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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2024-09-12 13:11:10 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2024-09-12 13:11:10 -0700
commit5da028864fde4856398f9dfb922aa0545dbad271 (patch)
tree30061f385420324d93711639de617cf2f35b0c9e
parentMerge tag 'riscv-for-linus-6.11-rc8' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux (diff)
parentworkqueue: Clear worker->pool in the worker thread context (diff)
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Merge tag 'wq-for-6.11-rc7-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/wq
Pull workqueue fix from Tejun Heo: "A fix for a NULL worker->pool deref bug which can be triggered when a worker is created and then destroyed immediately" * tag 'wq-for-6.11-rc7-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/wq: workqueue: Clear worker->pool in the worker thread context
-rw-r--r--kernel/workqueue.c8
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
index e7b005ff3750..6f2545037e57 100644
--- a/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -2709,7 +2709,6 @@ static void detach_worker(struct worker *worker)
unbind_worker(worker);
list_del(&worker->node);
- worker->pool = NULL;
}
/**
@@ -2729,6 +2728,7 @@ static void worker_detach_from_pool(struct worker *worker)
mutex_lock(&wq_pool_attach_mutex);
detach_worker(worker);
+ worker->pool = NULL;
mutex_unlock(&wq_pool_attach_mutex);
/* clear leftover flags without pool->lock after it is detached */
@@ -3349,7 +3349,11 @@ woke_up:
if (unlikely(worker->flags & WORKER_DIE)) {
raw_spin_unlock_irq(&pool->lock);
set_pf_worker(false);
-
+ /*
+ * The worker is dead and PF_WQ_WORKER is cleared, worker->pool
+ * shouldn't be accessed, reset it to NULL in case otherwise.
+ */
+ worker->pool = NULL;
ida_free(&pool->worker_ida, worker->id);
return 0;
}