3.10-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Gerald Schaefer <gerald.schaefer@xxxxxxxxxx> commit 41261b6a832ea0e788627f6a8707854423f9ff49 upstream. In autogroup_create(), a tg is allocated and added to the task_groups list. If CONFIG_RT_GROUP_SCHED is set, this tg is then modified while on the list, without locking. This can race with someone walking the list, like __enable_runtime() during CPU unplug, and result in a use-after-free bug. To fix this, move sched_online_group(), which adds the tg to the list, to the end of the autogroup_create() function after the modification. Signed-off-by: Gerald Schaefer <gerald.schaefer@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1369411669-46971-2-git-send-email-gerald.schaefer@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Preeti U Murthy <preeti@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/sched/auto_group.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) --- a/kernel/sched/auto_group.c +++ b/kernel/sched/auto_group.c @@ -77,8 +77,6 @@ static inline struct autogroup *autogrou if (IS_ERR(tg)) goto out_free; - sched_online_group(tg, &root_task_group); - kref_init(&ag->kref); init_rwsem(&ag->lock); ag->id = atomic_inc_return(&autogroup_seq_nr); @@ -98,6 +96,7 @@ static inline struct autogroup *autogrou #endif tg->autogroup = ag; + sched_online_group(tg, &root_task_group); return ag; out_free: -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html