published May 1, 2025
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
arm64/mm: fix incorrect file_map_count for non-leaf pmd/pud
The page table check trigger BUG_ON() unexpectedly when collapse hugepage:
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kernel BUG at mm/page_table_check.c:82!
Internal error: Oops - BUG: 00000000f2000800 [#1] SMP
Dumping ftrace buffer:
(ftrace buffer empty)
Modules linked in:
CPU: 6 PID: 68 Comm: khugepaged Not tainted 6.1.0-rc3+ #750
Hardware name: linux,dummy-virt (DT)
pstate: 60000005 (nZCv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
pc : page_table_check_clear.isra.0+0x258/0x3f0
lr : page_table_check_clear.isra.0+0x240/0x3f0
[...]
Call trace:
page_table_check_clear.isra.0+0x258/0x3f0
__page_table_check_pmd_clear+0xbc/0x108
pmdp_collapse_flush+0xb0/0x160
collapse_huge_page+0xa08/0x1080
hpage_collapse_scan_pmd+0xf30/0x1590
khugepaged_scan_mm_slot.constprop.0+0x52c/0xac8
khugepaged+0x338/0x518
kthread+0x278/0x2f8
ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20
[...]
Since pmd_user_accessible_page() doesn't check if a pmd is leaf, it
decrease file_map_count for a non-leaf pmd comes from collapse_huge_page().
and so trigger BUG_ON() unexpectedly.
Fix this problem by using pmd_leaf() insteal of pmd_present() in
pmd_user_accessible_page(). Moreover, use pud_leaf() for
pud_user_accessible_page() too.