From: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2026 21:08:22 +0000 (-1000)
Subject: sched_ext: Fix premature ops->priv publication in scx_alloc_and_add_sched()
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=49b3378a750cf85112e656d003145d4b5d0da232;p=thirdparty%2Fkernel%2Flinux.git

sched_ext: Fix premature ops->priv publication in scx_alloc_and_add_sched()

scx_alloc_and_add_sched() publishes @sch through ops->priv before allocating
the cgroup path. If that allocation fails, the unwind path clears ops->priv
and frees @sch immediately. scx_prog_sched() callers can dereference
ops->priv from RCU context the moment it is set, so freeing without a grace
period can use-after-free a concurrent kfunc caller.

Move the publication below the cgroup path allocation so that every failure
path after publication frees @sch through kobject_put(), whose release path
defers the freeing by a grace period.

Fixes: 105dcd005be2 ("sched_ext: Introduce scx_prog_sched()")
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com>
---

diff --git a/kernel/sched/ext/ext.c b/kernel/sched/ext/ext.c
index 40cef77394ac..aeee44e016ab 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/ext/ext.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/ext/ext.c
@@ -6878,11 +6878,6 @@ static struct scx_sched *scx_alloc_and_add_sched(struct scx_enable_cmd *cmd,
 		sch->ops = *cmd->ops;
 	}
 
-	rcu_assign_pointer(ops->priv, sch);
-
-	sch->kobj.kset = scx_kset;
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sch->all);
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_EXT_SUB_SCHED
 	char *buf = kzalloc(PATH_MAX, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!buf) {
@@ -6900,7 +6895,19 @@ static struct scx_sched *scx_alloc_and_add_sched(struct scx_enable_cmd *cmd,
 	sch->cgrp = cgrp;
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sch->children);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sch->sibling);
+#endif	/* CONFIG_EXT_SUB_SCHED */
 
+	/*
+	 * Publishing makes @sch visible to scx_prog_sched() readers. Failure
+	 * paths after this point must free @sch through kobject_put() whose
+	 * release path defers the actual freeing by an RCU grace period.
+	 */
+	rcu_assign_pointer(ops->priv, sch);
+
+	sch->kobj.kset = scx_kset;
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sch->all);
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_EXT_SUB_SCHED
 	if (parent) {
 		/*
 		 * Pin @parent for @sch's lifetime. The kobject hierarchy pins
@@ -6955,7 +6962,6 @@ static struct scx_sched *scx_alloc_and_add_sched(struct scx_enable_cmd *cmd,
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_EXT_SUB_SCHED
 err_free_lb_resched:
-	RCU_INIT_POINTER(ops->priv, NULL);
 	free_cpumask_var(sch->bypass_lb_resched_cpumask);
 #endif
 err_free_lb_cpumask: