Commit c7a1c6e8004a for kernel
commit c7a1c6e8004ab12a9c9bfdcb603f60f9bf4a3cee
Author: fangqiurong <fangqiurong@kylinos.cn>
Date: Sat Sep 12 21:15:18 2026 +0800
sched_ext: Close the pre-enable ops error claim window
scx_alloc_and_add_sched() publishes ops->priv before
scx_root_enable_workfn() switches the state to SCX_ENABLING. An error
claimed via scx_bpf_error_bstr() from an associated BPF program in that
window is consumed by scx_disable_workfn(), which takes the pre-enable
shortcut in scx_root_disable(). The shortcut returns without any teardown
and restores SCX_DISABLED with an unconditional scx_set_enable_state() xchg
racing the enable workfn's own transition. The enable then completes with
the claim consumed: the scheduler stays up but can never be disabled again,
and bpf_scx_unreg() frees it while still in use, resulting in a
use-after-free. Both WARN_ON_ONCE()s fire back to back:
WARNING: kernel/sched/ext/ext.c:7522 at
scx_root_enable_workfn+0xeec/0x1be0, CPU#3: scx_enable_help/276
WARNING: kernel/sched/ext/ext.c:6398 at scx_root_disable+0xb50/0xdb8,
CPU#0: sched_ext_helpe/664
scx_root_enable_workfn() switches to SCX_ENABLING before the scheduler
allocation, so ops->priv is never visible while SCX_DISABLED. The allocation
failure path restores SCX_DISABLED.
Fixes: 105dcd005be2 ("sched_ext: Introduce scx_prog_sched()")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: fangqiurong <fangqiurong@kylinos.cn>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
diff --git a/kernel/sched/ext/ext.c b/kernel/sched/ext/ext.c
index adf5993fa597..83999203a63a 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/ext/ext.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/ext/ext.c
@@ -7516,22 +7516,24 @@ static void scx_root_enable_workfn(struct kthread_work *work)
#ifdef CONFIG_EXT_SUB_SCHED
cgroup_get(cgrp);
#endif
+ /*
+ * Transition to ENABLING to arm the disable path. Allocation failure
+ * still unwinds locally. Full disabling on failure applies only after
+ * scx_alloc_and_add_sched() succeeds.
+ */
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(scx_set_enable_state(SCX_ENABLING) != SCX_DISABLED);
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(scx_root);
+
sch = scx_alloc_and_add_sched(cmd, cgrp, NULL);
if (IS_ERR(sch)) {
ret = PTR_ERR(sch);
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(scx_set_enable_state(SCX_DISABLED) != SCX_ENABLING);
goto err_free_tid_hash;
}
if (sch->is_cid_type)
static_branch_enable(&__scx_is_cid_type);
- /*
- * Transition to ENABLING and clear exit info to arm the disable path.
- * Failure triggers full disabling from here on.
- */
- WARN_ON_ONCE(scx_set_enable_state(SCX_ENABLING) != SCX_DISABLED);
- WARN_ON_ONCE(scx_root);
-
atomic_long_set(&scx_nr_rejected, 0);
for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {