From 5e9220389920f33b6a804d50c548cd0cd1b04634 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Zheng Qixing Date: Sun, 2 Aug 2026 19:25:19 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] 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: f1c006f1c685 ("blk-cgroup: synchronize pd_free_fn() from blkg_free_workfn() and blkcg_deactivate_policy()") Signed-off-by: Zheng Qixing Reviewed-by: Tang Yizhou Signed-off-by: Yu Kuai Reviewed-by: Tao Cui Reviewed-by: Nilay Shroff Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260802112525.3933753-4-yukuai@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe --- block/blk-cgroup.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/block/blk-cgroup.c b/block/blk-cgroup.c index 047bb42c282b..d1895bc60fcf 100644 --- a/block/blk-cgroup.c +++ b/block/blk-cgroup.c @@ -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) {