alloc_buddy_hugetlb_folio_with_mpol() can pass a NULL nodemask to alloc_fresh_hugetlb_folio() as a fallback to allocate from all nodes. If order is gigantic, alloc_fresh_hugetlb_folio() propagates the NULL nodemask down to hugetlb_cma_alloc_frozen_folio() via alloc_gigantic_frozen_folio(). Additionally, hugetlb_cma_alloc_frozen_folio() previously attempted allocation on hugetlb_cma[nid] without verifying if nid is included in the caller's nodemask. Adding a node_isset(nid, *nodemask) check ensures the initial preferred node allocation honors the memory policy / nodemask. However, hugetlb_cma_alloc_frozen_folio() dereferences the nodemask in node_isset(nid, *nodemask) and for_each_node_mask(node, *nodemask), leading to a null pointer dereference kernel panic when nodemask is NULL. Fix this by checking if nodemask is NULL in hugetlb_cma_alloc_frozen_folio() and defaulting it to cpuset_current_mems_allowed (safely read using a seqcount retry loop). This ensures that the initial node check and fallback loop safely honor the task's cpuset without violating cpuset constraints or causing NULL pointer dereferences. From a userspace perspective, this bug allows an unprivileged user to crash the kernel (trigger a panic) by requesting a gigantic hugepage allocation with MPOL_PREFERRED_MANY on a system where CMA is only configured on a subset of NUMA nodes. This can be reproduced by booting a VM with two NUMA nodes, restricting CMA to Node 1 (e.g., hugetlb_cma=1:1G default_hugepagesz=1G hugepagesz=1G hugepages=0), and running a program that allocates a 1GB hugepage area without reserving, restricts allocation to Node 0 using mbind() with MPOL_PREFERRED_MANY, and triggers a page fault: void *ptr = mmap(NULL, 1UL << 30, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANONYMOUS | MAP_HUGETLB | MAP_HUGE_1GB | MAP_NORESERVE, -1, 0); unsigned long nodemask = 1; /* Node 0 */ mbind(ptr, 1UL << 30, MPOL_PREFERRED_MANY, &nodemask, sizeof(nodemask) * 8, 0); memset(ptr, 0, 1UL << 30); /* Trigger fault */ This results in a NULL pointer dereference: BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000 #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI RIP: 0010:hugetlb_cma_alloc_frozen_folio+0x75/0x120 Call Trace: only_alloc_fresh_hugetlb_folio.isra.0+0x2c/0x160 alloc_surplus_hugetlb_folio+0x6d/0x100 alloc_hugetlb_folio+0x3c5/0x660 hugetlb_no_page+0x3d9/0x650 Fixes: eb02f14c4a2b ("mm/hugetlb: allow overcommitting gigantic hugepages") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Sourav Panda --- Changes in v5: - Replaced defaulting nodemask to &node_states[N_MEMORY] with safely reading cpuset_current_mems_allowed using a seqcount retry loop, ensuring fallback allocations comply with task hardwall cpusets as suggested by Usama Arif. - v4: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/20260726072935.3513996-1-souravpanda@google.com/ - v3: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/20260705175119.440599-1-souravpanda@google.com/ - v2: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/20260704174930.2885785-1-souravpanda@google.com/ - v1: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/20260702215713.627941-1-souravpanda@google.com/ mm/hugetlb_cma.c | 15 ++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/mm/hugetlb_cma.c b/mm/hugetlb_cma.c index 39344d6c78d8..3ae9347078e9 100644 --- a/mm/hugetlb_cma.c +++ b/mm/hugetlb_cma.c @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ #include #include #include +#include #include #include @@ -30,11 +31,23 @@ struct folio *hugetlb_cma_alloc_frozen_folio(int order, gfp_t gfp_mask, int node; struct folio *folio; struct page *page = NULL; + nodemask_t local_node_mask; if (!hugetlb_cma_size) return NULL; - if (hugetlb_cma[nid]) + if (!nodemask) { + unsigned int cpuset_mems_cookie; + + do { + cpuset_mems_cookie = read_mems_allowed_begin(); + local_node_mask = cpuset_current_mems_allowed; + } while (read_mems_allowed_retry(cpuset_mems_cookie)); + + nodemask = &local_node_mask; + } + + if (hugetlb_cma[nid] && node_isset(nid, *nodemask)) page = cma_alloc_frozen_compound(hugetlb_cma[nid], order); if (!page && !(gfp_mask & __GFP_THISNODE)) { -- 2.55.0