perf: Fix race in perf_event_exit_task_context()
There is a race between perf_event_exit_task_context() and orphans_remove_work() which results in a use-after-free. We mark ctx->task with TASK_TOMBSTONE to indicate a context is 'dead', under ctx->lock. After which point event_function_call() on any event of that context will NOP A concurrent orphans_remove_work() will only hold ctx->mutex for the list iteration and not serialize against this. Therefore its possible that orphans_remove_work()'s perf_remove_from_context() call will fail, but we'll continue to free the event, with the result of free'd memory still being on lists and everything. Once perf_event_exit_task_context() gets around to acquiring ctx->mutex it too will iterate the event list, encounter the already free'd event and proceed to free it _again_. This fails with the WARN in free_event(). Plug the race by having perf_event_exit_task_context() hold ctx::mutex over the whole tear-down, thereby 'naturally' serializing against all other sites, including the orphan work. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@maine.edu> Cc: alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com Cc: dsahern@gmail.com Cc: namhyung@kernel.org Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20160125130954.GY6357@twins.programming.kicks-ass.netSigned-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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