linux-kernel - [tip: locking/urgent] locking/percpu-rwsem: Fix a task

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Date:   Wed, 08 Apr 2020 12:20:57 -0000
From:   "tip-bot2 for Qian Cai" <tip-bot2@...utronix.de>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, Qian Cai <cai@....pw>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, x86 <x86@...nel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [tip: locking/urgent] locking/percpu-rwsem: Fix a task_struct refcount

The following commit has been merged into the locking/urgent branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     d22cc7f67d55ebf2d5be865453971c783e9fb21a
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/d22cc7f67d55ebf2d5be865453971c783e9fb21a
Author:        Qian Cai <cai@....pw>
AuthorDate:    Mon, 30 Mar 2020 17:30:02 -04:00
Committer:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CommitterDate: Wed, 08 Apr 2020 12:05:06 +02:00

locking/percpu-rwsem: Fix a task_struct refcount

The following commit:

  7f26482a872c ("locking/percpu-rwsem: Remove the embedded rwsem")

introduced task_struct memory leaks due to messing up the task_struct
refcount.

At the beginning of percpu_rwsem_wake_function(), it calls get_task_struct(),
but if the trylock failed, it will remain in the waitqueue. However, it
will run percpu_rwsem_wake_function() again with get_task_struct() to
increase the refcount but then only call put_task_struct() once the trylock
succeeded.

Fix it by adjusting percpu_rwsem_wake_function() a bit to guard against
when percpu_rwsem_wait() observing !private, terminating the wait and
doing a quick exit() while percpu_rwsem_wake_function() then doing
wake_up_process(p) as a use-after-free.

Fixes: 7f26482a872c ("locking/percpu-rwsem: Remove the embedded rwsem")
Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Signed-off-by: Qian Cai <cai@....pw>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200330213002.2374-1-cai@lca.pw
---
 kernel/locking/percpu-rwsem.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/locking/percpu-rwsem.c b/kernel/locking/percpu-rwsem.c
index a008a1b..8bbafe3 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/percpu-rwsem.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/percpu-rwsem.c
@@ -118,14 +118,15 @@ static int percpu_rwsem_wake_function(struct wait_queue_entry *wq_entry,
 				      unsigned int mode, int wake_flags,
 				      void *key)
 {
-	struct task_struct *p = get_task_struct(wq_entry->private);
 	bool reader = wq_entry->flags & WQ_FLAG_CUSTOM;
 	struct percpu_rw_semaphore *sem = key;
+	struct task_struct *p;
 
 	/* concurrent against percpu_down_write(), can get stolen */
 	if (!__percpu_rwsem_trylock(sem, reader))
 		return 1;
 
+	p = get_task_struct(wq_entry->private);
 	list_del_init(&wq_entry->entry);
 	smp_store_release(&wq_entry->private, NULL);