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From: David Carlier <devnexen@gmail.com>
To: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>, David Vernet <void@manifault.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, David Carlier <devnexen@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] sched_ext: Fix TOCTOU on p->scx.dsq in scx_dump_task()
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2026 05:26:40 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260226052640.7191-2-devnexen@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260226052640.7191-1-devnexen@gmail.com>

p->scx.dsq is checked for NULL then dereferenced without
synchronization. Another CPU can NULL the pointer between the check
and the use. Use READ_ONCE() to capture the pointer into a local
variable before dereferencing.

Signed-off-by: David Carlier <devnexen@gmail.com>
---
 kernel/sched/ext.c | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/ext.c b/kernel/sched/ext.c
index eb539b671c49..444398f3686a 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/ext.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/ext.c
@@ -4597,9 +4597,11 @@ static void scx_dump_task(struct seq_buf *s, struct scx_dump_ctx *dctx,
 	unsigned long ops_state = atomic_long_read(&p->scx.ops_state);
 	unsigned int bt_len = 0;
 
-	if (p->scx.dsq)
+	struct scx_dispatch_q *dsq = READ_ONCE(p->scx.dsq);
+
+	if (dsq)
 		scnprintf(dsq_id_buf, sizeof(dsq_id_buf), "0x%llx",
-			  (unsigned long long)p->scx.dsq->id);
+			  (unsigned long long)dsq->id);
 
 	dump_newline(s);
 	dump_line(s, " %c%c %s[%d] %+ldms",
-- 
2.51.0


  reply	other threads:[~2026-02-26  5:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-02-26  5:26 [PATCH 1/2] sched_ext: Use rcu_dereference() for scx_root in dump paths David Carlier
2026-02-26  5:26 ` David Carlier [this message]
2026-02-27 18:33   ` [PATCH 2/2] sched_ext: Fix TOCTOU on p->scx.dsq in scx_dump_task() Tejun Heo
2026-02-27 18:41     ` David CARLIER
2026-02-27 18:31 ` [PATCH 1/2] sched_ext: Use rcu_dereference() for scx_root in dump paths Tejun Heo
2026-02-27 19:04   ` David CARLIER

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