blk-cgroup: dropping parent refcount after pd_free_fn() is done
authorYu Kuai <yukuai3@huawei.com>
Thu, 19 Jan 2023 11:03:48 +0000 (19:03 +0800)
committerJens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Sun, 29 Jan 2023 22:19:04 +0000 (15:19 -0700)
commitc7241babf0855d8a6180cd1743ff0ec34de40b4e
tree6733e7f5513b5ff9752dc352f69c6b0a7c01dc9c
parentb36781034c42f9932bc6305e9a06490d61d9b8ff
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>
block/blk-cgroup.c