Re: [syzbot] [cgroups?] KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in pressure_write
From: Edward Adam Davis
Date: Fri Apr 10 2026 - 06:56:39 EST
#syz test
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
index 4ca3cb993da2..3de07258f57d 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
@@ -3995,7 +3995,7 @@ static int cgroup_cpu_pressure_show(struct seq_file *seq, void *v)
static ssize_t pressure_write(struct kernfs_open_file *of, char *buf,
size_t nbytes, enum psi_res res)
{
- struct cgroup_file_ctx *ctx = of->priv;
+ struct cgroup_file_ctx *ctx;
struct psi_trigger *new;
struct cgroup *cgrp;
struct psi_group *psi;
@@ -4004,12 +4004,18 @@ static ssize_t pressure_write(struct kernfs_open_file *of, char *buf,
if (!cgrp)
return -ENODEV;
+ ctx = of->priv;
+ if (!ctx) {
+ cgroup_kn_unlock(of->kn);
+ return -ENODEV;
+ }
+
cgroup_get(cgrp);
- cgroup_kn_unlock(of->kn);
/* Allow only one trigger per file descriptor */
if (ctx->psi.trigger) {
cgroup_put(cgrp);
+ cgroup_kn_unlock(of->kn);
return -EBUSY;
}
@@ -4017,12 +4023,14 @@ static ssize_t pressure_write(struct kernfs_open_file *of, char *buf,
new = psi_trigger_create(psi, buf, res, of->file, of);
if (IS_ERR(new)) {
cgroup_put(cgrp);
+ cgroup_kn_unlock(of->kn);
return PTR_ERR(new);
}
smp_store_release(&ctx->psi.trigger, new);
cgroup_put(cgrp);
+ cgroup_kn_unlock(of->kn);
return nbytes;
}
--