mm/ksm: fix race with VMA iteration and mm_struct teardown
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mm/ksm: fix race with VMA iteration and mm_struct teardown
exit_mmap() will tear down the VMAs and maple tree with the mmap_lock held in write mode. Ensure that the maple tree is still valid by checking ksm_test_exit() after taking the mmap_lock in read mode, but before the for_each_vma() iterator dereferences a destroyed maple tree.
Since the maple tree is destroyed, the flags telling lockdep to check an external lock has been cleared. Skip the for_each_vma() iterator to avoid dereferencing a maple tree without the external lock flag, which would create a lockdep warning.
Affected products
2- Linux/Linuxv5Range: 6.1
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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