On Tue, Dec 8, 2020 at 12:35 AM Odin Ugedal wrote:
>
> Fix NULL pointer dereference when adding new psi monitor to the root
> cgroup. PSI files for root cgroup was introduced in df5ba5be742 by using
> system wide psi struct when reading, but file write/monitor was not
> properly fixed. Since the PSI config for the root cgroup isn't
> initialized, the current implementation tries to lock a NULL ptr,
> resulting in a crash.
>
> Can be triggered by running this as root:
> $ tee /sys/fs/cgroup/cpu.pressure <<< "some 1 100"
>
>
> Signed-off-by: Odin Ugedal
> ---
> kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c | 4 +++-
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
> index e41c21819ba0..5d1fdf7c3ec6 100644
> --- a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
> +++ b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
> @@ -3567,6 +3567,7 @@ static ssize_t cgroup_pressure_write(struct
> kernfs_open_file *of, char *buf,
> {
> struct psi_trigger *new;
> struct cgroup *cgrp;
> + struct psi_group *psi;
>
> cgrp = cgroup_kn_lock_live(of->kn, false);
> if (!cgrp)
> @@ -3575,7 +3576,8 @@ static ssize_t cgroup_pressure_write(struct
> kernfs_open_file *of, char *buf,
> cgroup_get(cgrp);
> cgroup_kn_unlock(of->kn);
>
> - new = psi_trigger_create(&cgrp->psi, buf, nbytes, res);
> + psi = cgroup_ino(cgrp) == 1 ? &psi_system : &cgrp->psi;
> + new = psi_trigger_create(psi, buf, nbytes, res);
> if (IS_ERR(new)) {
> cgroup_put(cgrp);
> return PTR_ERR(new);
> --
> 2.29.2
>
Reviewed-by: Suren Baghdasaryan