cgwb_release_workfn() calls css_put(wb->blkcg_css) and then later accesses wb->blkcg_css again via blkcg_unpin_online(). If css_put() drops the last reference, the blkcg can be freed asynchronously (css_free_rwork_fn -> blkcg_css_free -> kfree) before blkcg_unpin_online() dereferences the pointer to access blkcg->online_pin, resulting in a use-after-free: BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in blkcg_unpin_online (./include/linux/instrumented.h:112 ./include/linux/atomic/atomic-instrumented.h:400 ./include/linux/refcount.h:389 ./include/linux/refcount.h:432 ./include/linux/refcount.h:450 block/blk-cgroup.c:1367) Write of size 4 at addr ff11000117aa6160 by task kworker/71:1/531 Workqueue: cgwb_release cgwb_release_workfn Call Trace: blkcg_unpin_online (./include/linux/instrumented.h:112 ./include/linux/atomic/atomic-instrumented.h:400 ./include/linux/refcount.h:389 ./include/linux/refcount.h:432 ./include/linux/refcount.h:450 block/blk-cgroup.c:1367) cgwb_release_workfn (mm/backing-dev.c:629) process_scheduled_works (kernel/workqueue.c:3278 kernel/workqueue.c:3385) Freed by task 1016: kfree (./include/linux/kasan.h:235 mm/slub.c:2689 mm/slub.c:6246 mm/slub.c:6561) css_free_rwork_fn (kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c:5542) process_scheduled_works (kernel/workqueue.c:3302 kernel/workqueue.c:3385) ** Stack based on commit 66672af7a095 ("Add linux-next specific files for 20260410") I am seeing this crash sporadically in Meta fleet across multiple kernel versions. A full reproducer is available at: https://github.com/leitao/debug/blob/main/reproducers/repro_blkcg_uaf.sh (The race window is narrow. To make it easily reproducible, inject a msleep(100) between css_put() and blkcg_unpin_online() in cgwb_release_workfn(). With that delay and a KASAN-enabled kernel, the reproducer triggers the splat reliably in less than a second.) Fix this by moving blkcg_unpin_online() before css_put(), so the cgwb's CSS reference keeps the blkcg alive while blkcg_unpin_online() accesses it. Fixes: 59b57717fff8 ("blkcg: delay blkg destruction until after writeback has finished") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao --- mm/backing-dev.c | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/mm/backing-dev.c b/mm/backing-dev.c index 7a18fa6c72725..cecbcf9060a65 100644 --- a/mm/backing-dev.c +++ b/mm/backing-dev.c @@ -618,12 +618,13 @@ static void cgwb_release_workfn(struct work_struct *work) wb_shutdown(wb); css_put(wb->memcg_css); - css_put(wb->blkcg_css); - mutex_unlock(&wb->bdi->cgwb_release_mutex); /* triggers blkg destruction if no online users left */ blkcg_unpin_online(wb->blkcg_css); + css_put(wb->blkcg_css); + mutex_unlock(&wb->bdi->cgwb_release_mutex); + fprop_local_destroy_percpu(&wb->memcg_completions); spin_lock_irq(&cgwb_lock); --- base-commit: 66672af7a095d89f082c5327f3b15bc2f93d558e change-id: 20260413-blkcg-9b82762430f4 Best regards, -- Breno Leitao