[PATCH v2] mm: list_lru: fix UAF for memory cgroup

From: Muchun Song
Date: Wed Jul 31 2024 - 22:52:51 EST


The mem_cgroup_from_slab_obj() is supposed to be called under rcu
lock or cgroup_mutex or others which could prevent returned memcg
from being freed. Fix it by adding missing rcu read lock.

Fixes: 0a97c01cd20b ("list_lru: allow explicit memcg and NUMA node selection")
Signed-off-by: Muchun Song <songmuchun@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Shakeel Butt <shakeel.butt@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
v2:
Only grab rcu lock when necessary (Vlastimil Babka)

mm/list_lru.c | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++------
1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/list_lru.c b/mm/list_lru.c
index a29d96929d7c7..9b7ff06e9d326 100644
--- a/mm/list_lru.c
+++ b/mm/list_lru.c
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ list_lru_from_memcg_idx(struct list_lru *lru, int nid, int idx)
}
#endif /* CONFIG_MEMCG */

+/* The caller must ensure the memcg lifetime. */
bool list_lru_add(struct list_lru *lru, struct list_head *item, int nid,
struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
{
@@ -109,14 +110,22 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(list_lru_add);

bool list_lru_add_obj(struct list_lru *lru, struct list_head *item)
{
+ bool ret;
int nid = page_to_nid(virt_to_page(item));
- struct mem_cgroup *memcg = list_lru_memcg_aware(lru) ?
- mem_cgroup_from_slab_obj(item) : NULL;

- return list_lru_add(lru, item, nid, memcg);
+ if (list_lru_memcg_aware(lru)) {
+ rcu_read_lock();
+ ret = list_lru_add(lru, item, nid, mem_cgroup_from_slab_obj(item));
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+ } else {
+ ret = list_lru_add(lru, item, nid, NULL);
+ }
+
+ return ret;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(list_lru_add_obj);

+/* The caller must ensure the memcg lifetime. */
bool list_lru_del(struct list_lru *lru, struct list_head *item, int nid,
struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
{
@@ -139,11 +148,18 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(list_lru_del);

bool list_lru_del_obj(struct list_lru *lru, struct list_head *item)
{
+ bool ret;
int nid = page_to_nid(virt_to_page(item));
- struct mem_cgroup *memcg = list_lru_memcg_aware(lru) ?
- mem_cgroup_from_slab_obj(item) : NULL;

- return list_lru_del(lru, item, nid, memcg);
+ if (list_lru_memcg_aware(lru)) {
+ rcu_read_lock();
+ ret = list_lru_del(lru, item, nid, mem_cgroup_from_slab_obj(item));
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+ } else {
+ ret = list_lru_del(lru, item, nid, NULL);
+ }
+
+ return ret;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(list_lru_del_obj);

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