From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.remote-ip=91.218.175.236 ARC-Seal: i=1; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc20261015; a=rsa-sha256; cv=none; t=1793239911; b=yW4ob+kCm4dBmpGW0HnfHyJJpEkEIH0HBHjoKYf2S5jicWD/LqSqDBD+wY/myjLW4nBG 8eNpnJya8pcSDAD1PWRUwZ1RXtV+JVsqFRlDz34IXxzBYfNcEnvMh+xwGCs29LiBGTn0u NcnqgL4rOVCn2D+U3l0K38xpKBUPdkDgN3z6goQcmiWEMaOjeO1GIdzdL52Ja3ovlPMrw XIHwX8IBfiyjs1F0T4e6nIv3I6KexfIJLk5NtXnJvD7aB6psbQ/hhgFmds19KU1VNMWgP XMDnLoEbuouL6oRDBik0KvQ4U45XlJzDA8FCdTXK1OquQi3hDXkq+6M4kPn++j9EBJA== ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc20261015; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; t=1793239911; h=DMARC-Filter:X-Envelope-To:DKIM-Signature:X-Envelope-To:Received: X-Mizu-Trace-ID:X-Migadu-Flow:Content-Type:Mime-Version:Subject:From: In-Reply-To:Date:Cc:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Message-Id:References: To:X-Mailer; bh=mVKxjTQ6UG8yet0iVDC28m2Sx/BGphnHT3RcdUiLOnw=; b=Y9iGEYAb90lUpjcertycmVHsaJiHJdHvgatsAk7XeJiUlsd57R4tHwtyqCl3TbsUeMpp bIvRi1LOr+ZUx3WqAoqiL0R9ulTNH58wQXuxtzPIhqP6Ng3nyNOPhxzJNwjrhd7kg/Cs1 n6Ct2llS0YMWpW2girHwFqcuWlXS7UAxA5+9lnLeIvOCTEtYqnmiYTrdcI3tLZdam4Bna JpVbNTpyA1SWZHIZrrti/W8GeLXdCw9guXDpekaq2MmqnQX64oPynRmpItohb3m8k6hIk igj+0PqkuJKB46ZibpmwKLaTl0QSLr1ZsgPInaZpo8N7QxsxS7VM5sHRGZjVLJtgPjA== ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass header.from=linux.dev; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=linux.dev; dkim=pass header.d=linux.dev header.i=@linux.dev header.a=rsa-sha256 header.s=key1 header.b=KcoVZ9Ki; arc=none smtp.remote-ip=91.218.175.236 Received: from mta0.migadu.com (out-236.mta0.migadu.com [91.218.175.236]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (128/128 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature ECDSA (prime256v1) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id ACD08606A31C for ; Thu, 29 Oct 2026 02:11:49 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.2 smtp.subspace.kernel.org ACD08606A31C Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=linux.dev Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=linux.dev Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key, unprotected) header.d=linux.dev header.i=@linux.dev header.a=rsa-sha256 header.s=key1 header.b=KcoVZ9Ki X-Envelope-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha256; bh=ZQDzLzCYKeslFW51nWI96JVuF6FVhrDvErS7kuNB0xE=; c=simple/simple; d=linux.dev; h=from:to:subject:date:message-id:mime-version:content-type; s=key1; t=1793239907; v=1; x=1793844707; b=KcoVZ9KiO7ifplBtH9vusLY0AzPaM1tqGMNzq0Y6J3apzT4pko9SLT/o6KFyMzGTB/qi5ZID Zi48Jpe34rZ644v4xEFbdD6xlpj537RTcNftZtjfP6IIzx2eiQ7UPGWr7iKOoLwsujDy9miu+e3 zCnO04cDP4696Lg8o1cXz9rg= X-Envelope-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Received: by mta10.migadu.com with ESMTPS id 252b47a0223e58b7; Thu, 29 Oct 2026 02:11:47 +0000 X-Mizu-Trace-ID: 252b47a0223e58b7 X-Migadu-Flow: FLOW_OUT Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: List-Owner: Precedence: list Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 16.0 \(3901.100.1.1.12\)) Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] mm: memcontrol: fix NULL pointer deref from high_work_func() on dying memcg From: Muchun Song In-Reply-To: <20261028183537.605854-1-tjmercier@google.com> Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2026 10:11:26 +0800 Cc: hannes@cmpxchg.org, mhocko@kernel.org, roman.gushchin@linux.dev, shakeel.butt@linux.dev, zhengqi.arch@bytedance.com, akpm@linux-foundation.org, cgroups@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <13AA7E01-2DAD-49CE-8C59-A99BBA917B99@linux.dev> References: <20261028183537.605854-1-tjmercier@google.com> To: "T.J. Mercier" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3901.100.1.1.12) > On Oct 29, 2026, at 02:35, T.J. Mercier wrote: >=20 > When memory.high is exceeded in non-task context, try_charge_memcg() > schedules memcg->high_work without taking a reference on the memcg, = and > high_work_func() invokes reclaim_high() without pinning the memcg. >=20 > cancel_work_sync(&memcg->high_work) only