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Paolo Valente d29bd41428 block, bfq: reset last_bfqq_created on group change
Since commit 430a67f9d6 ("block, bfq: merge bursts of newly-created
queues"), BFQ maintains a per-group pointer to the last bfq_queue
created. If such a queue, say bfqq, happens to move to a different
group, then bfqq is no more a valid last bfq_queue created for its
previous group. That pointer must then be cleared. Not resetting such
a pointer may also cause UAF, if bfqq happens to also be freed after
being moved to a different group. This commit performs this missing
reset. As such it fixes commit 430a67f9d6 ("block, bfq: merge bursts
of newly-created queues").

Such a missing reset is most likely the cause of the crash reported in [1].
With some analysis, we found that this crash was due to the
above UAF. And such UAF did go away with this commit applied [1].

Anyway, before this commit, that crash happened to be triggered in
conjunction with commit 2d52c58b9c ("block, bfq: honor already-setup
queue merges"). The latter was then reverted by commit ebc69e897e
("Revert "block, bfq: honor already-setup queue merges""). Yet commit
2d52c58b9c ("block, bfq: honor already-setup queue merges") contains
no error related with the above UAF, and can then be restored.

[1] https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=214503

Fixes: 430a67f9d6 ("block, bfq: merge bursts of newly-created queues")
Tested-by: Grzegorz Kowal <custos.mentis@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Valente <paolo.valente@linaro.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211015144336.45894-2-paolo.valente@linaro.org
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2021-10-17 07:03:02 -06:00
arch Updates for the SMP and CPU hotplug: 2021-09-12 12:42:51 -07:00
block block, bfq: reset last_bfqq_created on group change 2021-10-17 07:03:02 -06:00
certs certs: Add support for using elliptic curve keys for signing modules 2021-08-23 19:55:42 +03:00
crypto Merge branch 'linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6 2021-08-30 12:57:10 -07:00
Documentation An assortment of improvements for auxdisplay: 2021-09-12 16:00:49 -07:00
drivers brd: reduce the brd_devices_mutex scope 2021-10-17 06:51:19 -06:00
fs Merge branch 'misc.namei' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2021-09-12 10:43:51 -07:00
include kyber: avoid q->disk dereferences in trace points 2021-10-15 21:02:57 -06:00
init More tracing updates for 5.15: 2021-09-09 13:11:15 -07:00
ipc ARM development updates for 5.15: 2021-09-09 13:25:49 -07:00
kernel blktrace: Fix uaf in blk_trace access after removing by sysfs 2021-09-24 11:06:15 -06:00
lib Minor fixes to the processing of the bootconfig tree. 2021-09-11 10:16:30 -07:00
LICENSES LICENSES/dual/CC-BY-4.0: Git rid of "smart quotes" 2021-07-15 06:31:24 -06:00
mm ARM development updates for 5.15: 2021-09-09 13:25:49 -07:00
net virtio,vdpa,vhost: features, fixes 2021-09-11 14:48:42 -07:00
samples kgdb patches for 5.15 2021-09-07 12:08:04 -07:00
scripts RISC-V Patches for the 5.15 Merge Window, Part 2 2021-09-11 14:29:42 -07:00
security Kbuild updates for v5.15 2021-09-03 15:33:47 -07:00
sound sound fixes for 5.15-rc1 2021-09-09 16:05:10 -07:00
tools perf tools changes for v5.15: 2nd batch 2021-09-12 16:18:15 -07:00
usr .gitignore: prefix local generated files with a slash 2021-05-02 00:43:35 +09:00
virt KVM: Drop unused kvm_dirty_gfn_invalid() 2021-09-06 08:23:46 -04:00
.clang-format clang-format: Update with the latest for_each macro list 2021-05-12 23:32:39 +02:00
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.gitattributes .gitattributes: use 'dts' diff driver for dts files 2019-12-04 19:44:11 -08:00
.gitignore .gitignore: ignore only top-level modules.builtin 2021-05-02 00:43:35 +09:00
.mailmap mailmap: update email address of Matthias Fuchs and Thomas Körper 2021-08-19 09:39:44 +02:00
COPYING COPYING: state that all contributions really are covered by this file 2020-02-10 13:32:20 -08:00
CREDITS MAINTAINERS: move Murali Karicheri to credits 2021-04-29 15:47:30 -07:00
Kbuild kbuild: rename hostprogs-y/always to hostprogs/always-y 2020-02-04 01:53:07 +09:00
Kconfig kbuild: ensure full rebuild when the compiler is updated 2020-05-12 13:28:33 +09:00
MAINTAINERS Compiler Attributes improvements: 2021-09-12 16:09:26 -07:00
Makefile Linux 5.15-rc1 2021-09-12 16:28:37 -07:00
README

Linux kernel
============

There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.