From: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>,
Marc Dionne <marc.dionne@auristor.com>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>, Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>,
linux-afs@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Jeffrey Altman <jaltman@auristor.com>,
stable@kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net v2 11/16] afs: Fix UAF in afs_make_call()
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2026 20:22:13 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260710192220.1922433-12-dhowells@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260710192220.1922433-1-dhowells@redhat.com>
There's a potential UAF in afs_make_call() in the event that an
asynchronous call is being sent, but the call fails in some way (e.g. it
gets aborted from the server). The problem is that afs_make_call() tries
to abort a call if the rxrpc send fails, but the asynchronous notification
from rxrpc may have caused the afs_call to be torn down.
Fix this making afs_make_op_call() give the op->call its own ref rather
than transferring the caller's ref to it and then dropping the ref when
afs_make_call() returns.
This also means that the afs_make_call() func never loses its ref on the
call now.
Fixes: e49c7b2f6de7 ("afs: Build an abstraction around an "operation" concept")
Link: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260702144919.172295-1-dhowells%40redhat.com
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
cc: Marc Dionne <marc.dionne@auristor.com>
cc: Jeffrey Altman <jaltman@auristor.com>
cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
cc: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
cc: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
cc: linux-afs@lists.infradead.org
cc: stable@kernel.org
---
fs/afs/internal.h | 3 ++-
fs/afs/rxrpc.c | 3 ---
include/trace/events/afs.h | 2 ++
3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/afs/internal.h b/fs/afs/internal.h
index 7b68cf141bf9..47e2cae979b6 100644
--- a/fs/afs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/afs/internal.h
@@ -1418,7 +1418,7 @@ static inline void afs_make_op_call(struct afs_operation *op, struct afs_call *c
{
struct afs_addr_list *alist = op->estate->addresses;
- op->call = call;
+ op->call = afs_get_call(call, afs_call_trace_get_op_call);
op->type = call->type;
call->op = op;
call->key = op->key;
@@ -1426,6 +1426,7 @@ static inline void afs_make_op_call(struct afs_operation *op, struct afs_call *c
call->peer = rxrpc_kernel_get_peer(alist->addrs[op->addr_index].peer);
call->service_id = op->server->service_id;
afs_make_call(call, gfp);
+ afs_put_call(call, afs_call_trace_put_made_call);
}
static inline void afs_extract_begin(struct afs_call *call, void *buf, size_t size)
diff --git a/fs/afs/rxrpc.c b/fs/afs/rxrpc.c
index a1b9ced4e0f4..6dc6fd853832 100644
--- a/fs/afs/rxrpc.c
+++ b/fs/afs/rxrpc.c
@@ -382,8 +382,6 @@ void afs_make_call(struct afs_call *call, gfp_t gfp)
if (ret < 0)
goto error_do_abort;
- /* We lost our ref on call if MSG_MORE was not set and ret >= 0. */
-
if (write_iter) {
msg.msg_iter = *call->write_iter;
msg.msg_flags &= ~MSG_MORE;
@@ -393,7 +391,6 @@ void afs_make_call(struct afs_call *call, gfp_t gfp)
call->rxcall, &msg,
iov_iter_count(&msg.msg_iter),
afs_notify_end_request_tx);
- /* We lost our ref on call if ret >= 0. */
trace_afs_sent_data(debug_id, &msg, ret);
if (ret < 0)
diff --git a/include/trace/events/afs.h b/include/trace/events/afs.h
index df397c11df85..a1963e21f034 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/afs.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/afs.h
@@ -122,8 +122,10 @@ enum yfs_cm_operation {
#define afs_call_traces \
EM(afs_call_trace_alloc, "ALLOC ") \
EM(afs_call_trace_free, "FREE ") \
+ EM(afs_call_trace_get_op_call, "GET op ") \
EM(afs_call_trace_get_make_async_call, "GET a-make ") \
EM(afs_call_trace_put_async_complete, "PUT a-cmpl ") \
+ EM(afs_call_trace_put_made_call, "PUT made ") \
EM(afs_call_trace_put_discard_prealloc, "PUT dis-pre") \
EM(afs_call_trace_put_get_capabilities, "PUT get-cap") \
EM(afs_call_trace_put_giveupcallbacks, "PUT gvup-cb") \
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-10 19:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-10 19:22 [PATCH net v2 00/16] rxrpc: Fix CHALLENGE packet handling David Howells
2026-07-10 19:22 ` [PATCH net v2 01/16] afs: Fix NULL deref in afs_deliver_cb_init_call_back_state3() David Howells
2026-07-10 19:22 ` [PATCH net v2 02/16] rxrpc: Fix sendmsg to not return an error if last packet queued David Howells
2026-07-10 19:22 ` [PATCH net v2 03/16] afs: Fix UAF when sending a message David Howells
2026-07-10 19:22 ` [PATCH net v2 04/16] afs: Fix two delivery functions to pass back -EAGAIN David Howells
2026-07-10 19:22 ` [PATCH net v2 05/16] afs: Fix afs_fs_fetch_data() to set call->async David Howells
2026-07-10 19:22 ` [PATCH net v2 06/16] rxrpc: Fix packet encryption error handling David Howells
2026-07-10 19:22 ` [PATCH net v2 07/16] rxrpc: Fix update of call->tx_pending without holding lock David Howells
2026-07-10 19:22 ` [PATCH net v2 08/16] rxrpc: Fix generation of notifications after call completion David Howells
2026-07-10 19:22 ` [PATCH net v2 09/16] afs: Simplify call refcounting David Howells
2026-07-10 19:22 ` [PATCH net v2 10/16] afs: Make afs_put_call() take trace argument David Howells
2026-07-10 19:22 ` David Howells [this message]
2026-07-10 19:22 ` [PATCH net v2 12/16] keys: Add refcounting to user-defined key type payload David Howells
2026-07-11 17:51 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2026-07-13 8:09 ` David Howells
2026-07-10 19:22 ` [PATCH net v2 13/16] afs: Create a server appdata key David Howells
2026-07-10 19:22 ` [PATCH net v2 14/16] rxrpc: Pass appdata key to rxrpc_call and thence to rxrpc_bundle David Howells
2026-07-10 19:22 ` [PATCH net v2 15/16] rxrpc: Fix CHALLENGE packet overqueuing and simplify RESPONSE generation David Howells
2026-07-10 19:22 ` [PATCH net v2 16/16] rxrpc: Remove OOB challenge/response code David Howells
2026-07-13 7:39 ` [PATCH net v2 00/16] rxrpc: Fix CHALLENGE packet handling David Howells
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