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blk-cgroup: dropping parent refcount after pd_free_fn() is done 

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@huawei.com>
Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230119110350.2287325-2-yukuai1@huaweicloud.com
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
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Yu Kuai 2023-01-19 19:03:48 +08:00 committed by Jens Axboe
parent b36781034c
commit c7241babf0
1 changed files with 2 additions and 2 deletions
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@ -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);
}