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Commit 6fe810bd authored by Tejun Heo's avatar Tejun Heo Committed by Jens Axboe
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block: blkg_destroy_all() should clear q->root_blkg and ->root_rl.blkg



While making the root blkg unconditional, ec13b1d6 ("blkcg: always
create the blkcg_gq for the root blkcg") removed the part which clears
q->root_blkg and ->root_rl.blkg during q exit.  This leaves the two
pointers dangling after blkg_destroy_all().  blk-throttle exit path
performs blkg traversals and dereferences ->root_blkg and can lead to
the following oops.

 BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000558
 IP: [<ffffffff81389746>] __blkg_lookup+0x26/0x70
 ...
 task: ffff88001b4e2580 ti: ffff88001ac0c000 task.ti: ffff88001ac0c000
 RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff81389746>]  [<ffffffff81389746>] __blkg_lookup+0x26/0x70
 ...
 Call Trace:
  [<ffffffff8138d14a>] blk_throtl_drain+0x5a/0x110
  [<ffffffff8138a108>] blkcg_drain_queue+0x18/0x20
  [<ffffffff81369a70>] __blk_drain_queue+0xc0/0x170
  [<ffffffff8136a101>] blk_queue_bypass_start+0x61/0x80
  [<ffffffff81388c59>] blkcg_deactivate_policy+0x39/0x100
  [<ffffffff8138d328>] blk_throtl_exit+0x38/0x50
  [<ffffffff8138a14e>] blkcg_exit_queue+0x3e/0x50
  [<ffffffff8137016e>] blk_release_queue+0x1e/0xc0
 ...

While the bug is a straigh-forward use-after-free bug, it is tricky to
reproduce because blkg release is RCU protected and the rest of exit
path usually finishes before RCU grace period.

This patch fixes the bug by updating blkg_destro_all() to clear
q->root_blkg and ->root_rl.blkg.

Signed-off-by: default avatarTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Reported-by: default avatar"Richard W.M. Jones" <rjones@redhat.com>
Reported-by: default avatarJosh Boyer <jwboyer@fedoraproject.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/g/CA+5PVA5rzQ0s4723n5rHBcxQa9t0cW8BPPBekr_9aMRoWt2aYg@mail.gmail.com


Fixes: ec13b1d6 ("blkcg: always create the blkcg_gq for the root blkcg")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v4.2+
Tested-by: default avatarRichard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarJens Axboe <axboe@fb.com>
parent 46348456
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