wireguard-linux/mm/damon, branch stable

mm/damon/sysfs-schemes: delete tried region in regions_rmdirs()

2026-05-22T02:06:12Z

DAMON sysfs maintains the DAMOS tried region directory objects via a linked list. When the user requests refresh of the directories, DAMON sysfs removes all the region directories first, and then generate updated regions directory on the empty space. The removal function (damon_sysfs_scheme_regions_rm_dirs()) only puts the kobj objects. Deletion of the container region object from the linked list is done inside the kobj release callback function. If somehow the callback invocation is delayed, the list will contain regions list that gonna be freed. If the updated region directories creation is started in this situation, the list can be corrupted and use-after-free can happen. Because the kobj objects are managed by only DAMON sysfs, the issue cannot happen in normal situation. But, such delays can be made on kernels that built with CONFIG_DEBUG_KOBJECT_RELEASE. On the kernel, the issue can indeed be reproduced like below. # damo start --damos_action stat # cd /sys/kernel/mm/damon/admin/kdamonds/0/ # for i in {1..10}; do echo update_schemes_tried_regions > state; done # dmesg | grep underflow [ 89.296152] refcount_t: underflow; use-after-free. Fix the issue by removing the region object from the list when decrementing the reference count. Also update damos_sysfs_populate_region_dir() to add the region object to the list only after the kobject_init_and_add() is success, so that fail of kobject_init_and_add() is not leaving the deallocated object on the list. The issue was discovered [1] by Sashiko. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260518152559.93038-1-sj@kernel.org Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260513011920.119183-1-sj@kernel.org [1] Fixes: 9277d0367ba1 ("mm/damon/sysfs-schemes: implement scheme region directory") Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park Cc: # 6.2.x Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton

mm/damon/sysfs-schemes: call missing mem_cgroup_iter_break()

2026-05-14T00:40:00Z

damon_sysfs_memcg_path_to_id() breaks mem_cgroup_iter() loop without calling mem_cgroup_iter_break(). This leaks the cgroup reference. Fix the issue by calling mem_cgroup_iter_break() before the break. The issue was discovered [1] by Sashiko. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260426173625.86521-1-sj@kernel.org Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260423004148.74722-1-sj@kernel.org [1] Fixes: 29cbb9a13f05 ("mm/damon/sysfs-schemes: implement scheme filters") Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park Cc: # 6.3.x Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton

mm/damon/stat: detect and use fresh enabled value

2026-04-27T12:54:27Z

DAMON_STAT updates 'enabled' parameter value, which represents the running status of its kdamond, when the user explicitly requests start/stop of the kdamond. The kdamond can, however, be stopped even if the user explicitly requested the stop, if ctx->regions_score_histogram allocation failure at beginning of the execution of the kdamond. Hence, if the kdamond is stopped by the allocation failure, the value of the parameter can be stale. Users could show the stale value and be confused. The problem will only rarely happen in real and common setups because the allocation is arguably too small to fail. Also, unlike the similar bugs that are now fixed in DAMON_RECLAIM and DAMON_LRU_SORT, kdamond can be restarted in this case, because DAMON_STAT force-updates the enabled parameter value for user inputs. The bug is a bug, though. The issue stems from the fact that there are multiple events that can change the status, and following all the events is challenging. Dynamically detect and use the fresh status for the parameters when those are requested. The issue was dicovered [1] by Sashiko. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260419161003.79176-4-sj@kernel.org Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260416040602.88665-1-sj@kernel.org [1] Fixes: 369c415e6073 ("mm/damon: introduce DAMON_STAT module") Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park Cc: Liew Rui Yan Cc: # 6.17.x Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton

