mm-mseal-update-vma-end-correctly-on-merge.patch removed from -mm tree

The quilt patch titled
Subject: mm/mseal: update VMA end correctly on merge
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
mm-mseal-update-vma-end-correctly-on-merge.patch

This patch was dropped because it was merged into the mm-hotfixes-stable branch of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm

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From: "Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)" <[email protected]>
Subject: mm/mseal: update VMA end correctly on merge
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2026 17:31:04 +0000

Previously we stored the end of the current VMA in curr_end, and then upon iterating to the next VMA updated curr_start to curr_end to advance to the next VMA.

However, this doesn't take into account the fact that a VMA might be updated due to a merge by vma_modify_flags(), which can result in curr_end being stale and thus, upon setting curr_start to curr_end, ending up with an incorrect curr_start on the next iteration.

Resolve the issue by setting curr_end to vma->vm_end unconditionally to ensure this value remains updated should this occur.

While we're here, eliminate this entire class of bug by simply setting const curr_[start/end] to be clamped to the input range and VMAs, which also happens to simplify the logic.

---

 mm/mseal.c |    3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ static int mseal_apply(struct mm_struct
 		unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
 {
 	struct vm_area_struct *vma, *prev;
-	unsigned long curr_start = start;
 	VMA_ITERATOR(vmi, mm, start);
 
 	/* We know there are no gaps so this will be non-NULL. */

@@ -66,6 +65,7 @@ static int mseal_apply(struct mm_struct
 		prev = vma;
 
 	for_each_vma_range(vmi, vma, end) {
+		const unsigned long curr_start = MAX(vma->vm_start, start);
 		const unsigned long curr_end = MIN(vma->vm_end, end);
 
 		if (!(vma->vm_flags & VM_SEALED)) {

@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ static int mseal_apply(struct mm_struct
 		}
 
 		prev = vma;
-		curr_start = curr_end;
 	}
 
 	return 0;

_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from [email protected] are

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