In case if isi.nr_pages is 0, we are making sis->pages (which is unsigned int) a huge value in iomap_swapfile_activate() by assigning -1. This could cause a kernel crash in kernel v4.18 (with below signature). Or could lead to unknown issues on latest kernel if the fake big swap gets used. Fix this issue by returning -EINVAL in case of nr_pages is 0, since it is anyway a invalid swapfile. Looks like this issue will be hit when we have pagesize < blocksize type of configuration. I was able to hit the issue in case of a tiny swap file with below test script. https://raw.githubusercontent.com/riteshharjani/LinuxStudy/master/scripts/swap-issue.sh kernel crash analysis on v4.18 ============================== On v4.18 kernel, it causes a kernel panic, since sis->pages becomes a huge value and isi.nr_extents is 0. When 0 is returned it is considered as a swapfile over NFS and SWP_FILE is set (sis->flags |= SWP_FILE). Then when swapoff was getting called it was calling a_ops->swap_deactivate() if (sis->flags & SWP_FILE) is true. Since a_ops->swap_deactivate() is NULL in case of XFS, it causes below panic. Panic signature on v4.18 kernel: ======================================= root@qemu:/home/qemu# [ 8291.723351] XFS (loop2): Unmounting Filesystem [ 8292.123104] XFS (loop2): Mounting V5 Filesystem [ 8292.132451] XFS (loop2): Ending clean mount [ 8292.263362] Adding 4294967232k swap on /mnt1/test/swapfile. Priority:-2 extents:1 across:274877906880k [ 8292.277834] Unable to handle kernel paging request for instruction fetch [ 8292.278677] Faulting instruction address: 0x00000000 cpu 0x19: Vector: 400 (Instruction Access) at [c0000009dd5b7ad0] pc: 0000000000000000 lr: c0000000003eb9dc: destroy_swap_extents+0xfc/0x120 sp: c0000009dd5b7d50 msr: 8000000040009033 current = 0xc0000009b6710080 paca = 0xc00000003ffcb280 irqmask: 0x03 irq_happened: 0x01 pid = 5604, comm = swapoff Linux version 4.18.0 (riteshh@xxxxxxx) (gcc version 8.4.0 (Ubuntu 8.4.0-1ubuntu1~18.04)) #57 SMP Wed Mar 3 01:33:04 CST 2021 enter ? for help [link register ] c0000000003eb9dc destroy_swap_extents+0xfc/0x120 [c0000009dd5b7d50] c0000000025a7058 proc_poll_event+0x0/0x4 (unreliable) [c0000009dd5b7da0] c0000000003f0498 sys_swapoff+0x3f8/0x910 [c0000009dd5b7e30] c00000000000bbe4 system_call+0x5c/0x70 --- Exception: c01 (System Call) at 00007ffff7d208d8 Signed-off-by: Ritesh Harjani <riteshh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/iomap/swapfile.c | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/fs/iomap/swapfile.c b/fs/iomap/swapfile.c index a648dbf6991e..67953678c99f 100644 --- a/fs/iomap/swapfile.c +++ b/fs/iomap/swapfile.c @@ -170,6 +170,15 @@ int iomap_swapfile_activate(struct swap_info_struct *sis, return ret; } + /* + * In case if nr_pages is 0 then we better return -EINVAL + * since it is anyway an empty swapfile. + */ + if (isi.nr_pages == 0) { + pr_warn("swapon: Empty swap-file\n"); + return -EINVAL; + } + *pagespan = 1 + isi.highest_ppage - isi.lowest_ppage; sis->max = isi.nr_pages; sis->pages = isi.nr_pages - 1; -- 2.26.2