Re: [PATCH v3 29/30] luo: allow preserving memfd

From: Greg KH
Date: Wed Aug 13 2025 - 03:13:26 EST


On Tue, Aug 12, 2025 at 11:34:37PM -0700, Vipin Sharma wrote:
> On 2025-08-07 01:44:35, Pasha Tatashin wrote:
> > From: Pratyush Yadav <ptyadav@xxxxxxxxx>
> > +static void memfd_luo_unpreserve_folios(const struct memfd_luo_preserved_folio *pfolios,
> > + unsigned int nr_folios)
> > +{
> > + unsigned int i;
> > +
> > + for (i = 0; i < nr_folios; i++) {
> > + const struct memfd_luo_preserved_folio *pfolio = &pfolios[i];
> > + struct folio *folio;
> > +
> > + if (!pfolio->foliodesc)
> > + continue;
> > +
> > + folio = pfn_folio(PRESERVED_FOLIO_PFN(pfolio->foliodesc));
> > +
> > + kho_unpreserve_folio(folio);
>
> This one is missing WARN_ON_ONCE() similar to the one in
> memfd_luo_preserve_folios().

So you really want to cause a machine to reboot and get a CVE issued for
this, if it could be triggered? That's bold :)

Please don't. If that can happen, handle the issue and move on, don't
crash boxes.

thanks,

greg k-h