mm/damon/lru_sort: detect and use fresh enabled and kdamond_pid values

2026-04-27T12:54:27Z

DAMON_LRU_SORT updates 'enabled' and 'kdamond_pid' parameter values, which represents the running status of its kdamond, when the user explicitly requests start/stop of the kdamond. The kdamond can, however, be stopped in events other than the explicit user request in the following three events. 1. ctx->regions_score_histogram allocation failure at beginning of the execution, 2. damon_commit_ctx() failure due to invalid user input, and 3. damon_commit_ctx() failure due to its internal allocation failures. Hence, if the kdamond is stopped by the above three events, the values of the status parameters can be stale. Users could show the stale values and be confused. This is already bad, but the real consequence is worse. DAMON_LRU_SORT avoids unnecessary damon_start() and damon_stop() calls based on the 'enabled' parameter value. And the update of 'enabled' parameter value depends on the damon_start() and damon_stop() call results. Hence, once the kdamond has stopped by the unintentional events, the user cannot restart the kdamond before the system reboot. For example, the issue can be reproduced via below steps. # cd /sys/module/damon_lru_sort/parameters # # # start DAMON_LRU_SORT # echo Y > enabled # ps -ef | grep kdamond root 806 2 0 17:53 ? 00:00:00 [kdamond.0] root 808 803 0 17:53 pts/4 00:00:00 grep kdamond # # # commit wrong input to stop kdamond withou explicit stop request # echo 3 > addr_unit # echo Y > commit_inputs bash: echo: write error: Invalid argument # # # confirm kdamond is stopped # ps -ef | grep kdamond root 811 803 0 17:53 pts/4 00:00:00 grep kdamond # # # users casn now show stable status # cat enabled Y # cat kdamond_pid 806 # # # even after fixing the wrong parameter, # # kdamond cannot be restarted. # echo 1 > addr_unit # echo Y > enabled # ps -ef | grep kdamond root 815 803 0 17:54 pts/4 00:00:00 grep kdamond The problem will only rarely happen in real and common setups for the following reasons. The allocation failures are unlikely in such setups since those allocations are arguably too small to fail. Also sane users on real production environments may not commit wrong input parameters. But once it happens, the consequence is quite bad. And the bug is a bug. The issue stems from the fact that there are multiple events that can change the status, and following all the events is challenging. Dynamically detect and use the fresh status for the parameters when those are requested. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260419161003.79176-3-sj@kernel.org Fixes: 40e983cca927 ("mm/damon: introduce DAMON-based LRU-lists Sorting") Co-developed-by: Liew Rui Yan Signed-off-by: Liew Rui Yan Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park Cc: # 6.0.x Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton

mm/damon/reclaim: detect and use fresh enabled and kdamond_pid values

2026-04-27T12:54:26Z

Patch series "mm/damon/modules: detect and use fresh status", v3. DAMON modules including DAMON_RECLAIM, DAMON_LRU_SORT and DAMON_STAT commonly expose the kdamond running status via their parameters. Under certain scenarios including wrong user inputs and memory allocation failures, those parameter values can be stale. It can confuse users. For DAMON_RECLAIM and DAMON_LRU_SORT, it even makes the kdamond unable to be restarted before the system reboot. The problem comes from the fact that there are multiple events for the status changes and it is difficult to follow up all the scenarios. Fix the issue by detecting and using the status on demand, instead of using a cached status that is difficult to be updated. Patches 1-3 fix the bugs in DAMON_RECLAIM, DAMON_LRU_SORT and DAMON_STAT in the order. This patch (of 3): DAMON_RECLAIM updates 'enabled' and 'kdamond_pid' parameter values, which represents the running status of its kdamond, when the user explicitly requests start/stop of the kdamond. The kdamond can, however, be stopped in events other than the explicit user request in the following three events. 1. ctx->regions_score_histogram allocation failure at beginning of the execution, 2. damon_commit_ctx() failure due to invalid user input, and 3. damon_commit_ctx() failure due to its internal allocation failures. Hence, if the kdamond is stopped by the above three events, the values of the status parameters can be stale. Users could show the stale values and be confused. This is already bad, but the real consequence is worse. DAMON_RECLAIM avoids unnecessary damon_start() and damon_stop() calls based on the 'enabled' parameter value. And the update of 'enabled' parameter value depends on the damon_start() and damon_stop() call results. Hence, once the kdamond has stopped by the unintentional events, the user cannot restart the kdamond before the system reboot. For example, the issue can be reproduced via below steps. # cd /sys/module/damon_reclaim/parameters # # # start DAMON_RECLAIM # echo Y > enabled # ps -ef | grep kdamond root 806 2 0 17:53 ? 00:00:00 [kdamond.0] root 808 803 0 17:53 pts/4 00:00:00 grep kdamond # # # commit wrong input to stop kdamond withou explicit stop request # echo 3 > addr_unit # echo Y > commit_inputs bash: echo: write error: Invalid argument # # # confirm kdamond is stopped # ps -ef | grep kdamond root 811 803 0 17:53 pts/4 00:00:00 grep kdamond # # # users casn now show stable status # cat enabled Y # cat kdamond_pid 806 # # # even after fixing the wrong parameter, # # kdamond cannot be restarted. # echo 1 > addr_unit # echo Y > enabled # ps -ef | grep kdamond root 815 803 0 17:54 pts/4 00:00:00 grep kdamond The problem will only rarely happen in real and common setups for the following reasons. The allocation failures are unlikely in such setups since those allocations are arguably too small to fail. Also sane users on real production environments may not commit wrong input parameters. But once it happens, the consequence is quite bad. And the bug is a bug. The issue stems from the fact that there are multiple events that can change the status, and following all the events is challenging. Dynamically detect and use the fresh status for the parameters when those are requested. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260419161003.79176-1-sj@kernel.org Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260419161003.79176-2-sj@kernel.org Fixes: e035c280f6df ("mm/damon/reclaim: support online inputs update") Co-developed-by: Liew Rui Yan Signed-off-by: Liew Rui Yan Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park Cc: # 5.19.x Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton

