linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] psi: fix monitor for root cgroup

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Date:   Tue, 8 Dec 2020 19:22:06 -0800
From:   Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com>
To:     Odin Ugedal <odin@...d.al>
Cc:     Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, Li Zefan <lizefan@...wei.com>,
        Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
        cgroups mailinglist <cgroups@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, dschatzberg@...com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] psi: fix monitor for root cgroup

On Tue, Dec 8, 2020 at 12:35 AM Odin Ugedal <odin@...d.al> wrote:
>
> Fix NULL pointer dereference when adding new psi monitor to the root
> cgroup. PSI files for root cgroup was introduced in df5ba5be742 by using
> system wide psi struct when reading, but file write/monitor was not
> properly fixed. Since the PSI config for the root cgroup isn't
> initialized, the current implementation tries to lock a NULL ptr,
> resulting in a crash.
>
> Can be triggered by running this as root:
> $ tee /sys/fs/cgroup/cpu.pressure <<< "some 10000 1000000"
>
>
> Signed-off-by: Odin Ugedal <odin@...d.al>
> ---
>  kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c | 4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
> index e41c21819ba0..5d1fdf7c3ec6 100644
> --- a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
> +++ b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
> @@ -3567,6 +3567,7 @@ static ssize_t cgroup_pressure_write(struct kernfs_open_file *of, char *buf,
>  {
>         struct psi_trigger *new;
>         struct cgroup *cgrp;
> +       struct psi_group *psi;
>
>         cgrp = cgroup_kn_lock_live(of->kn, false);
>         if (!cgrp)
> @@ -3575,7 +3576,8 @@ static ssize_t cgroup_pressure_write(struct kernfs_open_file *of, char *buf,
>         cgroup_get(cgrp);
>         cgroup_kn_unlock(of->kn);
>
> -       new = psi_trigger_create(&cgrp->psi, buf, nbytes, res);
> +       psi = cgroup_ino(cgrp) == 1 ? &psi_system : &cgrp->psi;
> +       new = psi_trigger_create(psi, buf, nbytes, res);
>         if (IS_ERR(new)) {
>                 cgroup_put(cgrp);
>                 return PTR_ERR(new);
> --
> 2.29.2
>

Reviewed-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com>