Linux kernel source tree
Go to file
gao xu c3e998398d mm: fix possible NULL pointer dereference in __swap_duplicate
Add a NULL check on the return value of swp_swap_info in __swap_duplicate
to prevent crashes caused by NULL pointer dereference.

The reason why swp_swap_info() returns NULL is unclear; it may be due
to CPU cache issues or DDR bit flips.  The probability of this issue is
very small - it has been observed to occur approximately 1 in 500,000
times per week.  The stack info we encountered is as follows:

Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address
0000000000000058
[RB/E]rb_sreason_str_set: sreason_str set null_pointer
Mem abort info:
  ESR = 0x0000000096000005
  EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits
  SET = 0, FnV = 0
  EA = 0, S1PTW = 0
  FSC = 0x05: level 1 translation fault
Data abort info:
  ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000005, ISS2 = 0x00000000
  CM = 0, WnR = 0, TnD = 0, TagAccess = 0
  GCS = 0, Overlay = 0, DirtyBit = 0, Xs = 0
user pgtable: 4k pages, 39-bit VAs, pgdp=00000008a80e5000
[0000000000000058] pgd=0000000000000000, p4d=0000000000000000,
pud=0000000000000000
Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000005 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
Skip md ftrace buffer dump for: 0x1609e0
...
pc : swap_duplicate+0x44/0x164
lr : copy_page_range+0x508/0x1e78
sp : ffffffc0f2a699e0
x29: ffffffc0f2a699e0 x28: ffffff8a5b28d388 x27: ffffff8b06603388
x26: ffffffdf7291fe70 x25: 0000000000000006 x24: 0000000000100073
x23: 00000000002d2d2f x22: 0000000000000008 x21: 0000000000000000
x20: 00000000002d2d2f x19: 18000000002d2d2f x18: ffffffdf726faec0
x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0010000000000001 x15: 0040000000000001
x14: 0400000000000001 x13: ff7ffffffffffb7f x12: ffeffffffffffbff
x11: ffffff8a5c7e1898 x10: 0000000000000018 x9 : 0000000000000006
x8 : 1800000000000000 x7 : 0000000000000000 x6 : ffffff8057c01f10
x5 : 000000000000a318 x4 : 0000000000000000 x3 : 0000000000000000
x2 : 0000006daf200000 x1 : 0000000000000001 x0 : 18000000002d2d2f
Call trace:
 swap_duplicate+0x44/0x164
 copy_page_range+0x508/0x1e78
 copy_process+0x1278/0x21cc
 kernel_clone+0x90/0x438
 __arm64_sys_clone+0x5c/0x8c
 invoke_syscall+0x58/0x110
 do_el0_svc+0x8c/0xe0
 el0_svc+0x38/0x9c
 el0t_64_sync_handler+0x44/0xec
 el0t_64_sync+0x1a8/0x1ac
Code: 9139c35a 71006f3f 54000568 f8797b55 (f9402ea8)
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
Kernel panic - not syncing: Oops: Fatal exception
SMP: stopping secondary CPUs

The patch seems to only provide a workaround, but there are no more
effective software solutions to handle the bit flips problem.  This path
will change the issue from a system crash to a process exception, thereby
reducing the impact on the entire machine.

