Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] mm: khugepaged: fix folio is used after pte_unmap_unlock()

On Sat, Aug 15, 2026 at 01:19:23PM +0800, Vernon Yang wrote:
> From: Vernon Yang <[email protected]>
>
> After the page table lock has dropped, the folio can be freed
> concurrently. The trace_mm_khugepaged_scan_pmd() is left with
> a dangling folio pointer.
>
> So using the folio_pfn() before dropping the page table lock,
> closing use-after-free window.
>
> Fixes: 7d2eba0557c1 ("mm: add tracepoint for scanning pages")
> Cc: [email protected]
> Signed-off-by: Vernon Yang <[email protected]>
> ---
>  include/trace/events/huge_memory.h | 6 +++---
>  mm/khugepaged.c                    | 4 +++-
>  2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/trace/events/huge_memory.h b/include/trace/events/huge_memory.h
> index d3572d4ef453..5dc71d292f47 100644
> --- a/include/trace/events/huge_memory.h
> +++ b/include/trace/events/huge_memory.h
> @@ -55,10 +55,10 @@ SCAN_STATUS
>
>  TRACE_EVENT(mm_khugepaged_scan_pmd,
>
> -	TP_PROTO(struct mm_struct *mm, struct folio *folio,
> +	TP_PROTO(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long pfn,
>  		 int referenced, int none_or_zero, int status, int unmapped),
>
> -	TP_ARGS(mm, folio, referenced, none_or_zero, status, unmapped),
> +	TP_ARGS(mm, pfn, referenced, none_or_zero, status, unmapped),
>
>  	TP_STRUCT__entry(
>  		__field(struct mm_struct *, mm)
> @@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ TRACE_EVENT(mm_khugepaged_scan_pmd,
>
>  	TP_fast_assign(
>  		__entry->mm = mm;
> -		__entry->pfn = folio ? folio_pfn(folio) : -1;
> +		__entry->pfn = pfn;
>  		__entry->referenced = referenced;
>  		__entry->none_or_zero = none_or_zero;
>  		__entry->status = status;
> diff --git a/mm/khugepaged.c b/mm/khugepaged.c
> index e7830761d3a2..7c8c48577408 100644
> --- a/mm/khugepaged.c
> +++ b/mm/khugepaged.c
> @@ -1603,6 +1603,7 @@ static enum scan_result collapse_scan_pmd(struct mm_struct *mm,
>  	enum scan_result result = SCAN_FAIL;
>  	struct page *page = NULL;
>  	struct folio *folio = NULL;
> +	unsigned long pfn = -1;
>  	unsigned long addr;
>  	unsigned long enabled_orders;
>  	spinlock_t *ptl;
> @@ -1778,6 +1779,7 @@ static enum scan_result collapse_scan_pmd(struct mm_struct *mm,
>  		result = SCAN_SUCCEED;
>  	}
>  out_unmap:
> +	pfn = folio ? folio_pfn(folio) : -1;
>  	pte_unmap_unlock(pte, ptl);
>  	if (result == SCAN_SUCCEED) {
>  		/* collapse_huge_page expects the lock to be dropped before calling */
> @@ -1788,7 +1790,7 @@ static enum scan_result collapse_scan_pmd(struct mm_struct *mm,
>  		*lock_dropped = true;
>  	}
>  out:
> -	trace_mm_khugepaged_scan_pmd(mm, folio, referenced,
> +	trace_mm_khugepaged_scan_pmd(mm, pfn, referenced,

Same comment as 1/3 I don't see why we should be storing a pfn value used
nowhere else just for tracing.

>  				     none_or_zero, result, unmapped);
>  	return result;
>  }
> --
> 2.53.0
>

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Cheers, Lorenzo