mm/damon/sysfs-schemes: protect path kfree() with damon_sysfs_lock

2026-04-27T12:54:26Z

damon_sysfs_quot_goal->path can be read and written by users, via DAMON sysfs 'path' file. It can also be indirectly read, for the parameters {on,off}line committing to DAMON. The reads for parameters committing are protected by damon_sysfs_lock to avoid the sysfs files being destroyed while any of the parameters are being read. But the user-driven direct reads and writes are not protected by any lock, while the write is deallocating the path-pointing buffer. As a result, the readers could read the already freed buffer (user-after-free). Note that the user-reads don't race when the same open file is used by the writer, due to kernfs's open file locking. Nonetheless, doing the reads and writes with separate open files would be common. Fix it by protecting both the user-direct reads and writes with damon_sysfs_lock. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260423150253.111520-3-sj@kernel.org Fixes: c41e253a411e ("mm/damon/sysfs-schemes: implement path file under quota goal directory") Co-developed-by: Junxi Qian Signed-off-by: Junxi Qian Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park Cc: # 6.19.x Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton

mm/damon/sysfs-schemes: protect memcg_path kfree() with damon_sysfs_lock

2026-04-27T12:54:26Z

Patch series "mm/damon/sysfs-schemes: fix use-after-free for [memcg_]path". Reads of 'memcg_path' and 'path' files in DAMON sysfs interface could race with their writes, results in use-after-free. Fix those. This patch (of 2): damon_sysfs_scheme_filter->mmecg_path can be read and written by users, via DAMON sysfs memcg_path file. It can also be indirectly read, for the parameters {on,off}line committing to DAMON. The reads for parameters committing are protected by damon_sysfs_lock to avoid the sysfs files being destroyed while any of the parameters are being read. But the user-driven direct reads and writes are not protected by any lock, while the write is deallocating the memcg_path-pointing buffer. As a result, the readers could read the already freed buffer (user-after-free). Note that the user-reads don't race when the same open file is used by the writer, due to kernfs's open file locking. Nonetheless, doing the reads and writes with separate open files would be common. Fix it by protecting both the user-direct reads and writes with damon_sysfs_lock. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260423150253.111520-1-sj@kernel.org Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260423150253.111520-2-sj@kernel.org Fixes: 4f489fe6afb3 ("mm/damon/sysfs-schemes: free old damon_sysfs_scheme_filter->memcg_path on write") Co-developed-by: Junxi Qian Signed-off-by: Junxi Qian Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park Cc: # 6.16.x Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton

Merge tag 'mm-hotfixes-stable-2026-04-19-00-14' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm

2026-04-19T21:45:37Z

Pull MM fixes from Andrew Morton: "7 hotfixes. 6 are cc:stable and all are for MM. Please see the individual changelogs for details" * tag 'mm-hotfixes-stable-2026-04-19-00-14' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm: mm/damon/core: disallow non-power of two min_region_sz on damon_start() mm/vmalloc: take vmap_purge_lock in shrinker mm: call ->free_folio() directly in folio_unmap_invalidate() mm: blk-cgroup: fix use-after-free in cgwb_release_workfn() mm/zone_device: do not touch device folio after calling ->folio_free() mm/damon/core: disallow time-quota setting zero esz mm/mempolicy: fix weighted interleave auto sysfs name

Merge tag 'mm-stable-2026-04-18-02-14' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm

