Merge branch 'for-5.14-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/wq
Pull workqueue fix from Tejun Heo:
"Fix a use-after-free in allocation failure handling path"
* 'for-5.14-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/wq:
workqueue: fix UAF in pwq_unbound_release_workfn()
diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
index 50142fc..f148eac 100644
--- a/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -3676,15 +3676,21 @@
unbound_release_work);
struct workqueue_struct *wq = pwq->wq;
struct worker_pool *pool = pwq->pool;
- bool is_last;
+ bool is_last = false;
- if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!(wq->flags & WQ_UNBOUND)))
- return;
+ /*
+ * when @pwq is not linked, it doesn't hold any reference to the
+ * @wq, and @wq is invalid to access.
+ */
+ if (!list_empty(&pwq->pwqs_node)) {
+ if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!(wq->flags & WQ_UNBOUND)))
+ return;
- mutex_lock(&wq->mutex);
- list_del_rcu(&pwq->pwqs_node);
- is_last = list_empty(&wq->pwqs);
- mutex_unlock(&wq->mutex);
+ mutex_lock(&wq->mutex);
+ list_del_rcu(&pwq->pwqs_node);
+ is_last = list_empty(&wq->pwqs);
+ mutex_unlock(&wq->mutex);
+ }
mutex_lock(&wq_pool_mutex);
put_unbound_pool(pool);
