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-rw-r--r--mm/memory.c5
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 706c4c4a2b8e..47fe250307c7 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -3536,10 +3536,13 @@ static vm_fault_t do_shared_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
* but allow concurrent faults).
* The mmap_sem may have been released depending on flags and our
* return value. See filemap_fault() and __lock_page_or_retry().
+ * If mmap_sem is released, vma may become invalid (for example
+ * by other thread calling munmap()).
*/
static vm_fault_t do_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
{
struct vm_area_struct *vma = vmf->vma;
+ struct mm_struct *vm_mm = vma->vm_mm;
vm_fault_t ret;
/*
@@ -3580,7 +3583,7 @@ static vm_fault_t do_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
/* preallocated pagetable is unused: free it */
if (vmf->prealloc_pte) {
- pte_free(vma->vm_mm, vmf->prealloc_pte);
+ pte_free(vm_mm, vmf->prealloc_pte);
vmf->prealloc_pte = NULL;
}
return ret;