2026-04-19T15:01:17Z

Pull more MM updates from Andrew Morton: - "Eliminate Dying Memory Cgroup" (Qi Zheng and Muchun Song) Address the longstanding "dying memcg problem". A situation wherein a no-longer-used memory control group will hang around for an extended period pointlessly consuming memory - "fix unexpected type conversions and potential overflows" (Qi Zheng) Fix a couple of potential 32-bit/64-bit issues which were identified during review of the "Eliminate Dying Memory Cgroup" series - "kho: history: track previous kernel version and kexec boot count" (Breno Leitao) Use Kexec Handover (KHO) to pass the previous kernel's version string and the number of kexec reboots since the last cold boot to the next kernel, and print it at boot time - "liveupdate: prevent double preservation" (Pasha Tatashin) Teach LUO to avoid managing the same file across different active sessions - "liveupdate: Fix module unloading and unregister API" (Pasha Tatashin) Address an issue with how LUO handles module reference counting and unregistration during module unloading - "zswap pool per-CPU acomp_ctx simplifications" (Kanchana Sridhar) Simplify and clean up the zswap crypto compression handling and improve the lifecycle management of zswap pool's per-CPU acomp_ctx resources - "mm/damon/core: fix damon_call()/damos_walk() vs kdmond exit race" (SeongJae Park) Address unlikely but possible leaks and deadlocks in damon_call() and damon_walk() - "mm/damon/core: validate damos_quota_goal->nid" (SeongJae Park) Fix a couple of root-only wild pointer dereferences - "Docs/admin-guide/mm/damon: warn commit_inputs vs other params race" (SeongJae Park) Update the DAMON documentation to warn operators about potential races which can occur if the commit_inputs parameter is altered at the wrong time - "Minor hmm_test fixes and cleanups" (Alistair Popple) Bugfixes and a cleanup for the HMM kernel selftests - "Modify memfd_luo code" (Chenghao Duan) Cleanups, simplifications and speedups to the memfd_lou code - "mm, kvm: allow uffd support in guest_memfd" (Mike Rapoport) Support for userfaultfd in guest_memfd - "selftests/mm: skip several tests when thp is not available" (Chunyu Hu) Fix several issues in the selftests code which were causing breakage when the tests were run on CONFIG_THP=n kernels - "mm/mprotect: micro-optimization work" (Pedro Falcato) A couple of nice speedups for mprotect() - "MAINTAINERS: update KHO and LIVE UPDATE entries" (Pratyush Yadav) Document upcoming changes in the maintenance of KHO, LUO, memfd_luo, kexec, crash, kdump and probably other kexec-based things - they are being moved out of mm.git and into a new git tree * tag 'mm-stable-2026-04-18-02-14' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm: (121 commits) MAINTAINERS: add page cache reviewer mm/vmscan: avoid false-positive -Wuninitialized warning MAINTAINERS: update Dave's kdump reviewer email address MAINTAINERS: drop include/linux/liveupdate from LIVE UPDATE MAINTAINERS: drop include/linux/kho/abi/ from KHO MAINTAINERS: update KHO and LIVE UPDATE maintainers MAINTAINERS: update kexec/kdump maintainers entries mm/migrate_device: remove dead migration entry check in migrate_vma_collect_huge_pmd() selftests: mm: skip charge_reserved_hugetlb without killall userfaultfd: allow registration of ranges below mmap_min_addr mm/vmstat: fix vmstat_shepherd double-scheduling vmstat_update mm/hugetlb: fix early boot crash on parameters without '=' separator zram: reject unrecognized type= values in recompress_store() docs: proc: document ProtectionKey in smaps mm/mprotect: special-case small folios when applying permissions mm/mprotect: move softleaf code out of the main function mm: remove '!root_reclaim' checking in should_abort_scan() mm/sparse: fix comment for section map alignment mm/page_io: use sio->len for PSWPIN accounting in sio_read_complete() selftests/mm: transhuge_stress: skip the test when thp not available ...

mm/damon/core: disallow non-power of two min_region_sz on damon_start()

2026-04-19T06:24:27Z

Commit d8f867fa0825 ("mm/damon: add damon_ctx->min_sz_region") introduced a bug that allows unaligned DAMON region address ranges. Commit c80f46ac228b ("mm/damon/core: disallow non-power of two min_region_sz") fixed it, but only for damon_commit_ctx() use case. Still, DAMON sysfs interface can emit non-power of two min_region_sz via damon_start(). Fix the path by adding the is_power_of_2() check on damon_start(). The issue was discovered by sashiko [1]. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260411213638.77768-1-sj@kernel.org Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260403155530.64647-1-sj@kernel.org [1] Fixes: d8f867fa0825 ("mm/damon: add damon_ctx->min_sz_region") Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park Cc: # 6.18.x Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton