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[1/2] mm: don't dereference struct page fields of invalid pages

Message ID 1481706707-6211-2-git-send-email-ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org
State Accepted
Commit f073bdc51771f5a5c7a8d1191bfc3ae371d44de7
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Commit Message

Ard Biesheuvel Dec. 14, 2016, 9:11 a.m. UTC
The VM_BUG_ON() check in move_freepages() checks whether the node
id of a page matches the node id of its zone. However, it does this
before having checked whether the struct page pointer refers to a
valid struct page to begin with. This is guaranteed in most cases,
but may not be the case if CONFIG_HOLES_IN_ZONE=y.

So reorder the VM_BUG_ON() with the pfn_valid_within() check.

Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>

---
 mm/page_alloc.c | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

-- 
2.7.4

Comments

Will Deacon Jan. 4, 2017, 12:16 p.m. UTC | #1
On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 09:11:46AM +0000, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> The VM_BUG_ON() check in move_freepages() checks whether the node

> id of a page matches the node id of its zone. However, it does this

> before having checked whether the struct page pointer refers to a

> valid struct page to begin with. This is guaranteed in most cases,

> but may not be the case if CONFIG_HOLES_IN_ZONE=y.

> 

> So reorder the VM_BUG_ON() with the pfn_valid_within() check.

> 

> Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>

> ---

>  mm/page_alloc.c | 6 +++---

>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

> 

> diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c

> index f64e7bcb43b7..4e298e31fa86 100644

> --- a/mm/page_alloc.c

> +++ b/mm/page_alloc.c

> @@ -1864,14 +1864,14 @@ int move_freepages(struct zone *zone,

>  #endif

>  

>  	for (page = start_page; page <= end_page;) {

> -		/* Make sure we are not inadvertently changing nodes */

> -		VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(page_to_nid(page) != zone_to_nid(zone), page);

> -

>  		if (!pfn_valid_within(page_to_pfn(page))) {

>  			page++;

>  			continue;

>  		}

>  

> +		/* Make sure we are not inadvertently changing nodes */

> +		VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(page_to_nid(page) != zone_to_nid(zone), page);

> +

>  		if (!PageBuddy(page)) {

>  			page++;

>  			continue;


Acked-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>


I'm guessing akpm can pick this up as a non-urgent fix.

Will
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diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index f64e7bcb43b7..4e298e31fa86 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -1864,14 +1864,14 @@  int move_freepages(struct zone *zone,
 #endif
 
 	for (page = start_page; page <= end_page;) {
-		/* Make sure we are not inadvertently changing nodes */
-		VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(page_to_nid(page) != zone_to_nid(zone), page);
-
 		if (!pfn_valid_within(page_to_pfn(page))) {
 			page++;
 			continue;
 		}
 
+		/* Make sure we are not inadvertently changing nodes */
+		VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(page_to_nid(page) != zone_to_nid(zone), page);
+
 		if (!PageBuddy(page)) {
 			page++;
 			continue;