linux-kernel - [PATCH] [v2] md: fix rcu protection in md_wakeup

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Message-ID: <20251015083227.1079009-1-yun.zhou@windriver.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2025 16:32:27 +0800
From: Yun Zhou <yun.zhou@...driver.com>
To: <yukuai1@...weicloud.com>, <song@...nel.org>, <yukuai3@...wei.com>,
        <yun.zhou@...driver.com>
CC: <linux-raid@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] [v2] md: fix rcu protection in md_wakeup_thread

We attempted to use RCU to protect the pointer 'thread', but directly
passed the value when calling md_wakeup_thread(). This means that the
RCU pointer has been acquired before rcu_read_lock(), which renders
rcu_read_lock() ineffective and could lead to a use-after-free.

Fixes: 446931543982 ("md: protect md_thread with rcu")
Signed-off-by: Yun Zhou <yun.zhou@...driver.com>
---
 drivers/md/md.c | 14 ++++++--------
 drivers/md/md.h |  8 +++++++-
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 4e033c26fdd4..7df3c47ee709 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ static int remove_and_add_spares(struct mddev *mddev,
 				 struct md_rdev *this);
 static void mddev_detach(struct mddev *mddev);
 static void export_rdev(struct md_rdev *rdev, struct mddev *mddev);
-static void md_wakeup_thread_directly(struct md_thread __rcu *thread);
+static void md_wakeup_thread_directly(struct md_thread __rcu **thread);
 
 /*
  * Default number of read corrections we'll attempt on an rdev
@@ -4982,7 +4982,7 @@ static void stop_sync_thread(struct mddev *mddev, bool locked)
 	 * Thread might be blocked waiting for metadata update which will now
 	 * never happen
 	 */
-	md_wakeup_thread_directly(mddev->sync_thread);
+	md_wakeup_thread_directly(&mddev->sync_thread);
 	if (work_pending(&mddev->sync_work))
 		flush_work(&mddev->sync_work);
 
@@ -8194,22 +8194,21 @@ static int md_thread(void *arg)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void md_wakeup_thread_directly(struct md_thread __rcu *thread)
+static void md_wakeup_thread_directly(struct md_thread __rcu **thread)
 {
 	struct md_thread *t;
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
-	t = rcu_dereference(thread);
+	t = rcu_dereference(*thread);
 	if (t)
 		wake_up_process(t->tsk);
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 }
 
-void md_wakeup_thread(struct md_thread __rcu *thread)
+void __md_wakeup_thread(struct md_thread __rcu *thread)
 {
 	struct md_thread *t;
 
-	rcu_read_lock();
 	t = rcu_dereference(thread);
 	if (t) {
 		pr_debug("md: waking up MD thread %s.\n", t->tsk->comm);
@@ -8217,9 +8216,8 @@ void md_wakeup_thread(struct md_thread __rcu *thread)
 		if (wq_has_sleeper(&t->wqueue))
 			wake_up(&t->wqueue);
 	}
-	rcu_read_unlock();
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(md_wakeup_thread);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__md_wakeup_thread);
 
 struct md_thread *md_register_thread(void (*run) (struct md_thread *),
 		struct mddev *mddev, const char *name)
diff --git a/drivers/md/md.h b/drivers/md/md.h
index 51af29a03079..c989cc9f6216 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.h
+++ b/drivers/md/md.h
@@ -878,6 +878,12 @@ struct md_io_clone {
 
 #define THREAD_WAKEUP  0
 
+#define md_wakeup_thread(thread) do {   \
+	rcu_read_lock();                    \
+	__md_wakeup_thread(thread);         \
+	rcu_read_unlock();                  \
+} while (0)
+
 static inline void safe_put_page(struct page *p)
 {
 	if (p) put_page(p);
@@ -891,7 +897,7 @@ extern struct md_thread *md_register_thread(
 	struct mddev *mddev,
 	const char *name);
 extern void md_unregister_thread(struct mddev *mddev, struct md_thread __rcu **threadp);
-extern void md_wakeup_thread(struct md_thread __rcu *thread);
+extern void __md_wakeup_thread(struct md_thread __rcu *thread);
 extern void md_check_recovery(struct mddev *mddev);
 extern void md_reap_sync_thread(struct mddev *mddev);
 extern enum sync_action md_sync_action(struct mddev *mddev);
-- 
2.27.0