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commit3dd4432549upstream. Use the maple tree in RCU mode for VMA tracking. The maple tree tracks the stack and is able to update the pivot (lower/upper boundary) in-place to allow the page fault handler to write to the tree while holding just the mmap read lock. This is safe as the writes to the stack have a guard VMA which ensures there will always be a NULL in the direction of the growth and thus will only update a pivot. It is possible, but not recommended, to have VMAs that grow up/down without guard VMAs. syzbot has constructed a testcase which sets up a VMA to grow and consume the empty space. Overwriting the entire NULL entry causes the tree to be altered in a way that is not safe for concurrent readers; the readers may see a node being rewritten or one that does not match the maple state they are using. Enabling RCU mode allows the concurrent readers to see a stable node and will return the expected result. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230227173632.3292573-9-surenb@google.com Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Fixes:d4af56c5c7("mm: start tracking VMAs with maple tree") Signed-off-by: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@oracle.com> Reported-by: syzbot+8d95422d3537159ca390@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.