The patch titled Subject: mm/slab: fix an use-after-free in kmemcg_workfn() has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is mm-rework-non-root-kmem_cache-lifecycle-management-fix.patch This patch should soon appear at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/mm-rework-non-root-kmem_cache-lifecycle-management-fix.patch and later at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/mm-rework-non-root-kmem_cache-lifecycle-management-fix.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Qian Cai <cai@xxxxxx> Subject: mm/slab: fix an use-after-free in kmemcg_workfn() The linux-next commit "mm: rework non-root kmem_cache lifecycle management" [1] introduced an use-after-free below because kmemcg_workfn() may call slab_kmem_cache_release() which has already freed the whole kmem_cache. Fix it by removing the bogus NULL assignment and checkings that will not work with SLUB_DEBUG poisoning anyway. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/1087376/ BUG kmem_cache (Tainted: G B W ): Poison overwritten INFO: 0x(____ptrval____)-0x(____ptrval____). First byte 0x0 instead of 0x6b INFO: Allocated in create_cache+0x6c/0x1bc age=2653 cpu=154 pid=1599 kmem_cache_alloc+0x514/0x568 create_cache+0x6c/0x1bc memcg_create_kmem_cache+0xfc/0x11c memcg_kmem_cache_create_func+0x40/0x170 process_one_work+0x4e0/0xa54 worker_thread+0x498/0x650 kthread+0x1b8/0x1d4 ret_from_fork+0x10/0x18 INFO: Freed in slab_kmem_cache_release+0x3c/0x48 age=255 cpu=7 pid=1505 slab_kmem_cache_release+0x3c/0x48 kmem_cache_release+0x1c/0x28 kobject_cleanup+0x134/0x288 kobject_put+0x5c/0x68 sysfs_slab_release+0x2c/0x38 shutdown_cache+0x190/0x234 kmemcg_cache_shutdown_fn+0x1c/0x34 kmemcg_workfn+0x44/0x68 process_one_work+0x4e0/0xa54 worker_thread+0x498/0x650 kthread+0x1b8/0x1d4 ret_from_fork+0x10/0x18 INFO: Slab 0x(____ptrval____) objects=64 used=64 fp=0x(____ptrval____) flags=0x17ffffffc000200 INFO: Object 0x(____ptrval____) @offset=11601272640106456192 fp=0x(____ptrval____) Redzone (____ptrval____): bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb ................ Redzone (____ptrval____): bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb ................ Redzone (____ptrval____): bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb ................ Redzone (____ptrval____): bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb ................ Redzone (____ptrval____): bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb ................ Redzone (____ptrval____): bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb ................ Redzone (____ptrval____): bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb ................ Redzone (____ptrval____): bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb ................ Object (____ptrval____): 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk Object (____ptrval____): 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk Object (____ptrval____): 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk Object (____ptrval____): 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk Object (____ptrval____): 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk Object (____ptrval____): 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk Object (____ptrval____): 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk Object (____ptrval____): 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk Object (____ptrval____): 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk Object (____ptrval____): 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk Object (____ptrval____): 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk Object (____ptrval____): 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk Object (____ptrval____): 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk Object (____ptrval____): 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk Object (____ptrval____): 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk Object (____ptrval____): 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk Object (____ptrval____): 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk Object (____ptrval____): 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk Object (____ptrval____): 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk Object (____ptrval____): 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk Object (____ptrval____): 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk Object (____ptrval____): 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 kkkkkkkk........ Object (____ptrval____): 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk Object (____ptrval____): 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk Object (____ptrval____): 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk Object (____ptrval____): 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk Object (____ptrval____): 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk Object (____ptrval____): 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk Object (____ptrval____): 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk Object (____ptrval____): 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk Object (____ptrval____): 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b a5 kkkkkkk. Redzone (____ptrval____): bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb ........ Padding (____ptrval____): 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ Padding (____ptrval____): 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ Padding (____ptrval____): 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ Padding (____ptrval____): 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ Padding (____ptrval____): 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a ZZZZZZZZ CPU: 193 PID: 1557 Comm: kworker/193:1 Tainted: G B W 5.2.0-rc5-next-20190619+ #8 Hardware name: HPE Apollo 70 /C01_APACHE_MB , BIOS L50_5.13_1.0.9 03/01/2019 Workqueue: memcg_kmem_cache memcg_kmem_cache_create_func Call trace: dump_backtrace+0x0/0x268 show_stack+0x20/0x2c dump_stack+0xb4/0x108 print_trailer+0x274/0x298 check_bytes_and_report+0xc4/0x118 check_object+0x2fc/0x36c alloc_debug_processing+0x154/0x240 ___slab_alloc+0x710/0xa68 kmem_cache_alloc+0x514/0x568 create_cache+0x6c/0x1bc memcg_create_kmem_cache+0xfc/0x11c memcg_kmem_cache_create_func+0x40/0x170 process_one_work+0x4e0/0xa54 worker_thread+0x498/0x650 kthread+0x1b8/0x1d4 ret_from_fork+0x10/0x18 FIX kmem_cache: Restoring 0x(____ptrval____)-0x(____ptrval____)=0x6b FIX kmem_cache: Marking all objects used Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1560977573-10715-1-git-send-email-cai@xxxxxx Signed-off-by: Qian Cai <cai@xxxxxx> Acked-by: Roman Gushchin <guro@xxxxxx> Cc: Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov.dev@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx> Cc: Shakeel Butt <shakeelb@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Waiman Long <longman@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@xxxxxxx> Cc: Pekka Enberg <penberg@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/slab_common.c | 5 ----- 1 file changed, 5 deletions(-) --- a/mm/slab_common.c~mm-rework-non-root-kmem_cache-lifecycle-management-fix +++ a/mm/slab_common.c @@ -713,10 +713,7 @@ static void kmemcg_workfn(struct work_st get_online_mems(); mutex_lock(&slab_mutex); - s->memcg_params.work_fn(s); - s->memcg_params.work_fn = NULL; - mutex_unlock(&slab_mutex); put_online_mems(); @@ -752,7 +749,6 @@ static void kmemcg_cache_shutdown(struct if (s->memcg_params.root_cache->memcg_params.dying) goto unlock; - WARN_ON(s->memcg_params.work_fn); s->memcg_params.work_fn = kmemcg_cache_shutdown_fn; INIT_WORK(&s->memcg_params.work, kmemcg_workfn); queue_work(memcg_kmem_cache_wq, &s->memcg_params.work); @@ -783,7 +779,6 @@ static void kmemcg_cache_deactivate(stru if (s->memcg_params.root_cache->memcg_params.dying) goto unlock; - WARN_ON_ONCE(s->memcg_params.work_fn); s->memcg_params.work_fn = kmemcg_cache_deactivate_after_rcu; call_rcu(&s->memcg_params.rcu_head, kmemcg_rcufn); unlock: _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from cai@xxxxxx are iommu-replace-single-char-identifiers-in-macros.patch mm-rework-non-root-kmem_cache-lifecycle-management-fix.patch arm64-switch-to-generic-version-of-pte-allocation-fix.patch drivers-base-memory-pass-a-block_id-to-init_memory_block-fix.patch z3fold-add-inter-page-compaction-fix-2.patch