From b024d7b56c77191cde544f838debb7f8451cd0d6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Gleixner Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2025 23:01:21 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] perf/core: Prevent VMA split of buffer mappings The perf mmap code is careful about mmap()'ing the user page with the ringbuffer and additionally the auxiliary buffer, when the event supports it. Once the first mapping is established, subsequent mapping have to use the same offset and the same size in both cases. The reference counting for the ringbuffer and the auxiliary buffer depends on this being correct. Though perf does not prevent that a related mapping is split via mmap(2), munmap(2) or mremap(2). A split of a VMA results in perf_mmap_open() calls, which take reference counts, but then the subsequent perf_mmap_close() calls are not longer fulfilling the offset and size checks. This leads to reference count leaks. As perf already has the requirement for subsequent mappings to match the initial mapping, the obvious consequence is that VMA splits, caused by resizing of a mapping or partial unmapping, have to be prevented. Implement the vm_operations_struct::may_split() callback and return unconditionally -EINVAL. That ensures that the mapping offsets and sizes cannot be changed after the fact. Remapping to a different fixed address with the same size is still possible as it takes the references for the new mapping and drops those of the old mapping. Fixes: 45bfb2e50471 ("perf: Add AUX area to ring buffer for raw data streams") Reported-by: zdi-disclosures@trendmicro.com # ZDI-CAN-27504 Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes Acked-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org --- kernel/events/core.c | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c index 4563bd864bbc..8060c2857bb2 100644 --- a/kernel/events/core.c +++ b/kernel/events/core.c @@ -6842,10 +6842,20 @@ static vm_fault_t perf_mmap_pfn_mkwrite(struct vm_fault *vmf) return vmf->pgoff == 0 ? 0 : VM_FAULT_SIGBUS; } +static int perf_mmap_may_split(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr) +{ + /* + * Forbid splitting perf mappings to prevent refcount leaks due to + * the resulting non-matching offsets and sizes. See open()/close(). + */ + return -EINVAL; +} + static const struct vm_operations_struct perf_mmap_vmops = { .open = perf_mmap_open, .close = perf_mmap_close, /* non mergeable */ .pfn_mkwrite = perf_mmap_pfn_mkwrite, + .may_split = perf_mmap_may_split, }; static int map_range(struct perf_buffer *rb, struct vm_area_struct *vma) -- 2.47.2