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authorLorenzo Stoakes (ARM) <ljs@kernel.org>2026-09-30 19:47:09 +0100
committerAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>2026-10-06 16:44:17 -0700
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mm/mremap: fix locked_vm leak from MREMAP_DONTUNMAP self-merge
Patch series "mm/mremap: fix two issues with MREMAP_DONTUNMAP", v2. The MREMAP_DONTUNMAP feature is highly unusual in that it permits mremap() operations that keep the original VMA in place. Historically this has led to a lot of bugs where non-obvious interactions occur between existing mremap() operations and the original VMA. Commit 397432cab17b ("mm/mremap: account mm->locked_vm correctly for MREMAP_DONTUNMAP") fixed an accidentally introduced bug around mm->locked_vm accounting, but this wasn't the only issue. And thus history repeats itself, as it turns out that mm->locked_vm accounting is broken by MREMAP_DONTUNMAP yet again by two further cases, and has been broken ever since the feature was introduced. Both relate to the fact that VMA_LOCKED_BIT is cleared on the source VMA (it has to be as all page tables are moved): 1. If an unfaulted VMA_LOCKONFAULT_BIT anonymous VMA self-merges it clears the VMA_LOCKED_BIT flag and permanently leaks mm->locked_vm pages. 2. If a partial mremap() is performed on a locked VMA there is a leak equal to the number of pages not copied. (Both for MREMAP_DONTUNMAP operations only) Both issues can be fixed by treating the source range as distinct from the destination range, which is the definition of what MREMAP_DONTUNMAP does so is appropriate. In case 1, simply disallow the self-merge, keeping adjacent source and destination VMAs distinct. In case 2, split the source range ahead of time if the VMA is mlock()'d, so accounting is always correct. Both changes were tested locally and confirmed to fix the issues. For the purposes of a backport, the fixes are kept distinct, a follow-up series can add self-tests. This patch (of 2): The MREMAP_DONTUNMAP feature is highly unusual in that it permits mremap() operations that keep the original VMA in place. Historically this has led to a lot of bugs where non-obvious interactions occur between existing mremap() operations and the original VMA. Fix another of these - self-merge. Self-merge occurs when a VMA is moved in front of or behind itself and the attributes of the VMA permit such a merge. Practically this can only happen for unfaulted anonymous VMAs due to the page offset equality requirement for merge: |------------| | | | v |...........||-----------||...........| | || unfaulted || | |...........||-----------||...........| ^ | | | |------------| This becomes problematic if the VMA is configured by the user to mlock-on-fault, i.e. the VMA_LOCKED_BIT, VMA_LOCKONFAULT_BIT VMA flags are set. MREMAP_DONTUNMAP clears mlock flags for the source VMA and maintains them for the destination VMA. Self-merge makes this impossible (there is only one VMA) and incorrectly clears the destination VMA's mlock flags. This causes a leak in mm->locked_vm as clearing this flag does not decrement the counter and the VMA no longer has VMA_LOCKED_BIT set so it is not decremented on unmap. Resolve this by simply disallowing a self-merge in this case - the source and destination VMAs are kept distinct and then are able to have distinct mlock() flags. Update dontunmap_complete() to make the now-redundant self-merge check a VM_WARN_ON_ONCE() instead to guard against future regressions. Also update the VMA userland tests to reflect the change. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260930-fix-dontunmap-partial-self-merge-v2-0-f388985a0f0a@kernel.org Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260930-fix-dontunmap-partial-self-merge-v2-1-f388985a0f0a@kernel.org Fixes: e346b3813067 ("mm/mremap: add MREMAP_DONTUNMAP to mremap()") Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) <ljs@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Reviewed-by: Pedro Falcato <pfalcato@suse.de> Acked-by: Kiryl Shutsemau (Meta) <kas@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Jose A. Perez de Azpillaga <azpijr@gmail.com> Tested-by: Anirudh Srinivasan <asrinivasan@oss.tenstorrent.com> Cc: Liam R. Howlett <liam@infradead.org> Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org> Cc: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com> Cc: Brian Geffon <bgeffon@google.com> Cc: Minchan Kim <minchan@kernel.org> Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
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