bfq: Avoid merging queues with different parents
Published Feb 26, 2025
7.8
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.28%
Description
It can happen that the parent of a bfqq changes between the moment we decide two queues are worth to merge (and set bic->stable_merge_bfqq) and the moment bfq_setup_merge() is called. This can happen e.g. because the process submitted IO for a different cgroup and thus bfqq got reparented. It can even happen that the bfqq we are merging with has parent cgroup that is already offline and going to be destroyed in which case the merge can lead to use-after-free issues such as:
BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in __bfq_deactivate_entity+0x9cb/0xa50 Read of size 8 at addr ffff88800693c0c0 by task runc:[2:INIT]/10544
CPU: 0 PID: 10544 Comm: runc:[2:INIT] Tainted: G E 5.15.2-0.g5fb85fd-default #1 openSUSE Tumbleweed (unreleased) f1f3b891c72369aebecd2e43e4641a6358867c70 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.14.0-0-g155821a-rebuilt.opensuse.org 04/01/2014 Call Trace: <IRQ> dump_stack_lvl+0x46/0x5a print_address_description.constprop.0+0x1f/0x140 ? __bfq_deactivate_entity+0x9cb/0xa50 kasan_report.cold+0x7f/0x11b ? __bfq_deactivate_entity+0x9cb/0xa50 __bfq_deactivate_entity+0x9cb/0xa50 ? update_curr+0x32f/0x5d0 bfq_deactivate_entity+0xa0/0x1d0 bfq_del_bfqq_busy+0x28a/0x420 ? resched_curr+0x116/0x1d0 ? bfq_requeue_bfqq+0x70/0x70 ? check_preempt_wakeup+0x52b/0xbc0 __bfq_bfqq_expire+0x1a2/0x270 bfq_bfqq_expire+0xd16/0x2160 ? try_to_wake_up+0x4ee/0x1260 ? bfq_end_wr_async_queues+0xe0/0xe0 ? _raw_write_unlock_bh+0x60/0x60 ? _raw_spin_lock_irq+0x81/0xe0 bfq_idle_slice_timer+0x109/0x280 ? bfq_dispatch_request+0x4870/0x4870 __hrtimer_run_queues+0x37d/0x700 ? enqueue_hrtimer+0x1b0/0x1b0 ? kvm_clock_get_cycles+0xd/0x10 ? ktime_get_update_offsets_now+0x6f/0x280 hrtimer_interrupt+0x2c8/0x740
Fix the problem by checking that the parent of the two bfqqs we are merging in bfq_setup_merge() is the same.
Affected products
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- Version StatusaffectedConstraints
- Version StatusaffectedConstraints
- Version StatusaffectedConstraints
- Version StatusaffectedConstraints
- Version
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- Version 5.13StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version 0StatusunaffectedConstraints<5.13
- Version 5.15.46StatusunaffectedConstraints<=5.15.*
- Version 5.17.14StatusunaffectedConstraints<=5.17.*
- Version 5.18.3StatusunaffectedConstraints<=5.18.*
- Version 5.19StatusunaffectedConstraints<=*
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
- < 5.4.198
- ≥ 5.5 · < 5.10.121
- ≥ 5.13 · < 5.15.46
- ≥ 5.16 · < 5.17.14
- ≥ 5.18 · < 5.18.3
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
kernel-0:5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1
Fixed · RHSA-2022:8267
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
kernel-0:5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1
Fixed · RHSA-2022:8267
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
kernel
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
kernel
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
kernel
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
kernel-rt
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
kernel
Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
kernel-rt
Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
kernel-rt
Affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | kernel-0:5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1 | Fixed | RHSA-2022:8267 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | kernel-0:5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1 | Fixed | RHSA-2022:8267 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | kernel | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | kernel | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | kernel | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | kernel-rt | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | kernel | Out of support scope | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | kernel-rt | Out of support scope | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | kernel-rt | Affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
References (9)
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-49412 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2348039 Issue Tracking
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5ee21edaed09e6b25f2c007b3f326752bc89bacf Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8abc8763b11c35e03cc91d59fd0cd28d39f88ca9 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a16c65cca7d2c7ff965fdd3adc8df2156529caf1 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c1cee4ab36acef271be9101590756ed0c0c374d9 Patch
- https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025022652-CVE-2022-49412-8fac@gregkh/T
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49412
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49412
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