linux-kernel - [PATCH] blkcg: Fix use-after-free of q->root_blkg and q->root

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Message-ID: <507E7030.9070607@ce.jp.nec.com>
Date:	Wed, 17 Oct 2012 17:45:36 +0900
From:	"Jun'ichi Nomura" <j-nomura@...jp.nec.com>
To:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>,
	Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Subject: [PATCH] blkcg: Fix use-after-free of q->root_blkg and q->root_rl.blkg

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@...jp.nec.com>
Acked-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>
Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
---
v3:
  Removed a hunk for NULL-check q->root_blkg in __blk_queue_next_rl().
  Current code can handle the case without the change.

v2:
  Added comments in code based on Vivek's suggestion.

 block/blk-cgroup.c |    7 +++++++
 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/block/blk-cgroup.c b/block/blk-cgroup.c
index f3b44a6..54f35d1 100644
--- a/block/blk-cgroup.c
+++ b/block/blk-cgroup.c
@@ -285,6 +285,13 @@ static void blkg_destroy_all(struct request_queue *q)
 		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)
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