Re: [PATCH] cpu/hotplug: Reset node state after operation

[Tvrtko Ursulin]

On 21/10/17 15:06, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> The recent rework of the cpu hotplug internals changed the usage of the per
> cpu state->node field, but missed to clean it up after usage.
>
> So subsequent hotplug operations use the stale pointer from a previous
> operation and hand it into the callback functions. The callbacks then
> dereference a pointer which either belongs to a different facility or
> points to freed and potentially reused memory. In either case data
> corruption and crashes are the obvious consequence.
>
> Reset the node and the last pointers in the per cpu state to NULL after the
> operation which set them has completed.
>
> Fixes: 96abb968549c ("smp/hotplug: Allow external multi-instance rollback")
> Reported-by: Tvrtko Ursulin <tursulin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>   kernel/cpu.c |    5 +++++
>   1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>
> --- a/kernel/cpu.c
> +++ b/kernel/cpu.c
> @@ -632,6 +632,11 @@ cpuhp_invoke_ap_callback(int cpu, enum c
>   		__cpuhp_kick_ap(st);
>   	}
>   
> +	/*
> +	 * Clean up the leftovers so the next hotplug operation wont use stale
> +	 * data.
> +	 */
> +	st->node = st->last = NULL;
>   	return ret;
>   }
>   

Our CI farm is happy with this fix, so:

Tested-by: Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin@xxxxxxxxx>

Thanks for looking into is so quickly!

Regards,

Tvrtko