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mm/vmemmap/devdax: fix kernel crash when probing devdax devices

Published Oct 22, 2025 · Updated Aug 23, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

Vendor: Linux Product: Linux Package: linux Package: linux-allwinner-5.19 Package: linux-aws-5.0 Package: linux-aws-5.11 Package: linux-aws-5.13 Package: linux-aws-5.19 Package: linux-aws-5.3 Package: linux-aws-5.8 Package: linux-aws-6.2 Package: linux-aws-6.5 Package: linux-azure Package: linux-azure-5.11 Package: linux-azure-5.13 Package: linux-azure-5.19 Package: linux-azure-5.3 Package: linux-azure-5.8 Package: linux-azure-6.11 Package: linux-azure-6.2 Package: linux-azure-6.5 Package: linux-azure-edge Package: linux-azure-fde Package: linux-azure-fde-5.19 Package: linux-azure-fde-6.2 Package: linux-gcp Package: linux-gcp-5.11 Package: linux-gcp-5.13 Package: linux-gcp-5.19 Package: linux-gcp-5.3 Package: linux-gcp-5.8 Package: linux-gcp-6.11 Package: linux-gcp-6.2 Package: linux-gcp-6.5 Package: linux-gke Package: linux-gke-4.15 Package: linux-gke-5.15 Package: linux-gke-5.4 Package: linux-gkeop Package: linux-gkeop-5.15 Package: linux-gkeop-5.4 Package: linux-hwe Package: linux-hwe-5.11 Package: linux-hwe-5.13 Package: linux-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-hwe-5.8 Package: linux-hwe-6.11 Package: linux-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-hwe-edge Package: linux-intel-5.13 Package: linux-intel-iot-realtime Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-nvidia-6.2 Package: linux-nvidia-6.5 Package: linux-oem Package: linux-oem-5.10 Package: linux-oem-5.13 Package: linux-oem-5.14 Package: linux-oem-5.17 Package: linux-oem-5.6 Package: linux-oem-6.0 Package: linux-oem-6.1 Package: linux-oem-6.11 Package: linux-oem-6.5 Package: linux-oem-6.8 Package: linux-oracle-5.0 Package: linux-oracle-5.11 Package: linux-oracle-5.13 Package: linux-oracle-5.3 Package: linux-oracle-5.8 Package: linux-oracle-6.5 Package: linux-raspi-realtime Package: linux-raspi2 Package: linux-realtime Package: linux-riscv Package: linux-riscv-5.11 Package: linux-riscv-5.19 Package: linux-riscv-5.8 Package: linux-riscv-6.5 Package: linux-starfive-5.19 Package: linux-starfive-6.2 Package: linux-starfive-6.5 Platform: Linux Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

mm/vmemmap/devdax: fix kernel crash when probing devdax devices

commit 4917f55b4ef9 ("mm/sparse-vmemmap: improve memory savings for
compound devmaps") added support for using optimized vmmemap for devdax
devices. But how vmemmap mappings are created are architecture specific.
For example, powerpc with hash translation doesn't have vmemmap mappings
in init_mm page table instead they are bolted table entries in the
hardware page table

vmemmap_populate_compound_pages() used by vmemmap optimization code is not
aware of these architecture-specific mapping. Hence allow architecture to
opt for this feature. I selected architectures supporting
HUGETLB_PAGE_OPTIMIZE_VMEMMAP option as also supporting this feature.

This patch fixes the below crash on ppc64.

