[PATCH 3/7] sched: Use dl_bw_of() under RCU read lock

From: Kirill Tkhai
Date: Sat Sep 20 2014 - 12:51:37 EST


From: Kirill Tkhai <ktkhai@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

dl_bw_of() dereferences rq->rd which has to have RCU read lock held.
Probability of use-after-free and memory corruption aren't zero here.

Signed-off-by: Kirill Tkhai <ktkhai@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # v3.14+
---
kernel/sched/core.c | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index c8d754f..00a024c 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -7619,6 +7619,8 @@ static int sched_dl_global_constraints(void)
int cpu, ret = 0;
unsigned long flags;

+ rcu_read_lock();
+
/*
* Here we want to check the bandwidth not being set to some
* value smaller than the currently allocated bandwidth in
@@ -7640,6 +7642,8 @@ static int sched_dl_global_constraints(void)
break;
}

+ rcu_read_unlock();
+
return ret;
}

@@ -7655,6 +7659,7 @@ static void sched_dl_do_global(void)
if (global_rt_runtime() != RUNTIME_INF)
new_bw = to_ratio(global_rt_period(), global_rt_runtime());

+ rcu_read_lock();
/*
* FIXME: As above...
*/
@@ -7665,6 +7670,7 @@ static void sched_dl_do_global(void)
dl_b->bw = new_bw;
raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dl_b->lock, flags);
}
+ rcu_read_unlock();
}

static int sched_rt_global_validate(void)

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