Since commit be97a41b291e ("mm/mempolicy.c: merge alloc_hugepage_vma to
alloc_pages_vma") alloc_pages_vma() can potentially free a mempolicy by
mpol_cond_put() before accessing the embedded nodemask by
__alloc_pages_nodemask(). The commit log says it's so "we can use a single
exit path within the function" but that's clearly wrong. We can still do that
when doing mpol_cond_put() after the allocation attempt.
Make sure the mempolicy is not freed prematurely, otherwise
__alloc_pages_nodemask() can end up using a bogus nodemask, which could lead
e.g. to premature OOM.
Fixes: be97a41b291e ("mm/mempolicy.c: merge alloc_hugepage_vma to alloc_pages_vma")
Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/mempolicy.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index 2e346645eb80..1e7873e40c9a 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -2017,8 +2017,8 @@ alloc_pages_vma(gfp_t gfp, int order, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
nmask = policy_nodemask(gfp, pol);
zl = policy_zonelist(gfp, pol, node);
- mpol_cond_put(pol);
page = __alloc_pages_nodemask(gfp, order, zl, nmask);
+ mpol_cond_put(pol);
out:
if (unlikely(!page && read_mems_allowed_retry(cpuset_mems_cookie)))
goto retry_cpuset;
--
2.11.0
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