[PATCH] brd: fix leeping function called from invalid context in brd_insert_page()
From: Yu Kuai
Date: Fri Jun 27 2025 - 21:22:08 EST
From: Yu Kuai <yukuai3@xxxxxxxxxx>
__xa_cmpxchg() is called with rcu_read_lock(), and it will allocated
memory if necessary.
Fix the problem by moving rcu_read_lock() after __xa_cmpxchg, meanwhile,
it still should be held before xa_unlock(), prevent returned page to be
freed by concurrent discard.
Fixes: bbcacab2e8ee ("brd: avoid extra xarray lookups on first write")
Reported-by: syzbot+ea4c8fd177a47338881a@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/685ec4c9.a00a0220.129264.000c.GAE@xxxxxxxxxx/
Signed-off-by: Yu Kuai <yukuai3@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/block/brd.c | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/block/brd.c b/drivers/block/brd.c
index b1be6c510372..0c2eabe14af3 100644
--- a/drivers/block/brd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/brd.c
@@ -64,13 +64,15 @@ static struct page *brd_insert_page(struct brd_device *brd, sector_t sector,
rcu_read_unlock();
page = alloc_page(gfp | __GFP_ZERO | __GFP_HIGHMEM);
- rcu_read_lock();
- if (!page)
+ if (!page) {
+ rcu_read_lock();
return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+ }
xa_lock(&brd->brd_pages);
ret = __xa_cmpxchg(&brd->brd_pages, sector >> PAGE_SECTORS_SHIFT, NULL,
page, gfp);
+ rcu_read_lock();
if (ret) {
xa_unlock(&brd->brd_pages);
__free_page(page);
--
2.39.2