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authorVladimir Davydov <vdavydov@parallels.com>2014-01-23 23:53:01 (GMT)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2014-01-24 00:36:51 (GMT)
commit96403da244443d9842dbf290c2a02390b78a158e (patch)
treeca3ccfc550f9c3ef0cf2baa634e784a6a66b3f73 /mm
parent959c8963fc6c8c9b97e80c55ce77105247040e7d (diff)
downloadlinux-96403da244443d9842dbf290c2a02390b78a158e.tar.xz
memcg: fix possible NULL deref while traversing memcg_slab_caches list
All caches of the same memory cgroup are linked in the memcg_slab_caches list via kmem_cache::memcg_params::list. This list is traversed, for example, when we read memory.kmem.slabinfo. Since the list actually consists of memcg_cache_params objects, we have to convert an element of the list to a kmem_cache object using memcg_params_to_cache(), which obtains the pointer to the cache from the memcg_params::memcg_caches array of the corresponding root cache. That said the pointer to a kmem_cache in its parent's memcg_params must be initialized before adding the cache to the list, and cleared only after it has been unlinked. Currently it is vice-versa, which can result in a NULL ptr dereference while traversing the memcg_slab_caches list. This patch restores the correct order. Signed-off-by: Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov@parallels.com> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.cz> Cc: Glauber Costa <glommer@gmail.com> Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org> Cc: Balbir Singh <bsingharora@gmail.com> Cc: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'mm')
-rw-r--r--mm/memcontrol.c25
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 322d18d..014a4f1 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -3270,9 +3270,6 @@ void memcg_register_cache(struct kmem_cache *s)
css_get(&memcg->css);
- mutex_lock(&memcg->slab_caches_mutex);
- list_add(&s->memcg_params->list, &memcg->memcg_slab_caches);
- mutex_unlock(&memcg->slab_caches_mutex);
/*
* Since readers won't lock (see cache_from_memcg_idx()), we need a
@@ -3281,7 +3278,16 @@ void memcg_register_cache(struct kmem_cache *s)
*/
smp_wmb();
+ /*
+ * Initialize the pointer to this cache in its parent's memcg_params
+ * before adding it to the memcg_slab_caches list, otherwise we can
+ * fail to convert memcg_params_to_cache() while traversing the list.
+ */
root->memcg_params->memcg_caches[id] = s;
+
+ mutex_lock(&memcg->slab_caches_mutex);
+ list_add(&s->memcg_params->list, &memcg->memcg_slab_caches);
+ mutex_unlock(&memcg->slab_caches_mutex);
}
void memcg_unregister_cache(struct kmem_cache *s)
@@ -3293,16 +3299,21 @@ void memcg_unregister_cache(struct kmem_cache *s)
if (is_root_cache(s))
return;
- memcg = s->memcg_params->memcg;
- id = memcg_cache_id(memcg);
-
root = s->memcg_params->root_cache;
- root->memcg_params->memcg_caches[id] = NULL;
+ memcg = s->memcg_params->memcg;
+ id = memcg_cache_id(memcg);
mutex_lock(&memcg->slab_caches_mutex);
list_del(&s->memcg_params->list);
mutex_unlock(&memcg->slab_caches_mutex);
+ /*
+ * Clear the pointer to this cache in its parent's memcg_params only
+ * after removing it from the memcg_slab_caches list, otherwise we can
+ * fail to convert memcg_params_to_cache() while traversing the list.
+ */
+ root->memcg_params->memcg_caches[id] = NULL;
+
css_put(&memcg->css);
}