* [PATCH] fanotify: fix use-after-free of file range info
@ 2026-07-30 8:58 Chengfeng Ye
2026-07-30 10:24 ` Jan Kara
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Chengfeng Ye @ 2026-07-30 8:58 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Jan Kara, Amir Goldstein, Matthew Bobrowski
Cc: linux-fsdevel, linux-kernel, Chengfeng Ye, stable
fsnotify_pre_content() builds its file_range on the triggering task's
stack. fanotify_alloc_perm_event() saves a pointer to range.pos in the
heap-allocated permission event so copy_range_info_to_user() can report
the offset later.
The event reader can set the event state to FAN_EVENT_REPORTED and then
sleep while preparing the file descriptor. If a signal interrupts the
triggering task at that point, fanotify_get_response() changes the state
to FAN_EVENT_CANCELED and returns. This unwinds the file_range stack
frame while the reader still owns the event. The reader then dereferences
pevent->ppos and copies the stale stack value to userspace.
KASAN reported:
BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in fanotify_read+0x293e/0x2970
Read of size 8 at addr ffff88811434fc50 by task fanotify_inotif/95
Call Trace:
fanotify_read+0x293e/0x2970
vfs_read+0x177/0xa20
ksys_read+0xf7/0x1c0
do_syscall_64+0xf9/0x540
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
Copy the range position into the permission event and make ppos refer to
that event-owned value. The event remains alive until the reader finishes,
so the reported offset no longer depends on the triggering task's stack.
Fixes: 870499bc1d4d ("fanotify: report file range info with pre-content events")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Chengfeng Ye <nicoyip.dev@gmail.com>
---
fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c | 3 ++-
fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.h | 3 ++-
2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c
index a3555bebad63..c97d1be70310 100644
--- a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c
+++ b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c
@@ -601,7 +601,8 @@ static struct fanotify_event *fanotify_alloc_perm_event(const void *data,
pevent->state = FAN_EVENT_INIT;
pevent->path = *path;
/* NULL ppos means no range info */
- pevent->ppos = range ? &range->pos : NULL;
+ pevent->pos = range ? range->pos : 0;
+ pevent->ppos = range ? &pevent->pos : NULL;
pevent->count = range ? range->count : 0;
path_get(path);
diff --git a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.h b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.h
index a0619e7694d5..c964df6c0514 100644
--- a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.h
+++ b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.h
@@ -438,7 +438,8 @@ FANOTIFY_ME(struct fanotify_event *event)
struct fanotify_perm_event {
struct fanotify_event fae;
struct path path;
- const loff_t *ppos; /* optional file range info */
+ loff_t pos;
+ const loff_t *ppos; /* &pos if range info is available */
size_t count;
u32 response; /* userspace answer to the event */
unsigned short state; /* state of the event */
--
2.43.0
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2026-07-30 8:58 [PATCH] fanotify: fix use-after-free of file range info Chengfeng Ye
@ 2026-07-30 10:24 ` Jan Kara
2026-07-30 13:44 ` Chengfeng Ye
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Jan Kara @ 2026-07-30 10:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Chengfeng Ye
Cc: Jan Kara, Amir Goldstein, linux-fsdevel, linux-kernel, stable
On Thu 30-07-26 16:58:01, Chengfeng Ye wrote:
> fsnotify_pre_content() builds its file_range on the triggering task's
> stack. fanotify_alloc_perm_event() saves a pointer to range.pos in the
> heap-allocated permission event so copy_range_info_to_user() can report
> the offset later.
>
> The event reader can set the event state to FAN_EVENT_REPORTED and then
> sleep while preparing the file descriptor. If a signal interrupts the
> triggering task at that point, fanotify_get_response() changes the state
> to FAN_EVENT_CANCELED and returns. This unwinds the file_range stack
> frame while the reader still owns the event. The reader then dereferences
> pevent->ppos and copies the stale stack value to userspace.
>
> KASAN reported:
>
> BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in fanotify_read+0x293e/0x2970
> Read of size 8 at addr ffff88811434fc50 by task fanotify_inotif/95
> Call Trace:
> fanotify_read+0x293e/0x2970
> vfs_read+0x177/0xa20
> ksys_read+0xf7/0x1c0
> do_syscall_64+0xf9/0x540
> entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
>
> Copy the range position into the permission event and make ppos refer to
> that event-owned value. The event remains alive until the reader finishes,
> so the reported offset no longer depends on the triggering task's stack.
>
> Fixes: 870499bc1d4d ("fanotify: report file range info with pre-content events")
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Chengfeng Ye <nicoyip.dev@gmail.com>
Thanks for report! That's indeed a nasty bug. FWIW I always disliked how we
passed pointer to pos around instead of pos itself only to be able to
indicate it is not defined. Since loff_t is actually signed, Amir, do you
remember why we didn't just define (loff_t)-1 as "range not provided"
message instead of passing around ppos?
I think getting rid of passing ppos around and storing it to the permission
event would be preferrable over the hybrid approach in this patch.
Honza
> ---
> fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c | 3 ++-
> fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.h | 3 ++-
> 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c
> index a3555bebad63..c97d1be70310 100644
> --- a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c
> +++ b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c
> @@ -601,7 +601,8 @@ static struct fanotify_event *fanotify_alloc_perm_event(const void *data,
> pevent->state = FAN_EVENT_INIT;
> pevent->path = *path;
> /* NULL ppos means no range info */
> - pevent->ppos = range ? &range->pos : NULL;
> + pevent->pos = range ? range->pos : 0;
> + pevent->ppos = range ? &pevent->pos : NULL;
> pevent->count = range ? range->count : 0;
> path_get(path);
>
> diff --git a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.h b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.h
> index a0619e7694d5..c964df6c0514 100644
> --- a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.h
> +++ b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.h
> @@ -438,7 +438,8 @@ FANOTIFY_ME(struct fanotify_event *event)
> struct fanotify_perm_event {
> struct fanotify_event fae;
> struct path path;
> - const loff_t *ppos; /* optional file range info */
> + loff_t pos;
> + const loff_t *ppos; /* &pos if range info is available */
> size_t count;
> u32 response; /* userspace answer to the event */
> unsigned short state; /* state of the event */
> --
> 2.43.0
>
--
Jan Kara <jack@suse.com>
SUSE Labs, CR
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