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authorJiayuan Chen <jiayuan.chen@shopee.com>2026-10-15 14:05:27 +0800
committerAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>2026-10-24 01:56:35 -0700
commit60f34fedf3a4c91ed631ed2f80713ab993cde5ee (patch)
tree076af28e952c97fe09d7490edb05bf09845b017c /tools/lib/python
parent397e087605526e31c067afd5fba85bd999e5738f (diff)
mm/swap: fix swap_cache_get_folio() returning a folio that left the swap cache
swap_cache_get_folio() reads the folio from the swap table and takes a reference with folio_try_get(), without any lock. If the folio is removed from the swap cache and freed in between, and its memory gets reused, folio_try_get() still succeeds and we return a page that has nothing to do with the swap entry: CPU 0 CPU 1 do_swap_page() swap_cache_get_folio() swp_tb = swap_table_get() folio = swp_tb_to_folio(swp_tb) madvise(MADV_DONTNEED) zap_nonpresent_ptes() swap_put_entries_direct() swap_put_entries_cluster() __try_to_reclaim_swap() swap_cache_del_folio() folio_put() <- freed page reused, e.g. as an anon folio of another task folio_try_get(folio) <- succeeds return folio swap_update_readahead() <- may clear PG_readahead on it folio_lock_or_retry() <- locks it folio_matches_swap_entry() fails, unlock and put filemap_get_entry() does the same lockless lookup for the page cache, and after folio_try_get() it rechecks the xarray, because the folio may have been freed and reused in between. swap_cache_get_folio() lost that recheck when the swap cache moved to the swap table. So CPU 0 writes to a folio it doesn't own: it may clear PG_readahead and takes the folio lock of someone else's page, before folio_matches_swap_entry() finds out the folio is not ours. When the race occurs, a swap fault can acquire a reference to a physical page that has been freed and reused for an unrelated purpose, potentially by another process. The fault handler may then clear that page's PG_readahead/PG_reclaim flag, wait on or acquire its folio lock, and potentially attempt to remove it from an unrelated swap cache. These operations can interfere with unrelated workloads and may cause unexpected stalls and impaired reclaim. The subsequent swap-entry validation normally prevents the wrong folio from being mapped into the faulting process. It's documented that caller always double checks the folio so this part is harmless from the aspect of data corruption or crash. Recheck the slot after folio_try_get() and retry if it no longer holds this folio. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: add LLM-generated description of userspace impact] Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20261015060528.302634-1-jiayuan.chen@linux.dev Fixes: 8578e0c00dcf ("mm, swap: use the swap table for the swap cache and switch API") Signed-off-by: Jiayuan Chen <jiayuan.chen@shopee.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Reviewed-by: Kairui Song <kasong@tencent.com> Cc: Chris Li <chrisl@kernel.org> Cc: Kemeng Shi <shikemeng@huaweicloud.com> Cc: Nhat Pham <nphamcs@gmail.com> Cc: Baoquan He <baoquan.he@linux.dev> Cc: Barry Song <baohua@kernel.org> Cc: Youngjun Park <youngjun.park@lge.com> Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
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