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 12024C77B7C for ; Sun, 28 May 2023 19:41:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S231153AbjE1TlP (ORCPT ); Sun, 28 May 2023 15:41:15 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:56286 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S231156AbjE1TlO (ORCPT ); Sun, 28 May 2023 15:41:14 -0400 Received: from dfw.source.kernel.org (dfw.source.kernel.org [139.178.84.217]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 77BC3102 for ; Sun, 28 May 2023 12:41:08 -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 001BB61ECE for ; Sun, 28 May 2023 19:41:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 2014BC433D2; Sun, 28 May 2023 19:41:06 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1685302867; bh=Ae48q991+6sN+WpLvwffuwzxp3CKf3ahp86kBK08iQc=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=ax3L479k41D31eugY6C/MJeXLrs0i1npMNqaf8Seei4Cfo0iGFqVx+fKmeZbGF/2C 9XbjhkbNdqOGkiNATrHfqP91v0cCUV7ROdbDTgPixgRxU99nDBvdp6vv7QpECCwdCg 759U75I74QGpVMJZkOVX76AzGojIiJ1pPh6nPghQ= From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: stable@vger.kernel.org Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman , patches@lists.linux.dev, "Joel Fernandes (Google)" , Zqiang , "Paul E. McKenney" , Sasha Levin Subject: [PATCH 5.10 031/211] rcu: Protect rcu_print_task_exp_stall() ->exp_tasks access Date: Sun, 28 May 2023 20:09:12 +0100 Message-Id: <20230528190844.296329123@linuxfoundation.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.40.1 In-Reply-To: <20230528190843.514829708@linuxfoundation.org> References: <20230528190843.514829708@linuxfoundation.org> User-Agent: quilt/0.67 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: stable@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