The patch titled Subject: maple_tree: fix mas_empty_area_rev() null pointer dereference has been added to the -mm mm-hotfixes-unstable branch. Its filename is maple_tree-fix-mas_empty_area_rev-null-pointer-dereference.patch This patch will shortly appear at https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/maple_tree-fix-mas_empty_area_rev-null-pointer-dereference.patch This patch will later appear in the mm-hotfixes-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 R. Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: maple_tree: fix mas_empty_area_rev() null pointer dereference Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2024 16:33:49 -0400 Currently the code calls mas_start() followed by mas_data_end() if the maple state is MA_START, but mas_start() may return with the maple state node == NULL. This will lead to a null pointer dereference when checking information in the NULL node, which is done in mas_data_end(). Avoid setting the offset if there is no node by waiting until after the maple state is checked for an empty or single entry state. A user could trigger the events to cause a kernel oops by unmapping all vmas to produce an empty maple tree, then mapping a vma that would cause the scenario described above. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240422203349.2418465-1-Liam.Howlett@xxxxxxxxxx Fixes: 54a611b60590 ("Maple Tree: add new data structure") Signed-off-by: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@xxxxxxxxxx> Reported-by: Marius Fleischer <fleischermarius@xxxxxxxxx> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAJg=8jyuSxDL6XvqEXY_66M20psRK2J53oBTP+fjV5xpW2-R6w@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAJg=8jyuSxDL6XvqEXY_66M20psRK2J53oBTP+fjV5xpW2-R6w@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ Tested-by: Marius Fleischer <fleischermarius@xxxxxxxxx> Tested-by: Sidhartha Kumar <sidhartha.kumar@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- lib/maple_tree.c | 16 ++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) --- a/lib/maple_tree.c~maple_tree-fix-mas_empty_area_rev-null-pointer-dereference +++ a/lib/maple_tree.c @@ -5109,18 +5109,18 @@ int mas_empty_area_rev(struct ma_state * if (size == 0 || max - min < size - 1) return -EINVAL; - if (mas_is_start(mas)) { + if (mas_is_start(mas)) mas_start(mas); - mas->offset = mas_data_end(mas); - } else if (mas->offset >= 2) { - mas->offset -= 2; - } else if (!mas_rewind_node(mas)) { + else if ((mas->offset < 2) && (!mas_rewind_node(mas))) return -EBUSY; - } - /* Empty set. */ - if (mas_is_none(mas) || mas_is_ptr(mas)) + if (unlikely(mas_is_none(mas) || mas_is_ptr(mas))) return mas_sparse_area(mas, min, max, size, false); + else if (mas->offset >= 2) + mas->offset -= 2; + else + mas->offset = mas_data_end(mas); + /* The start of the window can only be within these values. */ mas->index = min; _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from Liam.Howlett@xxxxxxxxxx are maple_tree-fix-mas_empty_area_rev-null-pointer-dereference.patch