runs at the end of teardown = in > mem_cgroup_css_free(), so high_work_func() can start or still be = running > reclaim_high() after mem_cgroup_css_released() or shrink_many() has > called lru_gen_release_memcg() and unhashed lruvec->lrugen.list. If > reclaim tries to rotate the memcg, lru_gen_rotate_memcg() dereferences = a > NULL pprev pointer. >=20 > With obj_cgroup reparenting, introduced in commit bf4f059954dc ("mm: > memcg/slab: obj_cgroup API"), objects charged to a child memcg are > reparented to its parent in mem_cgroup_css_offline() instead of = holding > a reference on the child until uncharged. Subsequent uncharges of = those > objects go to the parent, which can leave the child's memory use > permanently above its high limit, so any later charge on the offlined > memcg in non-task context schedules high_work. >=20 > This problem was first exposed when commit e4dde56cd208 ("mm: = multi-gen > LRU: per-node lru_gen_folio lists") introduced the memcg LRU, and was > later widened from kernel memory to LRU folios when > commit f1cf8d2f36dc ("mm: memcontrol: eliminate the problem of dying > memory cgroup for LRU folios") converted LRU folios to use obj_cgroup > reparenting. >=20 > Fix this by acquiring a reference with css_tryget_online() in > high_work_func() before calling reclaim_high(), and by resetting > memory.high and swap.high to PAGE_COUNTER_MAX in > mem_cgroup_css_offline() so that charges via references on an offlined > memcg do not trigger high_work on the dead child or skip checking live > ancestors in try_charge_memcg(). >=20 > Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address = 0xdffffc0000000000: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI > KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000000-0x0000000000000007] > CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 27 Comm: kworker/1:0 Tainted: G B W = 7.3.0-rc5-g2bba28e98578 #284 PREEMPT(full) > Tainted: [B]=3DBAD_PAGE, [W]=3DWARN <- Taint from = lru_gen_rotate_memcg() VM_WARN_ON_ONCE > Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS = 1.17.0-debian-1.17.0-1 04/01/2014 > Workqueue: events high_work_func > RIP: 0010:lru_gen_rotate_memcg+0x1a3/0xe90 > Call Trace: > > ? read_ctrl_pos+0x22f/0x3f0 > shrink_lruvec+0x16cb/0x1b80 > ? ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 > ? lapic_next_event+0x15/0x20 > ? clockevents_program_event+0x2bb/0x6f0 > ? lapic_next_event+0x15/0x20 > ? __pfx_shrink_lruvec+0x10/0x10 > ? __pfx_clockevents_program_event+0x10/0x10 > ? _raw_spin_lock+0x84/0xe0 > ? __pfx__raw_spin_lock+0x10/0x10 > ? kasan_save_stack+0x30/0x50 > ? psi_group_change+0x381/0x740 > ? __pfx_sched_clock_cpu+0x10/0x10 > ? save_fpregs_to_fpstate+0xc4/0x2c0 > ? finish_task_switch.isra.0+0x1de/0xac0 > ? __schedule+0xf62/0x42c0 > ? __pfx___schedule+0x10/0x10 > ? __pfx___irq_work_queue_local+0x10/0x10 > ? shrink_node+0x626/0x31e0 > shrink_node+0x626/0x31e0 > ? ring_buffer_unlock_commit+0x11d/0x5c0 > ? kswapd_clear_hopeless+0xa0/0x150 > ? __pfx_shrink_node+0x10/0x10 > ? 0xffffffffc0000095 > do_try_to_free_pages+0x255/0x13b0 > ? ring_buffer_unlock_commit+0x11d/0x5c0 > ? reclaim_high+0x10a/0x1b0 > try_to_free_mem_cgroup_pages+0x1f9/0x5a0 > ? __pfx_try_to_free_mem_cgroup_pages+0x10/0x10 > ? irqentry_exit+0xc6/0x670 > reclaim_high+0x10a/0x1b0 > ? __pfx_reclaim_high+0x10/0x10 > ? process_one_work+0x5ff/0x1030 > ? __pfx_high_work_func+0x10/0x10 > process_one_work+0x6e2/0x1030 > ? __pfx___schedule+0x10/0x10 > ? __pfx_process_one_work+0x10/0x10 > worker_thread+0x422/0xbb0 > ? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10 > kthread+0x2cd/0x3a0 > ? recalc_sigpending+0x15c/0x200 > ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10 > ret_from_fork+0x368/0x590 > ? __pfx_ret_from_fork+0x10/0x10 > ? __switch_to+0x588/0xf50 > ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10 > ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 > >=20 > Fixes: e4dde56cd208 ("mm: multi-gen LRU: per-node lru_gen_folio = lists") > Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org > Signed-off-by: T.J. Mercier Acked-by: Muchun Song Thanks.