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If concurrent unmap has released\nthe page table mapping reference, folio_put() drops the folio refcount to\nzero, triggering free_huge_folio() which attempts to re-acquire the\nnon-recursive hugetlb_lock.\n\nFix this by moving hugetlb_lock acquisition from the hugetlb.c wrapper\ninto get_huge_page_for_hwpoison(). Place spin_unlock_irq() before the\nfolio_put() at the out: label so the folio is always released outside the\nlock.\n\n[akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix race, rename label per Miaohe]"}], "affected": [{"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["include/linux/hugetlb.h", "include/linux/mm.h", "mm/hugetlb.c", "mm/memory-failure.c"], "versions": [{"version": "405ce051236cc65b30bbfe490b28ce60ae6aed85", "lessThan": "fc3ff42cb0cbf947e4600ae9761c3783760050e2", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "405ce051236cc65b30bbfe490b28ce60ae6aed85", "lessThan": "77b73b54801ae7137479c141fd0473a491c1dc48", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "405ce051236cc65b30bbfe490b28ce60ae6aed85", "lessThan": "a33bfed648c10f5a1519981dbfad80841191edc8", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "405ce051236cc65b30bbfe490b28ce60ae6aed85", "lessThan": "dd77a83915b07e2b0205adb284f08b39ae31dc4b", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "405ce051236cc65b30bbfe490b28ce60ae6aed85", "lessThan": "bf7ba8f96c258c30393814491930ae4ecdc5fe5e", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "405ce051236cc65b30bbfe490b28ce60ae6aed85", "lessThan": "3c2d42b8ee345b17a4ba56b0f6492d1ff4c1178e", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "62d1655b922958826b7ec22682c3141746f75064", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "5.15.54", "lessThan": "5.16", "status": "affected", "versionType": "semver"}]}, {"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["include/linux/hugetlb.h", "include/linux/mm.h", "mm/hugetlb.c", "mm/memory-failure.c"], "versions": [{"version": "5.18", "status": "affected"}, {"version": "0", "lessThan": "5.18", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.1.176", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.6.143", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.12.94", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.18.36", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "7.0.13", "lessThanOrEqual": "7.0.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "7.1", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"}]}], "cpeApplicability": [{"nodes": [{"operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.18", "versionEndExcluding": "6.1.176"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.18", "versionEndExcluding": "6.6.143"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.18", "versionEndExcluding": "6.12.94"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.18", "versionEndExcluding": "6.18.36"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.18", "versionEndExcluding": "7.0.13"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.18", "versionEndExcluding": "7.1"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.15.54"}]}]}], "references": [{"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fc3ff42cb0cbf947e4600ae9761c3783760050e2"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/77b73b54801ae7137479c141fd0473a491c1dc48"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a33bfed648c10f5a1519981dbfad80841191edc8"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd77a83915b07e2b0205adb284f08b39ae31dc4b"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf7ba8f96c258c30393814491930ae4ecdc5fe5e"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c2d42b8ee345b17a4ba56b0f6492d1ff4c1178e"}], "title": "mm/memory-failure: fix hugetlb_lock AA deadlock in get_huge_page_for_hwpoison", "x_generator": {"engine": "bippy-1.2.0"}}}}

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