series "mm: vmalloc: Actually use the in-place vrealloc region". This fixes a performance regression[1] with vrealloc()[1]. The refactoring to not build a new vmalloc region only actually worked when shrinking. Actually return the resized area when it grows. Ugh. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250515214217.619685-1-kees@kernel.org Fixes: a0309faf1cb0 ("mm: vmalloc: support more granular vrealloc() sizing") Signed-off-by: Kees Cook Reported-by: Shung-Hsi Yu Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250515-bpf-verifier-slowdown-vwo2meju4cgp2su5ckj@6gi6ssxbnfqg [1] Tested-by: Eduard Zingerman Tested-by: Pawan Gupta Tested-by: Shung-Hsi Yu Reviewed-by: "Uladzislau Rezki (Sony)" Reviewed-by: Danilo Krummrich Cc: "Erhard F." Cc: Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

mm: vmalloc: support more granular vrealloc() sizing

2025-05-18T06:24:51+00:00

commit a0309faf1cb0622cac7c820150b7abf2024acff5 upstream. Introduce struct vm_struct::requested_size so that the requested (re)allocation size is retained separately from the allocated area size. This means that KASAN will correctly poison the correct spans of requested bytes. This also means we can support growing the usable portion of an allocation that can already be supported by the existing area's existing allocation. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250426001105.it.679-kees@kernel.org Fixes: 3ddc2fefe6f3 ("mm: vmalloc: implement vrealloc()") Signed-off-by: Kees Cook Reported-by: Erhard Furtner Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250408192503.6149a816@outsider.home/ Reviewed-by: Danilo Krummrich Cc: Michal Hocko Cc: "Uladzislau Rezki (Sony)" Cc: Vlastimil Babka Cc: Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

mm: don't skip arch_sync_kernel_mappings() in error paths

2025-03-13T12:01:59+00:00

commit 3685024edd270f7c791f993157d65d3c928f3d6e upstream. Fix callers that previously skipped calling arch_sync_kernel_mappings() if an error occurred during a pgtable update. The call is still required to sync any pgtable updates that may have occurred prior to hitting the error condition. These are theoretical bugs discovered during code review. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250226121610.2401743-1-ryan.roberts@arm.com Fixes: 2ba3e6947aed ("mm/vmalloc: track which page-table levels were modified") Fixes: 0c95cba49255 ("mm: apply_to_pte_range warn and fail if a large pte is encountered") Signed-off-by: Ryan Roberts Reviewed-by: Anshuman Khandual Reviewed-by: Catalin Marinas Cc: Christop Hellwig Cc: "Uladzislau Rezki (Sony)" Cc: Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman