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SubjectRe: [PATCH] mm: swapfile: avoid split_swap_cluster() NULL pointer dereference
On Wed, 23 Sep 2020 09:42:51 -0400 Rafael Aquini <aquini@redhat.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Sep 22, 2020 at 12:47:50PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > On Tue, 22 Sep 2020 14:48:38 -0400 Rafael Aquini <aquini@redhat.com> wrote:
> >
> > > The swap area descriptor only gets struct swap_cluster_info *cluster_info
> > > allocated if the swapfile is backed by non-rotational storage.
> > > When the swap area is laid on top of ordinary disk spindles, lock_cluster()
> > > will naturally return NULL.
> > >
> > > CONFIG_THP_SWAP exposes cluster_info infrastructure to a broader number of
> > > use cases, and split_swap_cluster(), which is the counterpart of split_huge_page()
> > > for the THPs in the swapcache, misses checking the return of lock_cluster before
> > > operating on the cluster_info pointer.
> > >
> > > This patch addresses that issue by adding a proper check for the pointer
> > > not being NULL in the wrappers cluster_{is,clear}_huge(), in order to avoid
> > > crashes similar to the one below:
> > >
> > > ...
> > >
> > > Fixes: 59807685a7e77 ("mm, THP, swap: support splitting THP for THP swap out")
> > > Signed-off-by: Rafael Aquini <aquini@redhat.com>
> >
> > Did you consider cc:stable?
> >
>
> UGH! I missed adding it to my cc list. Shall I just forward it, now, or
> do you prefer a fresh repost?

I added the cc:stable to my copy.

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