linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.9 32/66] cgroup: dont online subsystems before cgroup

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Date:   Tue,  7 Feb 2017 13:59:06 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
        Konstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov@...dex-team.ru>
Subject: [PATCH 4.9 32/66] cgroup: dont online subsystems before cgroup_name/path() are operational

4.9-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>

commit 07cd12945551b63ecb1a349d50a6d69d1d6feb4a upstream.

While refactoring cgroup creation, a5bca2152036 ("cgroup: factor out
cgroup_create() out of cgroup_mkdir()") incorrectly onlined subsystems
before the new cgroup is associated with it kernfs_node.  This is fine
for cgroup proper but cgroup_name/path() depend on the associated
kernfs_node and if a subsystem makes the new cgroup_subsys_state
visible, which they're allowed to after onlining, it can lead to NULL
dereference.

The current code performs cgroup creation and subsystem onlining in
cgroup_create() and cgroup_mkdir() makes the cgroup and subsystems
visible afterwards.  There's no reason to online the subsystems early
and we can simply drop cgroup_apply_control_enable() call from
cgroup_create() so that the subsystems are onlined and made visible at
the same time.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Reported-by: Konstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov@...dex-team.ru>
Fixes: a5bca2152036 ("cgroup: factor out cgroup_create() out of cgroup_mkdir()")
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 kernel/cgroup.c |   13 +++++--------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

--- a/kernel/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup.c
@@ -5219,6 +5219,11 @@ err_free_css:
 	return ERR_PTR(err);
 }

+/*
+ * The returned cgroup is fully initialized including its control mask, but
+ * it isn't associated with its kernfs_node and doesn't have the control
+ * mask applied.
+ */
 static struct cgroup *cgroup_create(struct cgroup *parent)
 {
 	struct cgroup_root *root = parent->root;
@@ -5283,11 +5288,6 @@ static struct cgroup *cgroup_create(stru

 	cgroup_propagate_control(cgrp);

-	/* @cgrp doesn't have dir yet so the following will only create csses */
-	ret = cgroup_apply_control_enable(cgrp);
-	if (ret)
-		goto out_destroy;
-
 	return cgrp;

 out_cancel_ref:
@@ -5295,9 +5295,6 @@ out_cancel_ref:
 out_free_cgrp:
 	kfree(cgrp);
 	return ERR_PTR(ret);
-out_destroy:
-	cgroup_destroy_locked(cgrp);
-	return ERR_PTR(ret);
 }

 static int cgroup_mkdir(struct kernfs_node *parent_kn, const char *name,