blk-cgroup: skip dying blkg in blkcg_activate_policy()

When switching IO schedulers on a block device, blkcg_activate_policy()
can race with concurrent blkcg deletion, leading to a use-after-free in
rcu_accelerate_cbs.

T1:                               T2:
                                  blkg_destroy
                                  kill(&blkg->refcnt) // blkg->refcnt=1->0
                                  blkg_release // call_rcu(__blkg_release)
                                  ...
                                  blkg_free_workfn
                                  ->pd_free_fn(pd)
elv_iosched_store
elevator_switch
...
iterate blkg list
blkg_get(blkg) // blkg->refcnt=0->1
                                  list_del_init(&blkg->q_node)
blkg_put(pinned_blkg) // blkg->refcnt=1->0
blkg_release // call_rcu again
rcu_accelerate_cbs // uaf

Fix this by checking hlist_unhashed(&blkg->blkcg_node) before getting
a reference to the blkg. This is the same check used in blkg_destroy()
to detect if a blkg has already been destroyed. If the blkg is already
unhashed, skip processing it since it's being destroyed.

Fixes: f1c006f1c6 ("blk-cgroup: synchronize pd_free_fn() from blkg_free_workfn() and blkcg_deactivate_policy()")
Signed-off-by: Zheng Qixing <zhengqixing@huawei.com>
Reviewed-by: Tang Yizhou <yizhou.tang@shopee.com>
Signed-off-by: Yu Kuai <yukuai@fygo.io>
Reviewed-by: Tao Cui <cuitao@kylinos.cn>
Reviewed-by: Nilay Shroff <nilay@linux.ibm.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260802112525.3933753-4-yukuai@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
This commit is contained in:
Zheng Qixing
2026-08-02 19:25:19 +08:00
committed by Jens Axboe
parent 5313d4d417
commit 5e92203899

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@@ -1577,6 +1577,8 @@ int blkcg_activate_policy(struct gendisk *disk, const struct blkcg_policy *pol)
if (blkg->pd[pol->plid])
continue;
if (hlist_unhashed(&blkg->blkcg_node))
continue;
/* If prealloc matches, use it; otherwise try GFP_NOWAIT */
if (blkg == pinned_blkg) {