FAILED: patch "[PATCH] kasan: remove kasan_find_vm_area() to prevent possible" failed to apply to 6.12-stable tree

The patch below does not apply to the 6.12-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to <[email protected]>.

To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:

git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-6.12.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x 6ee9b3d84775944fb8c8a447961cd01274ac671c
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<[email protected]>' --in-reply-to '2025071347-compel-crate-aeba@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 6.12.y' HEAD^..

Possible dependencies:

thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From 6ee9b3d84775944fb8c8a447961cd01274ac671c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Yeoreum Yun <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2025 19:10:18 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] kasan: remove kasan_find_vm_area() to prevent possible
deadlock

find_vm_area() couldn't be called in atomic_context. If find_vm_area() is called to reports vm area information, kasan can trigger deadlock like:

CPU0 CPU1
vmalloc();
alloc_vmap_area();
spin_lock(&vn->busy.lock)

                                    spin_lock_bh(&some_lock);
   <interrupt occurs>
   <in softirq>
   spin_lock(&some_lock);
                                    <access invalid address>
                                    kasan_report();
                                     print_report();
                                      print_address_description();
                                       kasan_find_vm_area();
                                        find_vm_area();
                                         spin_lock(&vn->busy.lock) // deadlock!

To prevent possible deadlock while kasan reports, remove kasan_find_vm_area().

index 8357e1a33699..b0877035491f 100644
@@ -370,36 +370,6 @@ static inline bool init_task_stack_addr(const void *addr)
 			sizeof(init_thread_union.stack));
 }
 
-/*
- * This function is invoked with report_lock (a raw_spinlock) held. A
- * PREEMPT_RT kernel cannot call find_vm_area() as it will acquire a sleeping
- * rt_spinlock.
- *
- * For !RT kernel, the PROVE_RAW_LOCK_NESTING config option will print a
- * lockdep warning for this raw_spinlock -> spinlock dependency. This config
- * option is enabled by default to ensure better test coverage to expose this
- * kind of RT kernel problem. This lockdep splat, however, can be suppressed
- * by using DEFINE_WAIT_OVERRIDE_MAP() if it serves a useful purpose and the
- * invalid PREEMPT_RT case has been taken care of.
- */
-static inline struct vm_struct *kasan_find_vm_area(void *addr)
-{
-	static DEFINE_WAIT_OVERRIDE_MAP(vmalloc_map, LD_WAIT_SLEEP);
-	struct vm_struct *va;
-
-	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT))
-		return NULL;
-
-	/*
-	 * Suppress lockdep warning and fetch vmalloc area of the
-	 * offending address.
-	 */
-	lock_map_acquire_try(&vmalloc_map);
-	va = find_vm_area(addr);
-	lock_map_release(&vmalloc_map);
-	return va;
-}
-
 static void print_address_description(void *addr, u8 tag,
 				      struct kasan_report_info *info)
 {

@@ -429,19 +399,8 @@ static void print_address_description(void *addr, u8 tag,
 	}
 
 	if (is_vmalloc_addr(addr)) {
-		struct vm_struct *va = kasan_find_vm_area(addr);
-
-		if (va) {
-			pr_err("The buggy address belongs to the virtual mapping at\n"
-			       " [%px, %px) created by:\n"
-			       " %pS\n",
-			       va->addr, va->addr + va->size, va->caller);
-			pr_err("\n");
-
-			page = vmalloc_to_page(addr);
-		} else {
-			pr_err("The buggy address %px belongs to a vmalloc virtual mapping\n", addr);
-		}
+		pr_err("The buggy address %px belongs to a vmalloc virtual mapping\n", addr);
+		page = vmalloc_to_page(addr);
 	}
 
 	if (page) {

find_vm_area() couldn't be called in atomic_context. If find_vm_area() is called to reports vm area information, kasan can trigger deadlock like:

CPU0 CPU1
vmalloc();
alloc_vmap_area();
spin_lock(&vn->busy.lock)

                                    spin_lock_bh(&some_lock);
   <interrupt occurs>
   <in softirq>
   spin_lock(&some_lock);
                                    <access invalid address>
                                    kasan_report();
                                     print_report();
                                      print_address_description();
                                       kasan_find_vm_area();
                                        find_vm_area();
                                         spin_lock(&vn->busy.lock) // deadlock!

To prevent possible deadlock while kasan reports, remove kasan_find_vm_area().

---
 mm/kasan/report.c | 13 ++-----------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

index c7c0083203cb..5675d6a412ef 100644
@@ -398,17 +398,8 @@ static void print_address_description(void *addr, u8 tag,
 	}
 
 	if (is_vmalloc_addr(addr)) {
-		struct vm_struct *va = find_vm_area(addr);
-
-		if (va) {
-			pr_err("The buggy address belongs to the virtual mapping at\n"
-			       " [%px, %px) created by:\n"
-			       " %pS\n",
-			       va->addr, va->addr + va->size, va->caller);
-			pr_err("\n");
-
-			page = vmalloc_to_page(addr);
-		}
+		pr_err("The buggy address %px belongs to a vmalloc virtual mapping\n", addr);
+		page = vmalloc_to_page(addr);
 	}
 
 	if (page) {

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