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mm: page_ext: add count limit to page_ext_iter_next to prevent invalid PFN access
authorKetan <ketan.kishore@oss.qualcomm.com>
Mon, 22 Jun 2026 21:18:04 +0000 (02:48 +0530)
committerAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Thu, 2 Jul 2026 02:02:54 +0000 (19:02 -0700)
The page_ext iteration API does not validate if the PFN still belongs to a
valid section while advancing the iterator.  When dynamically adding
memory in the hotplug path, it can lead to a NULL pointer dereference
during page_ext_lookup at the boundary of the last valid section when
iterator count equals __pgcount.

The for_each_page_ext() macro calls page_ext_iter_next() as its loop
increment.  for_each_page_ext() does a "__page_ext =
page_ext_iter_next(&__iter)" at the end.  This causes page_ext_iter_next()
to increment iter->index past __pgcount and call page_ext_lookup(start_pfn
+ __pgcount).  During memory hotplug (online), the PFN at start_pfn +
__pgcount may belong to a section that has not yet been initialized,
causing page_ext_lookup() to trigger a NULL pointer dereference.

[   14.555124][  T846] Call trace:
[   14.555125][  T846]  lookup_page_ext+0x6c/0x108 (P)
[   14.555127][  T846]  page_ext_lookup+0x30/0x3c
[   14.555129][  T846]  __reset_page_owner+0x11c/0x260
[   14.571201][  T846]  __free_pages_ok+0x5e8/0x8e0
[   14.571204][  T846]  __free_pages_core+0x78/0xf0
[   14.571206][  T846]  generic_online_page+0x14/0x24
[   14.597782][  T846]  online_pages+0x178/0x30c
[   14.597784][  T846]  memory_block_change_state+0x284/0x32c
[   14.597787][  T846]  memory_subsys_online+0x4c/0x64
[   14.597789][  T846]  device_online+0x88/0xb0
[   14.597791][  T846]  online_memory_block+0x30/0x40
[   14.597793][  T846]  walk_memory_blocks+0xac/0xe8
[   14.597794][  T846]  add_memory_resource+0x280/0x298
[   14.656161][  T846]  add_memory+0x60/0x98

Move the iteration boundary enforcement inside the iterator functions, so
callers cannot inadvertently access beyond the requested range.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260623-page_ext-v3-1-a89799a5367c@oss.qualcomm.com
Fixes: 9039b9096ea2 ("mm: page_ext: add an iteration API for page extensions")
Signed-off-by: Ketan Kishore <ketan.kishore@oss.qualcomm.com>
Suggested-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
Suggested-by: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
Acked-by: Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>
Acked-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <david@kernel.org>
Cc: Brendan Jackman <jackmanb@google.com>
Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
Cc: Liam R. Howlett <liam@infradead.org>
Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>
Cc: Luiz Capitulino <luizcap@redhat.com>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>
Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
include/linux/page_ext.h

index 61e876e255e89cf0fb974078a1bd3f753b2a94fe..f23d4b218da079729021e31cfd032019ea4f2497 100644 (file)
@@ -120,14 +120,18 @@ struct page_ext_iter {
  * page_ext_iter_begin() - Prepare for iterating through page extensions.
  * @iter: page extension iterator.
  * @pfn: PFN of the page we're interested in.
+ * @count: maximum number of page extensions to return.
  *
  * Must be called with RCU read lock taken.
  *
  * Return: NULL if no page_ext exists for this page.
  */
 static inline struct page_ext *page_ext_iter_begin(struct page_ext_iter *iter,
-                                               unsigned long pfn)
+               unsigned long pfn, unsigned long count)
 {
+       if (!count)
+               return NULL;
+
        iter->index = 0;
        iter->start_pfn = pfn;
        iter->page_ext = page_ext_lookup(pfn);
@@ -138,19 +142,22 @@ static inline struct page_ext *page_ext_iter_begin(struct page_ext_iter *iter,
 /**
  * page_ext_iter_next() - Get next page extension
  * @iter: page extension iterator.
+ * @count: maximum number of page extensions to return.
  *
  * Must be called with RCU read lock taken.
  *
  * Return: NULL if no next page_ext exists.
  */
-static inline struct page_ext *page_ext_iter_next(struct page_ext_iter *iter)
+static inline struct page_ext *page_ext_iter_next(struct page_ext_iter *iter,
+               unsigned long count)
 {
        unsigned long pfn;
 
        if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!iter->page_ext))
                return NULL;
 
-       iter->index++;
+       if (++iter->index >= count)
+               return NULL;
        pfn = iter->start_pfn + iter->index;
 
        if (page_ext_iter_next_fast_possible(pfn))
@@ -183,9 +190,9 @@ static inline struct page_ext *page_ext_iter_get(const struct page_ext_iter *ite
  * IMPORTANT: must be called with RCU read lock taken.
  */
 #define for_each_page_ext(__page, __pgcount, __page_ext, __iter) \
-       for (__page_ext = page_ext_iter_begin(&__iter, page_to_pfn(__page));\
-               __page_ext && __iter.index < __pgcount;          \
-               __page_ext = page_ext_iter_next(&__iter))
+       for (__page_ext = page_ext_iter_begin(&__iter, page_to_pfn(__page), __pgcount); \
+               __page_ext; \
+               __page_ext = page_ext_iter_next(&__iter, __pgcount))
 
 #else /* !CONFIG_PAGE_EXTENSION */
 struct page_ext;