[PATCH 2/2] mm/hmm: hmm_range_fault() infinite loop

[Ralph Campbell]

Normally, callers to handle_mm_fault() are supposed to check the
vma->vm_flags first. hmm_range_fault() checks for VM_READ but doesn't
check for VM_WRITE if the caller requests a page to be faulted in
with write permission (via the hmm_range.pfns[] value).
If the vma is write protected, this can result in an infinite loop:
  hmm_range_fault()
    walk_page_range()
      ...
      hmm_vma_walk_hole()
        hmm_vma_walk_hole_()
          hmm_vma_do_fault()
            handle_mm_fault(FAULT_FLAG_WRITE)
            /* returns VM_FAULT_WRITE */
          /* returns -EBUSY */
        /* returns -EBUSY */
      /* returns -EBUSY */
    /* loops on -EBUSY and range->valid */
Prevent this by checking for vma->vm_flags & VM_WRITE before calling
handle_mm_fault().

Signed-off-by: Ralph Campbell <rcampbell at nvidia.com>
---
 mm/hmm.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/mm/hmm.c b/mm/hmm.c
index 29371485fe94..4882b83aeccb 100644
--- a/mm/hmm.c
+++ b/mm/hmm.c
@@ -292,6 +292,9 @@ static int hmm_vma_walk_hole_(unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
 	hmm_vma_walk->last = addr;
 	i = (addr - range->start) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 
+	if (write_fault && walk->vma && !(walk->vma->vm_flags & VM_WRITE))
+		return -EPERM;
+
 	for (; addr < end; addr += PAGE_SIZE, i++) {
 		pfns[i] = range->values[HMM_PFN_NONE];
 		if (fault || write_fault) {
-- 
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