linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/1] sched/autogroup: Fix race with task

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Message-Id: <1369411669-46971-2-git-send-email-gerald.schaefer@de.ibm.com>
Date:	Fri, 24 May 2013 18:07:49 +0200
From:	Gerald Schaefer <gerald.schaefer@...ibm.com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Li Zefan <lizefan@...wei.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@...ibm.com>,
	Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>,
	Gerald Schaefer <gerald.schaefer@...ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/1] sched/autogroup: Fix race with task_groups list

In autogroup_create(), a tg is allocated and added to the task_groups
list. If CONFIG_RT_GROUP_SCHED is set, this tg is then modified while on
the list, without locking. This can race with someone walking the list,
like __enable_runtime() during CPU unplug, and result in a use-after-free
bug.

To fix this, move sched_online_group(), which adds the tg to the list,
to the end of the autogroup_create() function after the modification.

Signed-off-by: Gerald Schaefer <gerald.schaefer@...ibm.com>
---
 kernel/sched/auto_group.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/auto_group.c b/kernel/sched/auto_group.c
index 64de5f8..4a07353 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/auto_group.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/auto_group.c
@@ -77,8 +77,6 @@ static inline struct autogroup *autogroup_create(void)
 	if (IS_ERR(tg))
 		goto out_free;
 
-	sched_online_group(tg, &root_task_group);
-
 	kref_init(&ag->kref);
 	init_rwsem(&ag->lock);
 	ag->id = atomic_inc_return(&autogroup_seq_nr);
@@ -98,6 +96,7 @@ static inline struct autogroup *autogroup_create(void)
 #endif
 	tg->autogroup = ag;
 
+	sched_online_group(tg, &root_task_group);
 	return ag;
 
 out_free:
-- 
1.8.1.6

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