ACK: [SRU][Jammy][PATCH] mm/rmap: Fix anon_vma->degree ambiguity leading to double-reuse

Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo cascardo at canonical.com
Fri Nov 11 11:58:17 UTC 2022


On Thu, Nov 10, 2022 at 03:17:30PM -0500, Yuxuan Luo wrote:
> From: Jann Horn <jannh at google.com>
> 
> anon_vma->degree tracks the combined number of child anon_vmas and VMAs
> that use the anon_vma as their ->anon_vma.
> 
> anon_vma_clone() then assumes that for any anon_vma attached to
> src->anon_vma_chain other than src->anon_vma, it is impossible for it to
> be a leaf node of the VMA tree, meaning that for such VMAs ->degree is
> elevated by 1 because of a child anon_vma, meaning that if ->degree
> equals 1 there are no VMAs that use the anon_vma as their ->anon_vma.
> 
> This assumption is wrong because the ->degree optimization leads to leaf
> nodes being abandoned on anon_vma_clone() - an existing anon_vma is
> reused and no new parent-child relationship is created.  So it is
> possible to reuse an anon_vma for one VMA while it is still tied to
> another VMA.
> 
> This is an issue because is_mergeable_anon_vma() and its callers assume
> that if two VMAs have the same ->anon_vma, the list of anon_vmas
> attached to the VMAs is guaranteed to be the same.  When this assumption
> is violated, vma_merge() can merge pages into a VMA that is not attached
> to the corresponding anon_vma, leading to dangling page->mapping
> pointers that will be dereferenced during rmap walks.
> 
> Fix it by separately tracking the number of child anon_vmas and the
> number of VMAs using the anon_vma as their ->anon_vma.
> 
> Fixes: 7a3ef208e662 ("mm: prevent endless growth of anon_vma hierarchy")
> Cc: stable at kernel.org
> Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko at suse.com>
> Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka at suse.cz>
> Signed-off-by: Jann Horn <jannh at google.com>
> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds at linux-foundation.org>
> (cherry picked from commit 2555283eb40df89945557273121e9393ef9b542b)

I think the same comment conflict that you found on bionic was fixed up here.
But it has been done correctly, and since it's a minor comment typo fix that
causes the conflict (and it is the line that is removed), I am fine either
applying as cherry-picked or as backported.

Acked-by: Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo at canonical.com>

