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-rw-r--r--mm/userfaultfd.c25
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/mm/userfaultfd.c b/mm/userfaultfd.c
index e24e8a47ce8a..3d0fef3980b3 100644
--- a/mm/userfaultfd.c
+++ b/mm/userfaultfd.c
@@ -157,11 +157,28 @@ static int mcopy_atomic_pte(struct mm_struct *dst_mm,
if (!page)
goto out;
- page_kaddr = kmap_atomic(page);
+ page_kaddr = kmap_local_page(page);
+ /*
+ * The read mmap_lock is held here. Despite the
+ * mmap_lock being read recursive a deadlock is still
+ * possible if a writer has taken a lock. For example:
+ *
+ * process A thread 1 takes read lock on own mmap_lock
+ * process A thread 2 calls mmap, blocks taking write lock
+ * process B thread 1 takes page fault, read lock on own mmap lock
+ * process B thread 2 calls mmap, blocks taking write lock
+ * process A thread 1 blocks taking read lock on process B
+ * process B thread 1 blocks taking read lock on process A
+ *
+ * Disable page faults to prevent potential deadlock
+ * and retry the copy outside the mmap_lock.
+ */
+ pagefault_disable();
ret = copy_from_user(page_kaddr,
(const void __user *) src_addr,
PAGE_SIZE);
- kunmap_atomic(page_kaddr);
+ pagefault_enable();
+ kunmap_local(page_kaddr);
/* fallback to copy_from_user outside mmap_lock */
if (unlikely(ret)) {
@@ -646,11 +663,11 @@ retry:
mmap_read_unlock(dst_mm);
BUG_ON(!page);
- page_kaddr = kmap(page);
+ page_kaddr = kmap_local_page(page);
err = copy_from_user(page_kaddr,
(const void __user *) src_addr,
PAGE_SIZE);
- kunmap(page);
+ kunmap_local(page_kaddr);
if (unlikely(err)) {
err = -EFAULT;
goto out;