Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] mm: use aligned address in clear_gigantic_page()

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Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> In current kernel, hugetlb_no_page() calls folio_zero_user() with the
> fault address. Where the fault address may be not aligned with the huge
> page size. Then, folio_zero_user() may call clear_gigantic_page() with
> the address, while clear_gigantic_page() requires the address to be huge
> page size aligned. So, this may cause memory corruption or information
> leak, addtional, use more obvious naming 'addr_hint' instead of 'addr'
> for clear_gigantic_page().
>
> Fixes: 78fefd04c123 ("mm: memory: convert clear_huge_page() to folio_zero_user()")
> Signed-off-by: Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> v3:
> - revise patch description, suggested by Huang Ying
> - use addr_hint for clear_gigantic_page(), suggested by David
> v2: 
> - update changelog to clarify the impact, per Andrew
>
>  fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c | 2 +-
>  mm/memory.c          | 3 ++-
>  2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
> index a4441fb77f7c..a5ea006f403e 100644
> --- a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
> +++ b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
> @@ -825,7 +825,7 @@ static long hugetlbfs_fallocate(struct file *file, int mode, loff_t offset,
>  			error = PTR_ERR(folio);
>  			goto out;
>  		}
> -		folio_zero_user(folio, ALIGN_DOWN(addr, hpage_size));
> +		folio_zero_user(folio, addr);
>  		__folio_mark_uptodate(folio);
>  		error = hugetlb_add_to_page_cache(folio, mapping, index);
>  		if (unlikely(error)) {
> diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
> index 75c2dfd04f72..84864387f965 100644
> --- a/mm/memory.c
> +++ b/mm/memory.c
> @@ -6815,9 +6815,10 @@ static inline int process_huge_page(
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  
> -static void clear_gigantic_page(struct folio *folio, unsigned long addr,
> +static void clear_gigantic_page(struct folio *folio, unsigned long addr_hint,
>  				unsigned int nr_pages)
>  {
> +	unsigned long addr = ALIGN_DOWN(addr_hint, folio_size(folio));
>  	int i;
>  
>  	might_sleep();

LGTM.  Thanks for fixing this.  Feel free to add

Reviewed-by: "Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@xxxxxxxxx>

In the future version.

--
Best Regards,
Huang, Ying




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