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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2025-02-14 10:58:03 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2025-02-14 10:58:03 -0800
commitf4d4680965aa3be2b2bf392a54fabb244fdce46a (patch)
tree5bf260a6ced50b8d9ba616379b6593f5c24ef541 /kernel/workqueue.c
parent111b29599c189247919a514b6c3a93e828db27c2 (diff)
parente76946110137703c16423baf6ee177b751a34b7e (diff)
Merge tag 'wq-for-6.14-rc2-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/wq
Pull workqueue fix from Tejun Heo: - Fix a regression where a worker pool can be freed before rescuer workers are done with it leading to user-after-free * tag 'wq-for-6.14-rc2-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/wq: workqueue: Put the pwq after detaching the rescuer from the pool
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/workqueue.c')
-rw-r--r--kernel/workqueue.c12
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
index 3c2c45313c88..97152f2250fe 100644
--- a/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -3517,12 +3517,6 @@ repeat:
}
/*
- * Put the reference grabbed by send_mayday(). @pool won't
- * go away while we're still attached to it.
- */
- put_pwq(pwq);
-
- /*
* Leave this pool. Notify regular workers; otherwise, we end up
* with 0 concurrency and stalling the execution.
*/
@@ -3532,6 +3526,12 @@ repeat:
worker_detach_from_pool(rescuer);
+ /*
+ * Put the reference grabbed by send_mayday(). @pool might
+ * go away any time after it.
+ */
+ put_pwq_unlocked(pwq);
+
raw_spin_lock_irq(&wq_mayday_lock);
}