Re: [PATCH 0/3] mm: Fix misuse of parent anon_vma in dup_mmap path

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On Sat,  8 Feb 2020 08:35:25 +0000 Li Xinhai <lixinhai.lxh@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> This patchset fix the misuse of parenet anon_vma, which mainly caused by
> child vma's vm_next and vm_prev are left same as its parent after
> duplicate vma. Finally, code reached parent vma's neighbor by referring
> pointer of child vma and executed wrong logic.
> 
> The first two patches fix relevant issues, and the third patch sets vm_next
> and vm_prev to NULL when duplicate vma to prevent potential misuse in future. 

What are the runtime effects of this bug?  How is the bug triggered?




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