On Sat, Mar 20, 2021 at 12:38:14AM +0800, Muchun Song wrote:
> 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>
Acked-by: Roman Gushchin <guro@xxxxxx>
Thanks!
