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-rw-r--r--include/linux/cgroup.h1
-rw-r--r--kernel/cgroup/cgroup-internal.h1
-rw-r--r--mm/memcontrol.c15
3 files changed, 14 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/cgroup.h b/include/linux/cgroup.h
index 202852383ae9..522aa6b6d9b0 100644
--- a/include/linux/cgroup.h
+++ b/include/linux/cgroup.h
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ struct css_task_iter {
struct list_head iters_node; /* css_set->task_iters */
};
+extern struct file_system_type cgroup_fs_type;
extern struct cgroup_root cgrp_dfl_root;
extern struct css_set init_css_set;
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup-internal.h b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup-internal.h
index 8dfb2526b3aa..803989eae99e 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup-internal.h
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup-internal.h
@@ -169,7 +169,6 @@ extern struct mutex cgroup_mutex;
extern spinlock_t css_set_lock;
extern struct cgroup_subsys *cgroup_subsys[];
extern struct list_head cgroup_roots;
-extern struct file_system_type cgroup_fs_type;
/* iterate across the hierarchies */
#define for_each_root(root) \
diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 8fc663545498..62861daf3589 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -4709,6 +4709,7 @@ static ssize_t memcg_write_event_control(struct kernfs_open_file *of,
unsigned int efd, cfd;
struct fd efile;
struct fd cfile;
+ struct dentry *cdentry;
const char *name;
char *endp;
int ret;
@@ -4760,6 +4761,16 @@ static ssize_t memcg_write_event_control(struct kernfs_open_file *of,
goto out_put_cfile;
/*
+ * The control file must be a regular cgroup1 file. As a regular cgroup
+ * file can't be renamed, it's safe to access its name afterwards.
+ */
+ cdentry = cfile.file->f_path.dentry;
+ if (cdentry->d_sb->s_type != &cgroup_fs_type || !d_is_reg(cdentry)) {
+ ret = -EINVAL;
+ goto out_put_cfile;
+ }
+
+ /*
* Determine the event callbacks and set them in @event. This used
* to be done via struct cftype but cgroup core no longer knows
* about these events. The following is crude but the whole thing
@@ -4767,7 +4778,7 @@ static ssize_t memcg_write_event_control(struct kernfs_open_file *of,
*
* DO NOT ADD NEW FILES.
*/
- name = cfile.file->f_path.dentry->d_name.name;
+ name = cdentry->d_name.name;
if (!strcmp(name, "memory.usage_in_bytes")) {
event->register_event = mem_cgroup_usage_register_event;
@@ -4791,7 +4802,7 @@ static ssize_t memcg_write_event_control(struct kernfs_open_file *of,
* automatically removed on cgroup destruction but the removal is
* asynchronous, so take an extra ref on @css.
*/
- cfile_css = css_tryget_online_from_dir(cfile.file->f_path.dentry->d_parent,
+ cfile_css = css_tryget_online_from_dir(cdentry->d_parent,
&memory_cgrp_subsys);
ret = -EINVAL;
if (IS_ERR(cfile_css))