linux-kernel - [PATCH -next v3 1/3] blk-cgroup: dropping parent refcount after pd_free

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Message-Id: <20230119110350.2287325-2-yukuai1@huaweicloud.com>
Date:   Thu, 19 Jan 2023 19:03:48 +0800
From:   Yu Kuai <yukuai1@...weicloud.com>
To:     tj@...nel.org, hch@....de, josef@...icpanda.com, axboe@...nel.dk
Cc:     cgroups@...r.kernel.org, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, yukuai3@...wei.com,
        yukuai1@...weicloud.com, yi.zhang@...wei.com, yangerkun@...wei.com
Subject: [PATCH -next v3 1/3] blk-cgroup: dropping parent refcount after pd_free_fn() is done

From: Yu Kuai <yukuai3@...wei.com>

Some cgroup policies will access parent pd through child pd even
after pd_offline_fn() is done. If pd_free_fn() for parent is called
before child, then UAF can be triggered. Hence it's better to guarantee
the order of pd_free_fn().

Currently refcount of parent blkg is dropped in __blkg_release(), which
is before pd_free_fn() is called in blkg_free_work_fn() while
blkg_free_work_fn() is called asynchronously.

This patch make sure pd_free_fn() called from removing cgroup is ordered
by delaying dropping parent refcount after calling pd_free_fn() for
child.

BTW, pd_free_fn() will also be called from blkcg_deactivate_policy()
from deleting device, and following patches will guarantee the order.

Signed-off-by: Yu Kuai <yukuai3@...wei.com>
Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
---
 block/blk-cgroup.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/block/blk-cgroup.c b/block/blk-cgroup.c
index 4c94a6560f62..c6d7d1fce65a 100644
--- a/block/blk-cgroup.c
+++ b/block/blk-cgroup.c
@@ -124,6 +124,8 @@ static void blkg_free_workfn(struct work_struct *work)
 		if (blkg->pd[i])
 			blkcg_policy[i]->pd_free_fn(blkg->pd[i]);

+	if (blkg->parent)
+		blkg_put(blkg->parent);
 	if (blkg->q)
 		blk_put_queue(blkg->q);
 	free_percpu(blkg->iostat_cpu);
@@ -158,8 +160,6 @@ static void __blkg_release(struct rcu_head *rcu)

 	/* release the blkcg and parent blkg refs this blkg has been holding */
 	css_put(&blkg->blkcg->css);
-	if (blkg->parent)
-		blkg_put(blkg->parent);
 	blkg_free(blkg);
 }

-- 
2.31.1