akpm: this is probably a kernel bug, but this patch keeps the system
running and doesn't reduce that bug's debuggability.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/e223b0e6ba2f4924984b1917cc717bd5@honor.com
Signed-off-by: gao xu <gaoxu2@honor.com>
Reviewed-by: Barry Song <baohua@kernel.org>
Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>
Cc: Yosry Ahmed <yosry.ahmed@linux.dev>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2025-03-05 21:36:14 -08:00
arch arm: pgtable: fix NULL pointer dereference issue 2025-03-05 21:36:12 -08:00
block block-6.14-20250214 2025-02-14 11:40:59 -08:00
certs sign-file,extract-cert: use pkcs11 provider for OPENSSL MAJOR >= 3 2024-09-20 19:52:48 +03:00
crypto treewide: const qualify ctl_tables where applicable 2025-01-28 13:48:37 +01:00
Documentation MAINTAINERS: update Nick's contact info 2025-02-17 22:40:04 -08:00
drivers Driver core api addition for 6.14-rc3 2025-02-16 12:54:42 -08:00
fs procfs: fix a locking bug in a vmcore_add_device_dump() error path 2025-02-17 22:40:00 -08:00
include taskstats: modify taskstats version 2025-02-17 22:40:02 -08:00
init Kbuild updates for v6.14 2025-01-31 12:07:07 -08:00
io_uring io_uring-6.14-20250214 2025-02-14 11:30:53 -08:00
ipc treewide: const qualify ctl_tables where applicable 2025-01-28 13:48:37 +01:00
kernel - Remove an unused config item GENERIC_PENDING_IRQ_CHIPFLAGS 2025-02-16 10:55:17 -08:00
lib Documentation: fix doc link to fault-injection.rst 2025-03-05 21:36:13 -08:00
LICENSES LICENSES: add 0BSD license text 2024-09-01 20:43:24 -07:00
mm mm: fix possible NULL pointer dereference in __swap_duplicate 2025-03-05 21:36:14 -08:00
net Including fixes from netfilter, wireless and bluetooth. 2025-02-13 12:17:04 -08:00
rust Driver core api addition for 6.14-rc3 2025-02-16 12:54:42 -08:00
samples Driver core api addition for 6.14-rc3 2025-02-16 12:54:42 -08:00
scripts modpost: Fix a few typos in a comment 2025-02-16 03:10:58 +09:00
security Redo of pathname patternization and fix spelling errors. 2025-02-11 10:19:36 -08:00
sound sound fixes for 6.14-rc1 2025-01-31 09:17:02 -08:00
tools selftests/damon/damos_quota_goal: handle minimum quota that cannot be further reduced 2025-03-05 21:36:12 -08:00
usr kbuild: Drop support for include/asm-<arch> in headers_check.pl 2024-12-21 11:43:17 +09:00
virt KVM: remove kvm_arch_post_init_vm 2025-02-04 11:27:45 -05:00
.clang-format clang-format: Update with v6.11-rc1's for_each macro list 2024-08-02 13:20:31 +02:00
.clippy.toml rust: give Clippy the minimum supported Rust version 2025-01-10 00:17:25 +01:00
.cocciconfig scripts: add Linux .cocciconfig for coccinelle 2016-07-22 12:13:39 +02:00
.editorconfig .editorconfig: remove trim_trailing_whitespace option 2024-06-13 16:47:52 +02:00
.get_maintainer.ignore MAINTAINERS: Retire Ralf Baechle 2024-11-12 15:48:59 +01:00
.gitattributes .gitattributes: set diff driver for Rust source code files 2023-05-31 17:48:25 +02:00
.gitignore rust: use host dylib naming convention to support macOS 2025-01-10 01:01:24 +01:00
.mailmap mailmap: update Nick's entry 2025-02-17 22:40:03 -08:00
.rustfmt.toml rust: add .rustfmt.toml 2022-09-28 09:02:20 +02:00
COPYING COPYING: state that all contributions really are covered by this file 2020-02-10 13:32:20 -08:00
CREDITS MAINTAINERS: Move Pavel to kernel.org address 2025-02-07 09:12:33 -08:00
Kbuild Kbuild updates for v6.1 2022-10-10 12:00:45 -07:00
Kconfig kbuild: ensure full rebuild when the compiler is updated 2020-05-12 13:28:33 +09:00
MAINTAINERS MAINTAINERS: update Nick's contact info 2025-02-17 22:40:04 -08:00
Makefile Linux 6.14-rc3 2025-02-16 14:02:44 -08:00
README README: Fix spelling 2024-03-18 03:36:32 -06:00

Linux kernel
============

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 reStructuredText 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.