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When a THP is present in the page cache, we can return it several times, leading to userspace seeing the same data repeatedly if doing a read() that crosses a 64-page boundary. This is probably not a security issue (since the data all comes from the same file), but it can be interpreted as a transient data corruption issue. Fortunately, it is very rare as it can only occur when CONFIG_READ_ONLY_THP_FOR_FS is enabled, and it can only happen to executables. We don't often call read() on executables. This bug is fixed differently in v5.17 by commit6b24ca4a1a("mm: Use multi-index entries in the page cache"). That commit is unsuitable for backporting, so fix this in the clearest way. It sacrifices a little performance for clarity, but this should never be a performance path in these kernel versions. Fixes:cbd59c48ae("mm/filemap: use head pages in generic_file_buffered_read") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v5.15, v5.16 Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/df3b5d1c-a36b-2c73-3e27-99e74983de3a@suse.cz/ Analyzed-by: Adam Majer <amajer@suse.com> Analyzed-by: Dirk Mueller <dmueller@suse.com> Bisected-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de> Reported-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> Tested-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org> 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.