trc_del_holdout() invokes put_task_struct() may cause the task_struct is freed once the task is exsiting. If happened, we shouldn't access the task_strcut, or it will triger a use-after-free. Hence we defer the trc_del_holdout(), and do it in trc_wait_for_one_reader() after checking t->trc_reader_checked. Reported-by: syzbot+7b2b13f4943374609532@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Yanfei Xu <yanfei.xu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/rcu/tasks.h | 5 +---- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tasks.h b/kernel/rcu/tasks.h index 350ebf5051f9..d8a4367eb501 100644 --- a/kernel/rcu/tasks.h +++ b/kernel/rcu/tasks.h @@ -908,10 +908,8 @@ static bool trc_inspect_reader(struct task_struct *t, void *arg) in_qs = likely(!t->trc_reader_nesting); } - // Mark as checked. Because this is called from the grace-period - // kthread, also remove the task from the holdout list. + // Mark as checked. Because this is called from the grace-period kthread. t->trc_reader_checked = true; - trc_del_holdout(t); if (in_qs) return true; // Already in quiescent state, done!!! @@ -938,7 +936,6 @@ static void trc_wait_for_one_reader(struct task_struct *t, // The current task had better be in a quiescent state. if (t == current) { t->trc_reader_checked = true; - trc_del_holdout(t); WARN_ON_ONCE(t->trc_reader_nesting); return; } -- 2.27.0