[PATCH v1 bcache] bcache: fix UAF in cached_dev_free and safely

From: jack cheliequan (车烈权)
Date: Sat Nov 08 2025 - 04:08:25 EST


 We hit a use-after-free when cached_dev_free() is called while the

writeback workqueue/thread may still be running or holding references.

In addition, writeback_wq was flushed/destroyed in more than one place,

which could lead to double flush/destroy and racy teardown。This issue

exists in kernels 5.10, 6.6, etc.

 The error message is as follows.

[18627.310402] ------------[ cut here ]------------

[18627.316446] WARNING: CPU: 83 PID: 238405 at kernel/kthread.c:83 kthread_stop+0x12c/0x160

[18627.326367] Modules linked in: ceph libceph dns_resolver openvswitch nf_conncount nf_nat nf_conntrack nf_defrag_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv4 libcrc32c vfat fat dm_multipath dm_mod amd64_edac_mod edac_mce_amd kvm_amd kvm bcache crc64 i40iw irqbypass ses enclosure ipmi_si ib_uverbs ipmi_devintf joydev rapl ipmi_msghandler pcspkr ib_core sg i2c_piix4 k10temp fuse ext4 mbcache jbd2 ast drm_vram_helper drm_kms_helper syscopyarea sysfillrect sysimgblt sd_mod fb_sys_fops cec drm_ttm_helper ttm ahci crct10dif_pclmul igb crc32_pclmul libahci nvme crc32c_intel ghash_clmulni_intel nvme_core dca smartpqi i40e t10_pi drm i2c_algo_bit libata ngbe scsi_transport_sas ccp pinctrl_amd

[18627.392415] CPU: 83 PID: 238405 Comm: kworker/83:4 Kdump: loaded Tainted: G        W         5.10.0-272.0.0.174.ile2312sp1.x86_64 #1

[18627.406601] Hardware name: Inspur CS5280H2/CS5280H2, BIOS 3.03.62 09/15/2025

[18627.415362] Workqueue: events cached_dev_free [bcache]

[18627.421985] RIP: 0010:kthread_stop+0x12c/0x160

[18627.427836] Code: 00 e9 0b ff ff ff 48 89 ef e8 50 69 fd ff e9 73 ff ff ff be 01 00 00 00 4c 89 e7 e8 2e 6a 46 00 f6 45 36 20 0f 85 16 ff ff ff <0f> 0b e9 0f ff ff ff be 03 00 00 00 4c 89 e7 e8 10 6a 46 00 e9 43

[18627.449681] RSP: 0018:ffffb5f9cdd0fe60 EFLAGS: 00010246

[18627.456406] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff94f51e700010 RCX: 0000000000000000

[18627.465254] RDX: ffff94d71fbb1320 RSI: ffff94d71fba0710 RDI: ffff94d71fba0710

[18627.474094] RBP: ffff94cf4d518000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffffb5f9cdd0fc90

[18627.482942] R10: ffffb5f9cdd0fc88 R11: ffffffffb69e13a8 R12: ffff94cf4d518030

[18627.491792] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: ffff94d71fbbb700 R15: ffff94d71fbbb705

[18627.500643] FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff94d71fb80000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000

[18627.510564] CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033

[18627.517861] CR2: 000055d6288098d0 CR3: 0000000594856000 CR4: 00000000003506e0

[18627.526715] Call Trace:

[18627.530338]  cached_dev_free+0x30/0xd0 [bcache]

[18627.536283]  process_one_work+0x1b5/0x350

[18627.541643]  worker_thread+0x49/0x310

[18627.546618]  ? rescuer_thread+0x380/0x380

[18627.551977]  kthread+0xfe/0x140

[18627.556372]  ? kthread_park+0x90/0x90

[18627.561345]  ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30

[18627.566226] ---[ end trace 461f27b6101e7b4f ]---

[18627.572269] BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: 00007fd3f5b21e10

[18627.580823] #PF: supervisor write access in kernel mode

[18627.587529] #PF: error_code(0x0002) - not-present page

[18627.594131] PGD 6a710f067 P4D 6a710f067 PUD 0

[18627.599968] Oops: 0002 [#1] SMP NOPTI

[18627.604930] CPU: 83 PID: 238405 Comm: kworker/83:4 Kdump: loaded Tainted: G        W         5.10.0-272.0.0.174.ile2312sp1.x86_64 #1

