[ 02/24] blkcg: Fix use-after-free of q->root_blkg and q->root_rl.blkg

Greg Kroah-Hartman
2012-11-02T17:13:28Z

From: Jun'ichi Nomura <j-nomura@ce.jp.nec.com>

commit 65635cbc37e011e71b208257a25e7c1078cd039b upstream.

blk_put_rl() does not call blkg_put() for q->root_rl because we
don't take request list reference on q->root_blkg.
However, if root_blkg is once attached then detached (freed),
blk_put_rl() is confused by the bogus pointer in q->root_blkg.

For example, with !CONFIG_BLK_DEV_THROTTLING &&
CONFIG_CFQ_GROUP_IOSCHED,
switching IO scheduler from cfq to deadline will cause system stall
after the following warning with 3.6:

> WARNING: at /work/build/linux/block/blk-cgroup.h:250
> blk_put_rl+0x4d/0x95()
> Modules linked in: bridge stp llc sunrpc acpi_cpufreq freq_table mperf
> ipt_REJECT nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_defrag_ipv4
> Pid: 0, comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 3.6.0 #1
> Call Trace:
> <IRQ> [<ffffffff810453bd>] warn_slowpath_common+0x85/0x9d
> [<ffffffff810453ef>] warn_slowpath_null+0x1a/0x1c
> [<ffffffff811d5f8d>] blk_put_rl+0x4d/0x95
> [<ffffffff811d614a>] __blk_put_request+0xc3/0xcb
> [<ffffffff811d71a3>] blk_finish_request+0x232/0x23f
> [<ffffffff811d76c3>] ? blk_end_bidi_request+0x34/0x5d
> [<ffffffff811d76d1>] blk_end_bidi_request+0x42/0x5d
> [<ffffffff811d7728>] blk_end_request+0x10/0x12
> [<ffffffff812cdf16>] scsi_io_completion+0x207/0x4d5
> [<ffffffff812c6fcf>] scsi_finish_command+0xfa/0x103
> [<ffffffff812ce2f8>] scsi_softirq_done+0xff/0x108
> [<ffffffff811dcea5>] blk_done_softirq+0x8d/0xa1
> [<ffffffff810915d5>] ?
> generic_smp_call_function_single_interrupt+0x9f/0xd7
> [<ffffffff8104cf5b>] __do_softirq+0x102/0x213
> [<ffffffff8108a5ec>] ? lock_release_holdtime+0xb6/0xbb
> [<ffffffff8104d2b4>] ? raise_softirq_irqoff+0x9/0x3d
> [<ffffffff81424dfc>] call_softirq+0x1c/0x30
> [<ffffffff81011beb>] do_softirq+0x4b/0xa3
> [<ffffffff8104cdb0>] irq_exit+0x53/0xd5
> [<ffffffff8102d865>] smp_call_function_single_interrupt+0x34/0x36
> [<ffffffff8142486f>] call_function_single_interrupt+0x6f/0x80
> <EOI> [<ffffffff8101800b>] ? mwait_idle+0x94/0xcd
> [<ffffffff81018002>] ? mwait_idle+0x8b/0xcd
> [<ffffffff81017811>] cpu_idle+0xbb/0x114
> [<ffffffff81401fbd>] rest_init+0xc1/0xc8
> [<ffffffff81401efc>] ? csum_partial_copy_generic+0x16c/0x16c
> [<ffffffff81cdbd3d>] start_kernel+0x3d4/0x3e1
> [<ffffffff81cdb79e>] ? kernel_init+0x1f7/0x1f7
> [<ffffffff81cdb2dd>] x86_64_start_reservations+0xb8/0xbd
> [<ffffffff81cdb3e3>] x86_64_start_kernel+0x101/0x110

This patch clears q->root_blkg and q->root_rl.blkg when root blkg
is destroyed.

Signed-off-by: Jun'ichi Nomura <j-nomura@ce.jp.nec.com>
Acked-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

---
block/blk-cgroup.c | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

--- a/block/blk-cgroup.c
+++ b/block/blk-cgroup.c
@@ -285,6 +285,13 @@ static void blkg_destroy_all(struct requ
blkg_destroy(blkg);
spin_unlock(&blkcg->lock);
}
+
+ /*
+ * root blkg is destroyed. Just clear the pointer since
+ * root_rl does not take reference on root blkg.
+ */
+ q->root_blkg = NULL;
+ q->root_rl.blkg = NULL;
}

static void blkg_rcu_free(struct rcu_head *rcu_head)