linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm/memcg: fix NULL pointer dereference in memcg_slab_free

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Date:   Wed, 28 Jul 2021 18:49:33 +0800
From:   Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@...wei.com>
To:     Wang Hai <wanghai38@...wei.com>, <cl@...ux.com>,
        <penberg@...nel.org>, <rientjes@...gle.com>,
        <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>, <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        <vbabka@...e.cz>, <hannes@...xchg.org>, <shakeelb@...gle.com>,
        <ast@...nel.org>
CC:     <linux-mm@...ck.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm/memcg: fix NULL pointer dereference in
 memcg_slab_free_hook()


On 2021/7/28 17:13, Wang Hai wrote:
> When I use kfree_rcu() to free a large memory allocated by
> kmalloc_node(), the following dump occurs.
>
> BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000020
> [...]
> Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP
> [...]
> Workqueue: events kfree_rcu_work
> RIP: 0010:__obj_to_index include/linux/slub_def.h:182 [inline]
> RIP: 0010:obj_to_index include/linux/slub_def.h:191 [inline]
> RIP: 0010:memcg_slab_free_hook+0x120/0x260 mm/slab.h:363
> [...]
> Call Trace:
>   kmem_cache_free_bulk+0x58/0x630 mm/slub.c:3293
>   kfree_bulk include/linux/slab.h:413 [inline]
>   kfree_rcu_work+0x1ab/0x200 kernel/rcu/tree.c:3300
>   process_one_work+0x207/0x530 kernel/workqueue.c:2276
>   worker_thread+0x320/0x610 kernel/workqueue.c:2422
>   kthread+0x13d/0x160 kernel/kthread.c:313
>   ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:294
>
> When kmalloc_node() a large memory, page is allocated, not slab,
> so when freeing memory via kfree_rcu(), this large memory should not
> be used by memcg_slab_free_hook(), because memcg_slab_free_hook() is
> is used for slab.
>
> So in this case, there is no need to do anything with this large
> page in memcg_slab_free_hook(), just skip it.
>
> Fixes: 270c6a71460e ("mm: memcontrol/slab: Use helpers to access slab page's memcg_data")
> Signed-off-by: Wang Hai <wanghai38@...wei.com>
Reviewed-by: Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@...wei.com>
> ---
>   mm/slab.h | 15 ++++++++++-----
>   1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/slab.h b/mm/slab.h
> index 67e06637ff2e..247d3f9c21f7 100644
> --- a/mm/slab.h
> +++ b/mm/slab.h
> @@ -339,15 +339,20 @@ static inline void memcg_slab_free_hook(struct kmem_cache *s_orig,
>   			continue;
>   
>   		page = virt_to_head_page(p[i]);
> +		if (!s_orig) {
> +			if (unlikely(!PageSlab(page))) {
> +				BUG_ON(!PageCompound(page));
> +				continue;
> +			}
> +			s = page->slab_cache;
> +		} else {
> +			s = s_orig;
> +		}
> +
>   		objcgs = page_objcgs(page);
>   		if (!objcgs)
>   			continue;
>   
> -		if (!s_orig)
> -			s = page->slab_cache;
> -		else
> -			s = s_orig;
> -
>   		off = obj_to_index(s, page, p[i]);
>   		objcg = objcgs[off];
>   		if (!objcg)