In both elevator_switch_mq() and blk_mq_update_nr_hw_queues(), sched tags can be allocated, and q->nr_hw_queue is used, and race is inevitable, for example: blk_mq_init_sched() may trigger use-after-free on hctx, which is freed in blk_mq_realloc_hw_ctxs() when nr_hw_queues is decreased. This patch fixes the race be holding q->sysfs_lock. Reported-by: Yi Zhang <yi.zhang@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@xxxxxxxxxx> --- block/blk-mq.c | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c index 85954a0b4394..4e97c40e7a0f 100644 --- a/block/blk-mq.c +++ b/block/blk-mq.c @@ -2418,6 +2418,9 @@ static void blk_mq_realloc_hw_ctxs(struct blk_mq_tag_set *set, struct blk_mq_hw_ctx **hctxs = q->queue_hw_ctx; blk_mq_sysfs_unregister(q); + + /* protect against switching io scheduler */ + mutex_lock(&q->sysfs_lock); for (i = 0; i < set->nr_hw_queues; i++) { int node; @@ -2462,6 +2465,7 @@ static void blk_mq_realloc_hw_ctxs(struct blk_mq_tag_set *set, } } q->nr_hw_queues = i; + mutex_unlock(&q->sysfs_lock); blk_mq_sysfs_register(q); } -- 2.9.5