> CVE-2022-42703
> Signed-off-by: Yuxuan Luo <yuxuan.luo at canonical.com>
> ---
>  include/linux/rmap.h |  7 +++++--
>  mm/rmap.c            | 29 ++++++++++++++++-------------
>  2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/rmap.h b/include/linux/rmap.h
> index c976cc6de257..c29d9c13378b 100644
> --- a/include/linux/rmap.h
> +++ b/include/linux/rmap.h
> @@ -39,12 +39,15 @@ struct anon_vma {
>  	atomic_t refcount;
>  
>  	/*
> -	 * Count of child anon_vmas and VMAs which points to this anon_vma.
> +	 * Count of child anon_vmas. Equals to the count of all anon_vmas that
> +	 * have ->parent pointing to this one, including itself.
>  	 *
>  	 * This counter is used for making decision about reusing anon_vma
>  	 * instead of forking new one. See comments in function anon_vma_clone.
>  	 */
> -	unsigned degree;
> +	unsigned long num_children;
> +	/* Count of VMAs whose ->anon_vma pointer points to this object. */
> +	unsigned long num_active_vmas;
>  
>  	struct anon_vma *parent;	/* Parent of this anon_vma */
>  
> diff --git a/mm/rmap.c b/mm/rmap.c
> index 3e340ee380cb..330b361a460e 100644
> --- a/mm/rmap.c
> +++ b/mm/rmap.c
> @@ -90,7 +90,8 @@ static inline struct anon_vma *anon_vma_alloc(void)
>  	anon_vma = kmem_cache_alloc(anon_vma_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
>  	if (anon_vma) {
>  		atomic_set(&anon_vma->refcount, 1);
> -		anon_vma->degree = 1;	/* Reference for first vma */
> +		anon_vma->num_children = 0;
> +		anon_vma->num_active_vmas = 0;
>  		anon_vma->parent = anon_vma;
>  		/*
>  		 * Initialise the anon_vma root to point to itself. If called
> @@ -198,6 +199,7 @@ int __anon_vma_prepare(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
>  		anon_vma = anon_vma_alloc();
>  		if (unlikely(!anon_vma))
>  			goto out_enomem_free_avc;
> +		anon_vma->num_children++; /* self-parent link for new root */
>  		allocated = anon_vma;
>  	}
>  
> @@ -207,8 +209,7 @@ int __anon_vma_prepare(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
>  	if (likely(!vma->anon_vma)) {
>  		vma->anon_vma = anon_vma;
>  		anon_vma_chain_link(vma, avc, anon_vma);
> -		/* vma reference or self-parent link for new root */
> -		anon_vma->degree++;
> +		anon_vma->num_active_vmas++;
>  		allocated = NULL;
>  		avc = NULL;
>  	}
> @@ -293,19 +294,19 @@ int anon_vma_clone(struct vm_area_struct *dst, struct vm_area_struct *src)
>  		anon_vma_chain_link(dst, avc, anon_vma);
>  
>  		/*
> -		 * Reuse existing anon_vma if its degree lower than two,
> -		 * that means it has no vma and only one anon_vma child.
> +		 * Reuse existing anon_vma if it has no vma and only one
> +		 * anon_vma child.
>  		 *
> -		 * Do not chose parent anon_vma, otherwise first child
> -		 * will always reuse it. Root anon_vma is never reused:
> +		 * Root anon_vma is never reused:
>  		 * it has self-parent reference and at least one child.
>  		 */
>  		if (!dst->anon_vma && src->anon_vma &&
> -		    anon_vma != src->anon_vma && anon_vma->degree < 2)
> +		    anon_vma->num_children < 2 &&
> +		    anon_vma->num_active_vmas == 0)
>  			dst->anon_vma = anon_vma;
>  	}
>  	if (dst->anon_vma)
> -		dst->anon_vma->degree++;
> +		dst->anon_vma->num_active_vmas++;
>  	unlock_anon_vma_root(root);
>  	return 0;
>  
> @@ -355,6 +356,7 @@ int anon_vma_fork(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_area_struct *pvma)
>  	anon_vma = anon_vma_alloc();
>  	if (!anon_vma)
>  		goto out_error;
> +	anon_vma->num_active_vmas++;
>  	avc = anon_vma_chain_alloc(GFP_KERNEL);
>  	if (!avc)
>  		goto out_error_free_anon_vma;
> @@ -375,7 +377,7 @@ int anon_vma_fork(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_area_struct *pvma)
>  	vma->anon_vma = anon_vma;
>  	anon_vma_lock_write(anon_vma);
>  	anon_vma_chain_link(vma, avc, anon_vma);
> -	anon_vma->parent->degree++;
> +	anon_vma->parent->num_children++;
>  	anon_vma_unlock_write(anon_vma);
>  
>  	return 0;
> @@ -407,7 +409,7 @@ void unlink_anon_vmas(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
>  		 * to free them outside the lock.
>  		 */
>  		if (RB_EMPTY_ROOT(&anon_vma->rb_root.rb_root)) {
> -			anon_vma->parent->degree--;
> +			anon_vma->parent->num_children--;
>  			continue;
>  		}
>  
> @@ -415,7 +417,7 @@ void unlink_anon_vmas(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
>  		anon_vma_chain_free(avc);
>  	}
>  	if (vma->anon_vma) {
> -		vma->anon_vma->degree--;
> +		vma->anon_vma->num_active_vmas--;
>  
>  		/*
>  		 * vma would still be needed after unlink, and anon_vma will be prepared
> @@ -433,7 +435,8 @@ void unlink_anon_vmas(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
>  	list_for_each_entry_safe(avc, next, &vma->anon_vma_chain, same_vma) {
>  		struct anon_vma *anon_vma = avc->anon_vma;
>  
> -		VM_WARN_ON(anon_vma->degree);
> +		VM_WARN_ON(anon_vma->num_children);
> +		VM_WARN_ON(anon_vma->num_active_vmas);
>  		put_anon_vma(anon_vma);
>  
>  		list_del(&avc->same_vma);
> -- 
> 2.34.1
> 
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