CVE-2022-49778 — arm64/mm: fix incorrect file_map_count for non-leaf pmd/pud

Affected: Linux

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

arm64/mm: fix incorrect file_map_count for non-leaf pmd/pud

The page table check trigger BUG_ON() unexpectedly when collapse hugepage:

------------[ cut here ]------------ kernel BUG at mm/page_table_check.c:82! Internal error: Oops - BUG: 00000000f2000800 [#1] SMP Dumping ftrace buffer: (ftrace buffer empty) Modules linked in: CPU: 6 PID: 68 Comm: khugepaged Not tainted 6.1.0-rc3+ #750 Hardware name: linux,dummy-virt (DT) pstate: 60000005 (nZCv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) pc : page_table_check_clear.isra.0+0x258/0x3f0 lr : page_table_check_clear.isra.0+0x240/0x3f0 [...] Call trace: page_table_check_clear.isra.0+0x258/0x3f0 __page_table_check_pmd_clear+0xbc/0x108 pmdp_collapse_flush+0xb0/0x160 collapse_huge_page+0xa08/0x1080 hpage_collapse_scan_pmd+0xf30/0x1590 khugepaged_scan_mm_slot.constprop.0+0x52c/0xac8 khugepaged+0x338/0x518 kthread+0x278/0x2f8 ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 [...]

Since pmd_user_accessible_page() doesn't check if a pmd is leaf, it decrease file_map_count for a non-leaf pmd comes from collapse_huge_page(). and so trigger BUG_ON() unexpectedly.

Fix this problem by using pmd_leaf() insteal of pmd_present() in pmd_user_accessible_page(). Moreover, use pud_leaf() for pud_user_accessible_page() too.

RHSA-2025:6966 — Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

kernel: xen-netfront: Fix NULL sring after live migration kernel: fscache: Fix oops due to race with cookie_lru and use_cookie kernel: tracing: Free buffers when a used dynamic event is removed kernel: net: tun: Fix use-after-free in tun_detach() kernel: hwmon: (ibmpex) Fix possible UAF when ibmpex_register_bmc() fails kernel: erofs/zmap.c: Fix incorrect offset calculation kernel: arm64/mm: fix incorrect file_map_count for non-leaf pmd/pud kernel: s390: avoid using global register for current_stack_pointer kernel: erofs: fix missing xas_retry() in fscache mode kernel: rpmsg: qcom_smd: Fix refcount leak in qcom_smd_parse_edge kernel: remoteproc: k3-r5: Fix refcount leak in k3_r5_cluster_of_init kernel: of: check previous kernel's ima-kexec-buffer against memory bounds kernel: coresight: Clear the connection field properly kernel: Linux kernel: Denial of Service in coresight: trbe kernel: rpmsg: char: Avoid double destroy of default endpoint kernel: coresight: cti: Fix hang in cti_disable_hw() kernel: lib/fonts: fix undefined behavior in bit shift for get_default_font kernel: Kernel: Denial of Service in pci_endpoint_test due to zero-length DMA mapping kernel: Linux kernel: Denial of Service in erofs due to memory leak kernel: erofs: fix missing unmap if z_erofs_get_extent_compressedlen() fails kernel: pipe: wakeup wr_wait after setting max_usage kernel: ntb: intel: Fix the NULL vs IS_ERR() bug for debugfs_create_dir() kernel: qed/qed_sriov: guard against NULL derefs from qed_…

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CVE-2022-49778 — arm64/mm: fix incorrect file_map_count for non-leaf pmd/pud

RHSA-2025:6966 — Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update