workqueue: Fix NULL pointer dereference
When queue_work() is used in irq (not in task context), there is a potential case that trigger NULL pointer dereference. ---------------------------------------------------------------- worker_thread() |-spin_lock_irq() |-process_one_work() |-worker->current_pwq = pwq |-spin_unlock_irq() |-worker->current_func(work) |-spin_lock_irq() |-worker->current_pwq = NULL |-spin_unlock_irq() //interrupt here |-irq_handler |-__queue_work() //assuming that the wq is draining |-is_chained_work(wq) |-current_wq_worker() //Here, 'current' is the interrupted worker! |-current->current_pwq is NULL here! |-schedule() ---------------------------------------------------------------- Avoid it by checking for task context in current_wq_worker(), and if not in task context, we shouldn't use the 'current' to check the condition. Reported-by: Xiaofei Tan <tanxiaofei@huawei.com> Signed-off-by: Li Bin <huawei.libin@huawei.com> Reviewed-by: Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Fixes: 8d03ecfe ("workqueue: reimplement is_chained_work() using current_wq_worker()") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v3.9+
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