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Alexei Starovoitov 4fddde2a73 bpf: Fix use-after-free in arena_vm_close on fork
arena_vm_open() only bumps vml->mmap_count but never registers the
child VMA in arena->vma_list. The vml->vma always points at the
parent VMA, so after parent munmap the pointer dangles. If the child
then calls bpf_arena_free_pages(), zap_pages() reads the stale
vml->vma triggering use-after-free.

Fix this by preventing the arena VMA from being inherited across
fork with VM_DONTCOPY, and preventing VMA splits via the may_split
callback.

Also reject mremap with a .mremap callback returning -EINVAL. A
same-size mremap(MREMAP_FIXED) on the full arena VMA reaches
copy_vma() through the following path:

  check_prep_vma()       - returns 0 early: new_len == old_len
                           skips VM_DONTEXPAND check
  prep_move_vma()        - vm_start == old_addr and
                           vm_end == old_addr + old_len
                           so may_split is never called
  move_vma()
    copy_vma_and_data()
      copy_vma()
        vm_area_dup()    - copies vm_private_data (vml pointer)
        vm_ops->open()   - bumps vml->mmap_count
      vm_ops->mremap()   - returns -EINVAL, rollback unmaps new VMA

The refcount ensures the rollback's arena_vm_close does not free
the vml shared with the original VMA.

Reported-by: Weiming Shi <bestswngs@gmail.com>
Reported-by: Xiang Mei <xmei5@asu.edu>
Fixes: 317460317a ("bpf: Introduce bpf_arena.")
Reviewed-by: Emil Tsalapatis <emil@etsalapatis.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260413194245.21449-1-alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
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