[PATCH 3.10 22/22] sched/autogroup: Fix race with task_groups list

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

3.10-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Gerald Schaefer <gerald.schaefer@xxxxxxxxxx>

commit 41261b6a832ea0e788627f6a8707854423f9ff49 upstream.

In autogroup_create(), a tg is allocated and added to the task_groups
list. If CONFIG_RT_GROUP_SCHED is set, this tg is then modified while on
the list, without locking. This can race with someone walking the list,
like __enable_runtime() during CPU unplug, and result in a use-after-free
bug.

To fix this, move sched_online_group(), which adds the tg to the list,
to the end of the autogroup_create() function after the modification.

Signed-off-by: Gerald Schaefer <gerald.schaefer@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1369411669-46971-2-git-send-email-gerald.schaefer@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Preeti U Murthy <preeti@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
 kernel/sched/auto_group.c |    3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/kernel/sched/auto_group.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/auto_group.c
@@ -77,8 +77,6 @@ static inline struct autogroup *autogrou
 	if (IS_ERR(tg))
 		goto out_free;
 
-	sched_online_group(tg, &root_task_group);
-
 	kref_init(&ag->kref);
 	init_rwsem(&ag->lock);
 	ag->id = atomic_inc_return(&autogroup_seq_nr);
@@ -98,6 +96,7 @@ static inline struct autogroup *autogrou
 #endif
 	tg->autogroup = ag;
 
+	sched_online_group(tg, &root_task_group);
 	return ag;
 
 out_free:


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