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 stable@vger.kernel.org.

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 cff47b9e39a6abf03dde5f4f156f841b0c54bba0 # <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.> git commit -s git send-email --to 'stable@vger.kernel.org' --in-reply-to '2025120102-geranium-elevator-ca86@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 6.12.y' HEAD^..

Possible dependencies:

thanks,

greg k-h

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

From cff47b9e39a6abf03dde5f4f156f841b0c54bba0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Wei Yang richard.weiyang@gmail.com Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2025 23:53:02 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] mm/huge_memory: fix NULL pointer deference when splitting folio

Commit c010d47f107f ("mm: thp: split huge page to any lower order pages") introduced an early check on the folio's order via mapping->flags before proceeding with the split work.

This check introduced a bug: for shmem folios in the swap cache and truncated folios, the mapping pointer can be NULL. Accessing mapping->flags in this state leads directly to a NULL pointer dereference.

This commit fixes the issue by moving the check for mapping != NULL before any attempt to access mapping->flags.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20251119235302.24773-1-richard.weiyang@gmail.com Fixes: c010d47f107f ("mm: thp: split huge page to any lower order pages") Signed-off-by: Wei Yang richard.weiyang@gmail.com Reviewed-by: Zi Yan ziy@nvidia.com Acked-by: David Hildenbrand (Red Hat) david@kernel.org Reviewed-by: Baolin Wang baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton akpm@linux-foundation.org

diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c index 2f2a521e5d68..6cba1cb14b23 100644 --- a/mm/huge_memory.c +++ b/mm/huge_memory.c @@ -3619,6 +3619,16 @@ static int __folio_split(struct folio *folio, unsigned int new_order, if (folio != page_folio(split_at) || folio != page_folio(lock_at)) return -EINVAL;

+ /* + * Folios that just got truncated cannot get split. Signal to the + * caller that there was a race. + * + * TODO: this will also currently refuse shmem folios that are in the + * swapcache. + */ + if (!is_anon && !folio->mapping) + return -EBUSY; + if (new_order >= folio_order(folio)) return -EINVAL;

@@ -3659,18 +3669,6 @@ static int __folio_split(struct folio *folio, unsigned int new_order, gfp_t gfp;

mapping = folio->mapping; - - /* Truncated ? */ - /* - * TODO: add support for large shmem folio in swap cache. - * When shmem is in swap cache, mapping is NULL and - * folio_test_swapcache() is true. - */ - if (!mapping) { - ret = -EBUSY; - goto out; - } - min_order = mapping_min_folio_order(folio->mapping); if (new_order < min_order) { ret = -EINVAL;