mm: fix kernel BUG when userfaultfd_move encounters swapcache
CVE: CVE-2025-21984
Component: kernel
CWE: CWE-362
Severity: Moderate
CVSS v3: 4.7/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Release date: 2025-04-01T00:00:00+00:00

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

mm: fix kernel BUG when userfaultfd_move encounters swapcache

userfaultfd_move() checks whether the PTE entry is present or a
swap entry.

- If the PTE entry is present, move_present_pte() handles folio
  migration by setting:

  src_folio->index = linear_page_index(dst_vma, dst_addr);

- If the PTE entry is a swap entry, move_swap_pte() simply copies
  the PTE to the new dst_addr.

This approach is incorrect because, even if the PTE is a swap entry,
it can still reference a folio that remains in the swap cache.

This creates a race window between steps 2 and 4.
 1. add_to_swap: The folio is added to the swapcache.
 2. try_to_unmap: PTEs are converted to swap entries.
 3. pageout: The folio is written back.
 4. Swapcache is cleared.
If userfaultfd_move() occurs in the window between steps 2 and 4,
after the swap PTE has been moved to the destination, accessing the
destination triggers do_swap_page(), which may locate the folio in
the swapcache. However, since the folio's index has not been updated
to match the destination VMA, do_swap_page() will detect a mismatch.

This can result in two critical issues depending on the system
configuration.

If KSM is disabled, both small and large folios can trigger a BUG
during the add_rmap operation due to:

 page_pgoff(folio, page) != linear_page_index(vma, address)

[   13.336953] page: refcount:6 mapcount:1 mapping:00000000f43db19c index:0xffffaf150 pfn:0x4667c
[   13.337520] head: order:2 mapcount:1 entire_mapcount:0 nr_pages_mapped:1 pincount:0
[   13.337716] memcg:ffff00000405f000
[   13.337849] anon flags: 0x3fffc0000020459(locked|uptodate|dirty|owner_priv_1|head|swapbacked|node=0|zone=0|lastcpupid=0xffff)
[   13.338630] raw: 03fffc0000020459 ffff80008507b538 ffff80008507b538 ffff000006260361
[   13.338831] raw: 0000000ffffaf150 0000000000004000 0000000600000000 ffff00000405f000
[   13.339031] head: 03fffc0000020459 ffff80008507b538 ffff80008507b538 ffff000006260361
[   13.339204] head: 0000000ffffaf150 0000000000004000 0000000600000000 ffff00000405f000
[   13.339375] head: 03fffc0000000202 fffffdffc0199f01 ffffffff00000000 0000000000000001
[   13.339546] head: 0000000000000004 0000000000000000 00000000ffffffff 0000000000000000
[   13.339736] page dumped because: VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(page_pgoff(folio, page) != linear_page_index(vma, address))
[   13.340190] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[   13.340316] kernel BUG at mm/rmap.c:1380!
[   13.340683] Internal error: Oops - BUG: 00000000f2000800 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
[   13.340969] Modules linked in:
[   13.341257] CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 107 Comm: a.out Not tainted 6.14.0-rc3-gcf42737e247a-dirty #299
[   13.341470] Hardware name: linux,dummy-virt (DT)
[   13.341671] pstate: 60000005 (nZCv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
[   13.341815] pc : __page_check_anon_rmap+0xa0/0xb0
[   13.341920] lr : __page_check_anon_rmap+0xa0/0xb0
[   13.342018] sp : ffff80008752bb20
[   13.342093] x29: ffff80008752bb20 x28: fffffdffc0199f00 x27: 0000000000000001
[   13.342404] x26: 0000000000000000 x25: 0000000000000001 x24: 0000000000000001
[   13.342575] x23: 0000ffffaf0d0000 x22: 0000ffffaf0d0000 x21: fffffdffc0199f00
[   13.342731] x20: fffffdffc0199f00 x19: ffff000006210700 x18: 00000000ffffffff
[   13.342881] x17: 6c203d2120296567 x16: 6170202c6f696c6f x15: 662866666f67705f
[   13.343033] x14: 6567617028454741 x13: 2929737365726464 x12: ffff800083728ab0
[   13.343183] x11: ffff800082996bf8 x10: 0000000000000fd7 x9 : ffff80008011bc40
[   13.343351] x8 : 0000000000017fe8 x7 : 00000000fffff000 x6 : ffff8000829eebf8
[   13.343498] x5 : c0000000fffff000 x4 : 0000000000000000 x3 : 0000000000000000
[   13.343645] x2 : 0000000000000000 x1 : ffff0000062db980 x0 : 000000000000005f
[   13.343876] Call trace:
[   13.344045]  __page_check_anon_rmap+0xa0/0xb0 (P)
[   13.344234]  folio_add_anon_rmap_ptes+0x22c/0x320
[   13.344333]  do_swap_page+0x1060/0x1400
[   13.344417]  __handl
---truncated---


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