1 files changed, 13 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/sql/sql_parse.cc b/sql/sql_parse.cc
index 7092ea3bb6c..167abfeedc6 100644
--- a/sql/sql_parse.cc
+++ b/sql/sql_parse.cc
@@ -6674,13 +6674,23 @@ static uint kill_threads_for_user(THD *thd, LEX_USER *user,
   if (!threads_to_kill.is_empty())
   {
     List_iterator_fast<THD> it(threads_to_kill);
-    THD *ptr;
-    while ((ptr= it++))
+    THD *next_ptr;
+    THD *ptr= it++;
+    do
     {
       ptr->awake(kill_signal);
+      /*
+        Careful here: The list nodes are allocated on the memroots of the
+        THDs to be awakened.
+        But those THDs may be terminated and deleted as soon as we release
+        LOCK_thd_data, which will make the list nodes invalid.
+        Since the operation "it++" dereferences the "next" pointer of the
+        previous list node, we need to do this while holding LOCK_thd_data.
+      */
+      next_ptr= it++;
       mysql_mutex_unlock(&ptr->LOCK_thd_data);
       (*rows)++;
-    }
+    } while ((ptr= next_ptr));
   }
   DBUG_RETURN(0);
 }