Re: [PATCH] block, bfq: free 'sync_bfqq' after bic_set_bfqq() in bfq_sync_bfqq_move()

[Damien Le Moal]

On 2/21/23 17:29, Yu Kuai wrote:
> From: Yu Kuai <yukuai3@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> As explained in commit b600de2d7d3a ("block, bfq: fix uaf for bfqq in
> bic_set_bfqq()"), bfqq should not be freed before bic_set_bfqq().
> However, this is broken while merging commit 9778369a2d6c ("block, bfq:
> split sync bfq_queues on a per-actuator basis") from branch
> for-6.3/block.

The patch looks OK to me, but the commit message is not super clear. What is
broken exactly ?

> 
> Fixes: 9778369a2d6c ("block, bfq: split sync bfq_queues on a per-actuator basis")
> Signed-off-by: Yu Kuai <yukuai3@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  block/bfq-cgroup.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/block/bfq-cgroup.c b/block/bfq-cgroup.c
> index ea3638e06e04..89ffb3aa992c 100644
> --- a/block/bfq-cgroup.c
> +++ b/block/bfq-cgroup.c
> @@ -746,8 +746,8 @@ static void bfq_sync_bfqq_move(struct bfq_data *bfqd,
>  		 * old cgroup.
>  		 */
>  		bfq_put_cooperator(sync_bfqq);
> -		bfq_release_process_ref(bfqd, sync_bfqq);
>  		bic_set_bfqq(bic, NULL, true, act_idx);
> +		bfq_release_process_ref(bfqd, sync_bfqq);
>  	}
>  }
>  

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Damien Le Moal
Western Digital Research