The patch titled Subject: mm/mmap: qvoid dereferencing next on null in BUG_ON() has been added to the -mm mm-unstable branch. Its filename is mm-mmap-use-advanced-maple-tree-api-for-mmap_region-fix-2.patch This patch will shortly appear at https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/mm-mmap-use-advanced-maple-tree-api-for-mmap_region-fix-2.patch This patch will later appear in the mm-unstable branch at git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next via the mm-everything branch at git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm and is updated there every 2-3 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Liam Howlett <liam.howlett@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: mm/mmap: qvoid dereferencing next on null in BUG_ON() Date: Thu, 19 May 2022 15:04:50 +0000 Check there is a next before checking the bounds. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220519150442.1289962-1-Liam.Howlett@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@xxxxxxxxxx> Reported-by: <syzbot+ee1fdd8dcc770a3a169a@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/mmap.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/mm/mmap.c~mm-mmap-use-advanced-maple-tree-api-for-mmap_region-fix-2 +++ a/mm/mmap.c @@ -685,7 +685,7 @@ inline int vma_expand(struct ma_state *m } /* Not merging but overwriting any part of next is not handled. */ - VM_BUG_ON(!remove_next && next != vma && end > next->vm_start); + VM_BUG_ON(next && !remove_next && next != vma && end > next->vm_start); /* Only handles expanding */ VM_BUG_ON(vma->vm_start < start || vma->vm_end > end); _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from liam.howlett@xxxxxxxxxx are maple-tree-add-new-data-structure-fix.patch maple-tree-add-new-data-structure-fix-2.patch maple-tree-add-new-data-structure-fix-3.patch maple-tree-add-new-data-structure-fix-4.patch lib-test_maple_tree-add-testing-for-maple-tree-fix.patch mm-start-tracking-vmas-with-maple-tree-fix-2.patch mm-mmap-use-advanced-maple-tree-api-for-mmap_region-fix-2.patch mm-mmap-change-do_brk_munmap-to-use-do_mas_align_munmap-fix.patch mm-remove-the-vma-linked-list-fix.patch