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authorZqiang <qiang1.zhang@intel.com>2022-12-24 13:25:53 +0800
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2023-05-24 17:30:00 +0100
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rcu: Protect rcu_print_task_exp_stall() ->exp_tasks access
[ Upstream commit 3c1566bca3f8349f12b75d0a2d5e4a20ad6262ec ] For kernels built with CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU=y, the following scenario can result in a NULL-pointer dereference: CPU1 CPU2 rcu_preempt_deferred_qs_irqrestore rcu_print_task_exp_stall if (special.b.blocked) READ_ONCE(rnp->exp_tasks) != NULL raw_spin_lock_rcu_node np = rcu_next_node_entry(t, rnp) if (&t->rcu_node_entry == rnp->exp_tasks) WRITE_ONCE(rnp->exp_tasks, np) .... raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore_rcu_node raw_spin_lock_irqsave_rcu_node t = list_entry(rnp->exp_tasks->prev, struct task_struct, rcu_node_entry) (if rnp->exp_tasks is NULL, this will dereference a NULL pointer) The problem is that CPU2 accesses the rcu_node structure's->exp_tasks field without holding the rcu_node structure's ->lock and CPU2 did not observe CPU1's change to rcu_node structure's ->exp_tasks in time. Therefore, if CPU1 sets rcu_node structure's->exp_tasks pointer to NULL, then CPU2 might dereference that NULL pointer. This commit therefore holds the rcu_node structure's ->lock while accessing that structure's->exp_tasks field. [ paulmck: Apply Frederic Weisbecker feedback. ] Acked-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@joelfernandes.org> Signed-off-by: Zqiang <qiang1.zhang@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@joelfernandes.org> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
-rw-r--r--kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h6
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h
index 249c2967d9e6..54e8fb258c98 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h
@@ -802,9 +802,11 @@ static int rcu_print_task_exp_stall(struct rcu_node *rnp)
int ndetected = 0;
struct task_struct *t;
- if (!READ_ONCE(rnp->exp_tasks))
- return 0;
raw_spin_lock_irqsave_rcu_node(rnp, flags);
+ if (!rnp->exp_tasks) {
+ raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore_rcu_node(rnp, flags);
+ return 0;
+ }
t = list_entry(rnp->exp_tasks->prev,
struct task_struct, rcu_node_entry);
list_for_each_entry_continue(t, &rnp->blkd_tasks, rcu_node_entry) {