linux/kernel/cgroup
Tejun Heo 07fd5b6cdf cgroup: Use separate src/dst nodes when preloading css_sets for migration
Each cset (css_set) is pinned by its tasks. When we're moving tasks around
across csets for a migration, we need to hold the source and destination
csets to ensure that they don't go away while we're moving tasks about. This
is done by linking cset->mg_preload_node on either the
mgctx->preloaded_src_csets or mgctx->preloaded_dst_csets list. Using the
same cset->mg_preload_node for both the src and dst lists was deemed okay as
a cset can't be both the source and destination at the same time.

Unfortunately, this overloading becomes problematic when multiple tasks are
involved in a migration and some of them are identity noop migrations while
others are actually moving across cgroups. For example, this can happen with
the following sequence on cgroup1:

 #1> mkdir -p /sys/fs/cgroup/misc/a/b
 #2> echo $$ > /sys/fs/cgroup/misc/a/cgroup.procs
 #3> RUN_A_COMMAND_WHICH_CREATES_MULTIPLE_THREADS &
 #4> PID=$!
 #5> echo $PID > /sys/fs/cgroup/misc/a/b/tasks
 #6> echo $PID > /sys/fs/cgroup/misc/a/cgroup.procs

the process including the group leader back into a. In this final migration,
non-leader threads would be doing identity migration while the group leader
is doing an actual one.

After #3, let's say the whole process was in cset A, and that after #4, the
leader moves to cset B. Then, during #6, the following happens:

 1. cgroup_migrate_add_src() is called on B for the leader.

 2. cgroup_migrate_add_src() is called on A for the other threads.

 3. cgroup_migrate_prepare_dst() is called. It scans the src list.

 4. It notices that B wants to migrate to A, so it tries to A to the dst
    list but realizes that its ->mg_preload_node is already busy.

 5. and then it notices A wants to migrate to A as it's an identity
    migration, it culls it by list_del_init()'ing its ->mg_preload_node and
    putting references accordingly.

 6. The rest of migration takes place with B on the src list but nothing on
    the dst list.

This means that A isn't held while migration is in progress. If all tasks
leave A before the migration finishes and the incoming task pins it, the
cset will be destroyed leading to use-after-free.

This is caused by overloading cset->mg_preload_node for both src and dst
preload lists. We wanted to exclude the cset from the src list but ended up
inadvertently excluding it from the dst list too.

This patch fixes the issue by separating out cset->mg_preload_node into
->mg_src_preload_node and ->mg_dst_preload_node, so that the src and dst
preloadings don't interfere with each other.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Reported-by: Mukesh Ojha <quic_mojha@quicinc.com>
Reported-by: shisiyuan <shisiyuan19870131@gmail.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1654187688-27411-1-git-send-email-shisiyuan@xiaomi.com
Link: https://www.spinics.net/lists/cgroups/msg33313.html
Fixes: f817de9851 ("cgroup: prepare migration path for unified hierarchy")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v3.16+
2022-06-16 09:37:02 -10:00
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cgroup-internal.h cgroup: Make cgroup_debug static 2022-05-18 06:59:20 -10:00
cgroup-v1.c cgroup-v1: Correct privileges check in release_agent writes 2022-02-22 08:12:22 -10:00
cgroup.c cgroup: Use separate src/dst nodes when preloading css_sets for migration 2022-06-16 09:37:02 -10:00
cpuset.c cgroup/cpuset: Remove cpus_allowed/mems_allowed setup in cpuset_init_smp() 2022-05-05 08:57:00 -10:00
debug.c kernel: cgroup: fix misuse of %x 2019-05-06 08:47:48 -07:00
freezer.c cgroup: cleanup comments 2022-03-13 19:19:27 -10:00
legacy_freezer.c cgroup: rename freezer.c into legacy_freezer.c 2019-04-19 11:26:48 -07:00
Makefile cgroup: Add misc cgroup controller 2021-04-04 13:34:46 -04:00
misc.c misc_cgroup: remove error log to avoid log flood 2021-09-20 07:35:38 -10:00
namespace.c memcg: enable accounting for new namesapces and struct nsproxy 2021-09-03 09:58:12 -07:00
pids.c clone3: allow spawning processes into cgroups 2020-02-12 17:57:51 -05:00
rdma.c cgroup: fix spelling mistakes 2021-05-24 12:45:26 -04:00
rstat.c Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2022-03-24 14:14:07 -07:00