[18627.619101] Hardware name: Inspur CS5280H2/CS5280H2, BIOS 3.03.62 09/15/2025

[18627.627851] Workqueue: events cached_dev_free [bcache]

[18627.634463] RIP: 0010:kthread_stop+0x49/0x160

[18627.640199] Code: 45 30 85 c0 0f 84 1c 01 00 00 0f 88 e6 00 00 00 83 c0 01 0f 88 dd 00 00 00 f6 45 36 20 0f 84 ea 00 00 00 48 8b 9d e8 0a 00 00 <f0> 80 0b 02 48 89 ef e8 3b ff ff ff 48 89 ef e8 43 31 01 00 48 8d

[18627.662022] RSP: 0018:ffffb5f9cdd0fe60 EFLAGS: 00010246

[18627.668728] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 00007fd3f5b21e10 RCX: 0000000000000000

[18627.677565] RDX: ffff94d71fbb1320 RSI: ffff94d71fba0710 RDI: ffff94d71fba0710

[18627.686404] RBP: ffff94cf4d518000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffffb5f9cdd0fc90

[18627.695232] R10: ffffb5f9cdd0fc88 R11: ffffffffb69e13a8 R12: ffff94cf4d518030

[18627.704070] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: ffff94d71fbbb700 R15: ffff94d71fbbb705

[18627.712910] FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff94d71fb80000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000

[18627.722816] CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033

[18627.730103] CR2: 00007fd3f5b21e10 CR3: 0000000594856000 CR4: 00000000003506e0

[18627.738941] Call Trace:

[18627.742553]  cached_dev_free+0x30/0xd0 [bcache]

[18627.748483]  process_one_work+0x1b5/0x350

[18627.753824]  worker_thread+0x49/0x310

[18627.758785]  ? rescuer_thread+0x380/0x380

[18627.764134]  kthread+0xfe/0x140

[18627.768514]  ? kthread_park+0x90/0x90

[18627.773477]  ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30

[18627.778344] Modules linked in: ceph libceph dns_resolver openvswitch nf_conncount nf_nat nf_conntrack nf_defrag_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv4 libcrc32c vfat fat dm_multipath dm_mod amd64_edac_mod edac_mce_amd kvm_amd kvm bcache crc64 i40iw irqbypass ses enclosure ipmi_si ib_uverbs ipmi_devintf joydev rapl ipmi_msghandler pcspkr ib_core sg i2c_piix4 k10temp fuse ext4 mbcache jbd2 ast drm_vram_helper drm_kms_helper syscopyarea sysfillrect sysimgblt sd_mod fb_sys_fops cec drm_ttm_helper ttm ahci crct10dif_pclmul igb crc32_pclmul libahci nvme crc32c_intel ghash_clmulni_intel nvme_core dca smartpqi i40e t10_pi drm i2c_algo_bit libata ngbe scsi_transport_sas ccp pinctrl_amd

[18627.844370] CR2: 00007fd3f5b21e10

[18627.851414] kexec: Bye!

 The kernel error call stack is as follows:The kernel error call stack is as follows.

crash> bt

PID: 238405   TASK: ffff94d71fae9c00  CPU: 83   COMMAND: "kworker/83:4"

#0 [ffffb5f9cdd0fca8] crash_kexec at ffffffffb4db67e9

#1 [ffffb5f9cdd0fcb8] oops_end at ffffffffb4c2b1c5

#2 [ffffb5f9cdd0fcd8] no_context at ffffffffb4c7d86c

#3 [ffffb5f9cdd0fd10] __bad_area_nosemaphore at ffffffffb4c7d972

#4 [ffffb5f9cdd0fd58] exc_page_fault at ffffffffb56f7e1c

#5 [ffffb5f9cdd0fdb0] asm_exc_page_fault at ffffffffb5800b4e

   [exception RIP: kthread_stop+73]

