The rcu_read_lock/unlock only can guarantee that the memcg will not be freed, but it cannot guarantee the success of css_get (which is in the refill_stock when cached memcg changed) to memcg. rcu_read_lock() memcg = obj_cgroup_memcg(old) __memcg_kmem_uncharge(memcg) refill_stock(memcg) if (stock->cached != memcg) // css_get can change the ref counter from 0 back to 1. css_get(&memcg->css) rcu_read_unlock() This fix is very like the commit: eefbfa7fd678 ("mm: memcg/slab: fix use after free in obj_cgroup_charge") Fix this by holding a reference to the memcg which is passed to the __memcg_kmem_uncharge() before calling __memcg_kmem_uncharge(). Fixes: 3de7d4f25a74 ("mm: memcg/slab: optimize objcg stock draining") Signed-off-by: Muchun Song <songmuchun@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/memcontrol.c | 10 +++++++++- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c index 845eec01ef9d..2cda76ff0629 100644 --- a/mm/memcontrol.c +++ b/mm/memcontrol.c @@ -3181,9 +3181,17 @@ static void drain_obj_stock(struct memcg_stock_pcp *stock) unsigned int nr_bytes = stock->nr_bytes & (PAGE_SIZE - 1); if (nr_pages) { + struct mem_cgroup *memcg; + rcu_read_lock(); - __memcg_kmem_uncharge(obj_cgroup_memcg(old), nr_pages); +retry: + memcg = obj_cgroup_memcg(old); + if (unlikely(!css_tryget(&memcg->css))) + goto retry; rcu_read_unlock(); + + __memcg_kmem_uncharge(memcg, nr_pages); + css_put(&memcg->css); } /* -- 2.11.0