The patch titled Subject: mm: fix use-after-free bug when mm->mmap is reused after being freed has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was mm-fix-use-after-free-bug-when-mm-mmap-is-reused-after-being-freed.patch This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree ------------------------------------------------------ From: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: mm: fix use-after-free bug when mm->mmap is reused after being freed oom reaping (__oom_reap_task_mm) relies on a 2 way synchronization with exit_mmap. First it relies on the mmap_lock to exclude from unlock path[1], page tables tear down (free_pgtables) and vma destruction. This alone is not sufficient because mm->mmap is never reset. For historical reasons[2] the lock is taken there is also MMF_OOM_SKIP set for oom victims before. The oom reaper only ever looks at oom victims so the whole scheme works properly but process_mrelease can opearate on any task (with fatal signals pending) which doesn't really imply oom victims. That means that the MMF_OOM_SKIP part of the synchronization doesn't work and it can see a task after the whole address space has been demolished and traverse an already released mm->mmap list. This leads to use after free as properly caught up by KASAN report. Fix the issue by reseting mm->mmap so that MMF_OOM_SKIP synchronization is not needed anymore. The MMF_OOM_SKIP is not removed from exit_mmap yet but it acts mostly as an optimization now. [1] 27ae357fa82b ("mm, oom: fix concurrent munlock and oom reaper unmap, v3") [2] 212925802454 ("mm: oom: let oom_reap_task and exit_mmap run concurrently") [mhocko@xxxxxxxx: changelog rewrite] Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/00000000000072ef2c05d7f81950@xxxxxxxxxx/ Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220215201922.1908156-1-surenb@xxxxxxxxxx Fixes: 64591e8605d6 ("mm: protect free_pgtables with mmap_lock write lock in exit_mmap") Signed-off-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@xxxxxxxxxx> Reported-by: syzbot+2ccf63a4bd07cf39cab0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Suggested-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Yang Shi <shy828301@xxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx> Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Minchan Kim <minchan@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jann Horn <jannh@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Shakeel Butt <shakeelb@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Florian Weimer <fweimer@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@xxxxxxx> Cc: Tim Murray <timmurray@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/mmap.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) --- a/mm/mmap.c~mm-fix-use-after-free-bug-when-mm-mmap-is-reused-after-being-freed +++ a/mm/mmap.c @@ -3186,6 +3186,7 @@ void exit_mmap(struct mm_struct *mm) vma = remove_vma(vma); cond_resched(); } + mm->mmap = NULL; mmap_write_unlock(mm); vm_unacct_memory(nr_accounted); } _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from surenb@xxxxxxxxxx are mm-refactor-vm_area_struct-anon_vma_name-usage-code.patch mm-refactor-vm_area_struct-anon_vma_name-usage-code-v3.patch mm-prevent-vm_area_struct-anon_name-refcount-saturation.patch mm-fix-use-after-free-when-anon-vma-name-is-used-after-vma-is-freed.patch mm-count-time-in-drain_all_pages-during-direct-reclaim-as-memory-pressure.patch