Re: [PATCH 1/1] mm: fix use-after-free bug when mm->mmap is reused after being freed

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On Thu 17-02-22 11:51:13, Suren Baghdasaryan wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 15, 2022 at 11:54 PM Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
[...]
> > I really have to say that I hate how complex this has grown in the name
> > of optimizations. This has backfired several times already resulting in
> > 2 security issues. I really hope to get read any note of the oom reaper
> > from exit_mmap.
> 
> Agree. I want to take another stab at removing __oom_reap_task_mm from
> exit_mmap. Now that Hugh made changes to mlock mechanisms and
> __oom_reap_task_mm does not skip locked vmas I think that should be
> possible. Planning to look into that sometimes next week.

Thanks!
-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs




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