   RIP: ffffffffb4d0fee9  RSP: ffffb5f9cdd0fe60  RFLAGS: 00010246

   RAX: 0000000000000000  RBX: 00007fd3f5b21e10  RCX: 0000000000000000

   RDX: ffff94d71fbb1320  RSI: ffff94d71fba0710  RDI: ffff94d71fba0710

   RBP: ffff94cf4d518000   R8: 0000000000000000   R9: ffffb5f9cdd0fc90

   R10: ffffb5f9cdd0fc88  R11: ffffffffb69e13a8  R12: ffff94cf4d518030

   R13: 0000000000000000  R14: ffff94d71fbbb700  R15: ffff94d71fbbb705

   ORIG_RAX: ffffffffffffffff  CS: 0010  SS: 0018

#6 [ffffb5f9cdd0fe80] cached_dev_free at ffffffffc0b88470 [bcache]

#7 [ffffb5f9cdd0fe98] process_one_work at ffffffffb4d099c5

#8 [ffffb5f9cdd0fed8] worker_thread at ffffffffb4d09f29

#9 [ffffb5f9cdd0ff10] kthread at ffffffffb4d0f2be

#10 [ffffb5f9cdd0ff50] ret_from_fork at ffffffffb4c035b2

Signed-off-by: cheliequan <cheliequan@xxxxxxxxxx>

---

drivers/md/bcache/bcache.h    |  7 +++++++

drivers/md/bcache/super.c     | 13 +++++++++----

drivers/md/bcache/writeback.c |  9 ++++++---

3 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/bcache.h b/drivers/md/bcache/bcache.h

index 832fb3d80eb0..5eba5c068c9c 100644

--- a/drivers/md/bcache/bcache.h

+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/bcache.h

@@ -963,6 +963,13 @@ static inline void wait_for_kthread_stop(void)

       }

}

+#define STOP_THREAD_ONCE(dc, member)                           \

+       do {                                                           \

+                       struct task_struct *t__ = xchg(&(dc)->member, NULL);   \

+                       if (t__ && !IS_ERR(t__))                               \

+                               kthread_stop(t__);                             \

+       } while (0)

+

/* Forward declarations */

void bch_count_backing_io_errors(struct cached_dev *dc, struct bio *bio);

diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/super.c b/drivers/md/bcache/super.c

index 6afc718ef202..22a002cca6ab 100644

--- a/drivers/md/bcache/super.c

+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/super.c

@@ -1368,15 +1368,20 @@ void bch_cached_dev_release(struct kobject *kobj)

static void cached_dev_free(struct closure *cl)

{

+       struct workqueue_struct *wq = NULL;

       struct cached_dev *dc = container_of(cl, struct cached_dev, disk.cl);

       if (test_and_clear_bit(BCACHE_DEV_WB_RUNNING, &dc->disk.flags))

               cancel_writeback_rate_update_dwork(dc);

-       if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(dc->writeback_thread))

-               kthread_stop(dc->writeback_thread);

-       if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(dc->status_update_thread))

-               kthread_stop(dc->status_update_thread);

+       STOP_THREAD_ONCE(dc, writeback_thread);

+       STOP_THREAD_ONCE(dc, status_update_thread);

+

+       wq = xchg(&dc->writeback_write_wq, NULL);

+       if (wq) {

+           flush_workqueue(wq);

+           destroy_workqueue(wq);

+       }

       mutex_lock(&bch_register_lock);

diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/writeback.c b/drivers/md/bcache/writeback.c

index 854cdaa84462..3cac64b9d606 100644

--- a/drivers/md/bcache/writeback.c

+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/writeback.c

@@ -741,6 +741,7 @@ static int bch_writeback_thread(void *arg)

       struct cached_dev *dc = arg;

       struct cache_set *c = dc->disk.c;

       bool searched_full_index;

+       struct workqueue_struct *wq = NULL;

       bch_ratelimit_reset(&dc->writeback_rate);

@@ -832,10 +833,12 @@ static int bch_writeback_thread(void *arg)

               }

       }

-       if (dc->writeback_write_wq) {

-               flush_workqueue(dc->writeback_write_wq);

-               destroy_workqueue(dc->writeback_write_wq);

+       wq = xchg(&dc->writeback_write_wq, NULL);

+       if (wq) {

+           flush_workqueue(wq);

+           destroy_workqueue(wq);

       }

+

       cached_dev_put(dc);

       wait_for_kthread_stop();

--

2.43.0


  

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