From: Yu Kuai <yukuai3@xxxxxxxxxx> Some cgroup policies will access parent pd through child pd even after pd_offline_fn() is done. If pd_free_fn() for parent is called before child, then UAF can be triggered. Hence it's better to guarantee the order of pd_free_fn(). Currently refcount of parent blkg is dropped in __blkg_release(), which is before pd_free_fn() is called in blkg_free_work_fn() while blkg_free_work_fn() is called asynchronously. This patch make sure pd_free_fn() called from removing cgroup is ordered by delaying dropping parent refcount after calling pd_free_fn() for child. BTW, pd_free_fn() will also be called from blkcg_deactivate_policy() from deleting device, and following patches will guarantee the order. Signed-off-by: Yu Kuai <yukuai3@xxxxxxxxxx> --- block/blk-cgroup.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/block/blk-cgroup.c b/block/blk-cgroup.c index 4c94a6560f62..c6d7d1fce65a 100644 --- a/block/blk-cgroup.c +++ b/block/blk-cgroup.c @@ -124,6 +124,8 @@ static void blkg_free_workfn(struct work_struct *work) if (blkg->pd[i]) blkcg_policy[i]->pd_free_fn(blkg->pd[i]); + if (blkg->parent) + blkg_put(blkg->parent); if (blkg->q) blk_put_queue(blkg->q); free_percpu(blkg->iostat_cpu); @@ -158,8 +160,6 @@ static void __blkg_release(struct rcu_head *rcu) /* release the blkcg and parent blkg refs this blkg has been holding */ css_put(&blkg->blkcg->css); - if (blkg->parent) - blkg_put(blkg->parent); blkg_free(blkg); } -- 2.31.1
