From 7b8a8ae4dd176a232e973017d2aa3c536a7275e2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sourav Panda Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2026 05:29:09 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] mm/hugetlb_cma: fix null nodemask dereference in hugetlb_cma_alloc_frozen_folio alloc_buddy_hugetlb_folio_with_mpol() can pass a NULL nodemask to alloc_fresh_hugetlb_folio() as a fallback to allocate from all nodes. If order is gigantic, alloc_fresh_hugetlb_folio() propagates the NULL nodemask down to hugetlb_cma_alloc_frozen_folio() via alloc_gigantic_frozen_folio(). Additionally, hugetlb_cma_alloc_frozen_folio() previously attempted allocation on hugetlb_cma[nid] without verifying if nid is included in the caller's nodemask. Adding a node_isset(nid, *nodemask) check ensures the initial preferred node allocation honors the memory policy / nodemask. However, hugetlb_cma_alloc_frozen_folio() dereferences the nodemask in node_isset(nid, *nodemask) and for_each_node_mask(node, *nodemask), leading to a null pointer dereference kernel panic when nodemask is NULL. Fix this by checking if nodemask is NULL in hugetlb_cma_alloc_frozen_folio() and defaulting it to cpuset_current_mems_allowed. Enclose the allocation attempts within the cpuset seqcount retry loop so that if the cpuset changes concurrently during allocation, the attempts are retried using the updated nodemask. This ensures that the initial node check and fallback loop safely honor the task's cpuset without violating cpuset constraints or causing NULL pointer dereferences or unexpected allocation failures. From a userspace perspective, this bug allows an unprivileged user to crash the kernel (trigger a panic) by requesting a gigantic hugepage allocation with MPOL_PREFERRED_MANY on a system where CMA is only configured on a subset of NUMA nodes. This can be reproduced by booting a VM with two NUMA nodes, restricting CMA to Node 1 (e.g., hugetlb_cma=1:1G default_hugepagesz=1G hugepagesz=1G hugepages=0), and running a program that allocates a 1GB hugepage area without reserving, restricts allocation to Node 0 using mbind() with MPOL_PREFERRED_MANY, and triggers a page fault: void *ptr = mmap(NULL, 1UL << 30, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANONYMOUS | MAP_HUGETLB | MAP_HUGE_1GB | MAP_NORESERVE, -1, 0); unsigned long nodemask = 1; /* Node 0 */ mbind(ptr, 1UL << 30, MPOL_PREFERRED_MANY, &nodemask, sizeof(nodemask) * 8, 0); memset(ptr, 0, 1UL << 30); /* Trigger fault */ This results in a NULL pointer dereference: BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000 #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI RIP: 0010:hugetlb_cma_alloc_frozen_folio+0x75/0x120 Call Trace: only_alloc_fresh_hugetlb_folio.isra.0+0x2c/0x160 alloc_surplus_hugetlb_folio+0x6d/0x100 alloc_hugetlb_folio+0x3c5/0x660 hugetlb_no_page+0x3d9/0x650 Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260811052909.475635-1-souravpanda@google.com Fixes: eb02f14c4a2b ("mm/hugetlb: allow overcommitting gigantic hugepages") Signed-off-by: Sourav Panda Reviewed-by: Muchun Song Reviewed-by: Anshuman Khandual Cc: David Hildenbrand Cc: Frank van der Linden Cc: Greg Thelen Cc: Johannes Weiner Cc: Kefeng Wang Cc: Michal Hocko Cc: Oscar Salvador Cc: Rik van Riel Cc: SeongJae Park Cc: Shakeel Butt Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan Cc: Vlastimil Babka Cc: Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- mm/hugetlb_cma.c | 21 ++++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/mm/hugetlb_cma.c b/mm/hugetlb_cma.c index db0680e82847..95fd2d190f0d 100644 --- a/mm/hugetlb_cma.c +++ b/mm/hugetlb_cma.c @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ #include #include #include +#include #include #include @@ -55,15 +56,25 @@ struct folio *hugetlb_cma_alloc_frozen_folio(int order, gfp_t gfp_mask, int node; struct folio *folio; struct page *page = NULL; + const nodemask_t *nmask; + unsigned int cpuset_mems_cookie; if (!hugetlb_cma_size) return NULL; - if (hugetlb_cma[nid]) +retry_cpuset: + if (!nodemask) { + cpuset_mems_cookie = read_mems_allowed_begin(); + nmask = &cpuset_current_mems_allowed; + } else { + nmask = nodemask; + } + + if (hugetlb_cma[nid] && node_isset(nid, *nmask)) page = cma_alloc_frozen_compound(hugetlb_cma[nid], order); if (!page && !(gfp_mask & __GFP_THISNODE)) { - for_each_node_mask(node, *nodemask) { + for_each_node_mask(node, *nmask) { if (node == nid || !hugetlb_cma[node]) continue; @@ -73,8 +84,12 @@ struct folio *hugetlb_cma_alloc_frozen_folio(int order, gfp_t gfp_mask, } } - if (!page) + if (!page) { + if (!nodemask && + unlikely(read_mems_allowed_retry(cpuset_mems_cookie))) + goto retry_cpuset; return NULL; + } folio = page_folio(page); folio_set_hugetlb_cma(folio);