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author | Paolo Valente <paolo.valente@linaro.org> | 2021-10-15 16:43:36 +0200 |
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committer | Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> | 2021-10-17 15:03:02 +0200 |
commit | d29bd41428cfff9b582c248db14a47e2be8457a8 (patch) | |
tree | e2521992d6dc6c00eec13749946d4ccdf5d00abc /Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | |
parent | block: warn when putting the final reference on a registered disk (diff) | |
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block, bfq: reset last_bfqq_created on group change
Since commit 430a67f9d616 ("block, bfq: merge bursts of newly-created
queues"), BFQ maintains a per-group pointer to the last bfq_queue
created. If such a queue, say bfqq, happens to move to a different
group, then bfqq is no more a valid last bfq_queue created for its
previous group. That pointer must then be cleared. Not resetting such
a pointer may also cause UAF, if bfqq happens to also be freed after
being moved to a different group. This commit performs this missing
reset. As such it fixes commit 430a67f9d616 ("block, bfq: merge bursts
of newly-created queues").
Such a missing reset is most likely the cause of the crash reported in [1].
With some analysis, we found that this crash was due to the
above UAF. And such UAF did go away with this commit applied [1].
Anyway, before this commit, that crash happened to be triggered in
conjunction with commit 2d52c58b9c9b ("block, bfq: honor already-setup
queue merges"). The latter was then reverted by commit ebc69e897e17
("Revert "block, bfq: honor already-setup queue merges""). Yet commit
2d52c58b9c9b ("block, bfq: honor already-setup queue merges") contains
no error related with the above UAF, and can then be restored.
[1] https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=214503
Fixes: 430a67f9d616 ("block, bfq: merge bursts of newly-created queues")
Tested-by: Grzegorz Kowal <custos.mentis@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Valente <paolo.valente@linaro.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211015144336.45894-2-paolo.valente@linaro.org
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
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