BUG: Unable to handle kernel data access on write at 0xc00c000100400038
Faulting instruction address: 0xc000000001269d90
Oops: Kernel access of bad area, sig: 11 [#1]
LE PAGE_SIZE=64K MMU=Hash SMP NR_CPUS=2048 NUMA pSeries
Modules linked in:
CPU: 7 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 6.3.0-rc5-150500.34-default+ #2 5c90a668b6bbd142599890245c2fb5de19d7d28a
Hardware name: IBM,9009-42G POWER9 (raw) 0x4e0202 0xf000005 of:IBM,FW950.40 (VL950_099) hv:phyp pSeries
NIP: c000000001269d90 LR: c0000000004c57d4 CTR: 0000000000000000
REGS: c000000003632c30 TRAP: 0300 Not tainted (6.3.0-rc5-150500.34-default+)
MSR: 8000000000009033 <SF,EE,ME,IR,DR,RI,LE> CR: 24842228 XER: 00000000
CFAR: c0000000004c57d0 DAR: c00c000100400038 DSISR: 42000000 IRQMASK: 0
....
NIP [c000000001269d90] __init_single_page.isra.74+0x14/0x4c
LR [c0000000004c57d4] __init_zone_device_page+0x44/0xd0
Call Trace:
[c000000003632ed0] [c000000003632f60] 0xc000000003632f60 (unreliable)
[c000000003632f10] [c0000000004c5ca0] memmap_init_zone_device+0x170/0x250
[c000000003632fe0] [c0000000005575f8] memremap_pages+0x2c8/0x7f0
[c0000000036330c0] [c000000000557b5c] devm_memremap_pages+0x3c/0xa0
[c000000003633100] [c000000000d458a8] dev_dax_probe+0x108/0x3e0
[c0000000036331a0] [c000000000d41430] dax_bus_probe+0xb0/0x140
[c0000000036331d0] [c000000000cef27c] really_probe+0x19c/0x520
[c000000003633260] [c000000000cef6b4] __driver_probe_device+0xb4/0x230
[c0000000036332e0] [c000000000cef888] driver_probe_device+0x58/0x120
[c000000003633320] [c000000000cefa6c] __device_attach_driver+0x11c/0x1e0
[c0000000036333a0] [c000000000cebc58] bus_for_each_drv+0xa8/0x130
[c000000003633400] [c000000000ceefcc] __device_attach+0x15c/0x250
[c0000000036334a0] [c000000000ced458] bus_probe_device+0x108/0x110
[c0000000036334f0] [c000000000ce92dc] device_add+0x7fc/0xa10
[c0000000036335b0] [c000000000d447c8] devm_create_dev_dax+0x1d8/0x530
[c000000003633640] [c000000000d46b60] __dax_pmem_probe+0x200/0x270
[c0000000036337b0] [c000000000d46bf0] dax_pmem_probe+0x20/0x70
[c0000000036337d0] [c000000000d2279c] nvdimm_bus_probe+0xac/0x2b0
[c000000003633860] [c000000000cef27c] really_probe+0x19c/0x520
[c0000000036338f0] [c000000000cef6b4] __driver_probe_device+0xb4/0x230
[c000000003633970] [c000000000cef888] driver_probe_device+0x58/0x120
[c0000000036339b0] [c000000000cefd08] __driver_attach+0x1d8/0x240
[c000000003633a30] [c000000000cebb04] bus_for_each_dev+0xb4/0x130
[c000000003633a90] [c000000000cee564] driver_attach+0x34/0x50
[c000000003633ab0] [c000000000ced878] bus_add_driver+0x218/0x300
[c000000003633b40] [c000000000cf1144] driver_register+0xa4/0x1b0
[c000000003633bb0] [c000000000d21a0c] __nd_driver_register+0x5c/0x100
[c000000003633c10] [c00000000206a2e8] dax_pmem_init+0x34/0x48
[c000000003633c30] [c0000000000132d0] do_one_initcall+0x60/0x320
[c000000003633d00] [c0000000020051b0] kernel_init_freeable+0x360/0x400
[c000000003633de0] [c000000000013764] kernel_init+0x34/0x1d0
[c000000003633e50] [c00000000000de14] ret_from_kernel_thread+0x5c/0x64

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 5.19 6.1.184

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 linux 6.3.7-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.3.7-1 —
Debian 12 linux 6.1.187-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-riscv +8 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +32 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +28 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 9 bpftool 7.2.0-362.8.1.el9_3 RHSA-2023:6583
RHEL 9 rv +64 5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3 RHSA-2023:6583

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