From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 24006C77B7C for ; Sat, 29 Apr 2023 02:00:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1347460AbjD2CAK (ORCPT ); Fri, 28 Apr 2023 22:00:10 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:51698 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1347436AbjD2B7r (ORCPT ); Fri, 28 Apr 2023 21:59:47 -0400 Received: from dfw.source.kernel.org (dfw.source.kernel.org [IPv6:2604:1380:4641:c500::1]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 995623AB9; Fri, 28 Apr 2023 18:59:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.kernel.org (relay.kernel.org [52.25.139.140]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by dfw.source.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8B12E6462A; Sat, 29 Apr 2023 01:59:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 00301C4339E; Sat, 29 Apr 2023 01:59:19 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1682733561; bh=Ae48q991+6sN+WpLvwffuwzxp3CKf3ahp86kBK08iQc=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=gyaxaVxarGTd0mpak5x9yx3B8v/eXuT00rBCtLeRdm80UwYfqeAWZyiRGt2PuHeBI u3hmERV4/9OLZx0jVnMSSngyDp5uYGpQpEeOqLUbMrBmS6OmpHf2/smn0h88tvLHAg 51+tFaCTsnq5ry5FspKcK+nckQYVFaaTSa+KP1/lI7S5XrNfmjrbA+PM7Z8RYOVEYq IISVfBBvf1Lf52zfMamoT8WTqdJYfxVZPF8xZQ90N9FivIrySn3hWYChxafjaqTelT YhfREDksJC6pnyt0igFQHRxSX1G53NTrwLFvQza4pRpKxBZhhv24ULVFwcx5ExvQjl BCg5MzfAwmbcw== From: Sasha Levin To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org Cc: Zqiang , Joel Fernandes , "Paul E . McKenney" , Sasha Levin , frederic@kernel.org, quic_neeraju@quicinc.com, josh@joshtriplett.org, rcu@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.10 2/2] rcu: Protect rcu_print_task_exp_stall() ->exp_tasks access Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2023 21:59:16 -0400 Message-Id: <20230429015916.3027420-2-sashal@kernel.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.39.2 In-Reply-To: <20230429015916.3027420-1-sashal@kernel.org> References: <20230429015916.3027420-1-sashal@kernel.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-stable: review X-Patchwork-Hint: Ignore Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Zqiang [ Upstream commit 3c1566bca3f8349f12b75d0a2d5e4a20ad6262ec ] For kernels built with CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU=y, the following scenario can result in a NULL-pointer dereference: CPU1 CPU2 rcu_preempt_deferred_qs_irqrestore rcu_print_task_exp_stall if (special.b.blocked) READ_ONCE(rnp->exp_tasks) != NULL raw_spin_lock_rcu_node np = rcu_next_node_entry(t, rnp) if (&t->rcu_node_entry == rnp->exp_tasks) WRITE_ONCE(rnp->exp_tasks, np) .... raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore_rcu_node raw_spin_lock_irqsave_rcu_node t = list_entry(rnp->exp_tasks->prev, struct task_struct, rcu_node_entry) (if rnp->exp_tasks is NULL, this will dereference a NULL pointer) The problem is that CPU2 accesses the rcu_node structure's->exp_tasks field without holding the rcu_node structure's ->lock and CPU2 did not observe CPU1's change to rcu_node structure's ->exp_tasks in time. Therefore, if CPU1 sets rcu_node structure's->exp_tasks pointer to NULL, then CPU2 might dereference that NULL pointer. This commit therefore holds the rcu_node structure's ->lock while accessing that structure's->exp_tasks field. [ paulmck: Apply Frederic Weisbecker feedback. ] Acked-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) Signed-off-by: Zqiang Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin --- kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h index ef6570137dcd5..401c1f331cafa 100644 --- a/kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h @@ -707,9 +707,11 @@ static int rcu_print_task_exp_stall(struct rcu_node *rnp) int ndetected = 0; struct task_struct *t; - if (!READ_ONCE(rnp->exp_tasks)) - return 0; raw_spin_lock_irqsave_rcu_node(rnp, flags); + if (!rnp->exp_tasks) { + raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore_rcu_node(rnp, flags); + return 0; + } t = list_entry(rnp->exp_tasks->prev, struct task_struct, rcu_node_entry); list_for_each_entry_continue(t, &rnp->blkd_tasks, rcu_node_entry) { -- 2.39.2