sched_ext: Remove redundant css_put() in scx_cgroup_init()

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commit 1336b579f6 upstream.

The iterator css_for_each_descendant_pre() walks the cgroup hierarchy
under cgroup_lock(). It does not increment the reference counts on
yielded css structs.

According to the cgroup documentation, css_put() should only be used
to release a reference obtained via css_get() or css_tryget_online().
Since the iterator does not use either of these to acquire a reference,
calling css_put() in the error path of scx_cgroup_init() causes a
refcount underflow.

Remove the unbalanced css_put() to prevent a potential Use-After-Free
(UAF) vulnerability.

Fixes: 8195136669 ("sched_ext: Add cgroup support")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v6.12+
Signed-off-by: Cheng-Yang Chou <yphbchou0911@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

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Cheng-Yang Chou 2026-03-03 22:35:30 +08:00 • committed by Greg Kroah-Hartman

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