From e8abc61d8a549a91c8fa639f68be2ef13d5fa63b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rik van Riel Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2026 10:40:14 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] mm/cma: don't release CMA pages still in use When a driver calls dma_free_contiguous() before quiescing DMA, the page might still have a reference from the device. put_page_testzero() there returns false, WARN fires, but the code proceeds to free_contig_frozen_range() putting a live page onto buddy and clearing the bitmap. A subsequent allocation can hand the same PFN to a new owner while the original holder still references it. A concurrent put_page() that drops the last reference between the testzero loop and free_contig_frozen_range() can double-queue the page via page->lru, corrupting buddy lists. Avoid the corruption by not freeing a CMA region if any of the pages inside are still in use. Make it explicit in the warning that the driver allowed a leak. While at it, use page_ref_freeze() to make the semantics clearer and switch to pr_warn_ratelimited(). Fixes: 9bda131c6093 ("mm: cma: add cma_alloc_frozen{_compound}()") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Rik van Riel Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260811132045.5f114772@fangorn [ david: use page_ref_freeze() + pr_warn_ratelimited() ] Acked-by: Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) Acked-by: Muchun Song Tested-by: Muhammad Usama Anjum Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20261031-fixes_core-v3-45-d6437171ecc3@kernel.org Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) --- mm/cma.c | 10 +++++++--- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/mm/cma.c b/mm/cma.c index a10ea37a261d..871f95c9ae9f 100644 --- a/mm/cma.c +++ b/mm/cma.c @@ -1020,7 +1020,7 @@ bool cma_release(struct cma *cma, const struct page *pages, unsigned long count) { struct cma_memrange *cmr; - unsigned long ret = 0; + unsigned long leaked = 0; unsigned long i, pfn; cmr = find_cma_memrange(cma, pages, count); @@ -1029,9 +1029,13 @@ bool cma_release(struct cma *cma, const struct page *pages, pfn = page_to_pfn(pages); for (i = 0; i < count; i++, pfn++) - ret += !put_page_testzero(pfn_to_page(pfn)); + leaked += !page_ref_freeze(pfn_to_page(pfn), 1); - WARN(ret, "%lu pages are still in use!\n", ret); + if (leaked) { + pr_warn_ratelimited("%lu pages are still in use, not freeing CMA region!\n", + leaked); + return true; + } __cma_release_frozen(cma, cmr, pages, count);