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From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@kernel.org>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	stable@vger.kernel.org,
	Shuangpeng Bai <shuangpeng.kernel@gmail.com>
Subject: [for-linus][PATCH 01/12] eventfs: Fix use-after-free in eventfs_remove_rec()
Date: Sat, 08 Aug 2026 22:31:45 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260809023221.366243140@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20260809023144.852271250@kernel.org

From: Shuangpeng Bai <shuangpeng.kernel@gmail.com>

eventfs_remove_rec() recursively removes the child at the current loop
position. After the recursive call returns, list_for_each_entry() advances
by reading list.next from the removed child.

If free_ei() drops the final reference, release_ei() reuses the list/rcu
union to queue an SRCU callback. The child may be freed before that read.
The eventfs_mutex serializes list updates, but it does not keep the removed
child alive or prevent the SRCU callback from running.

Use list_for_each_entry_safe() to save the next sibling before recursively
removing the current child.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: 43aa6f97c2d0 ("eventfs: Get rid of dentry pointers without refcounts")
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260806022719.375354-1-shuangpeng.kernel@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Shuangpeng Bai <shuangpeng.kernel@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
---
 fs/tracefs/event_inode.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c b/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c
index 39c7a34531e8..93bc4f83b73e 100644
--- a/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c
+++ b/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c
@@ -822,7 +822,7 @@ struct eventfs_inode *eventfs_create_events_dir(const char *name, struct dentry
  */
 static void eventfs_remove_rec(struct eventfs_inode *ei, int level)
 {
-	struct eventfs_inode *ei_child;
+	struct eventfs_inode *ei_child, *tmp;
 
 	/*
 	 * Check recursion depth. It should never be greater than 3:
@@ -835,7 +835,7 @@ static void eventfs_remove_rec(struct eventfs_inode *ei, int level)
 		return;
 
 	/* search for nested folders or files */
-	list_for_each_entry(ei_child, &ei->children, list)
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(ei_child, tmp, &ei->children, list)
 		eventfs_remove_rec(ei_child, level + 1);
 
 	list_del_rcu(&ei->list);
-- 
2.53.0



  reply	other threads:[~2026-08-09  2:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-08-09  2:31 [for-linus][PATCH 00/12] tracing: Fixes for 7.2 Steven Rostedt
2026-08-09  2:31 ` Steven Rostedt [this message]
2026-08-09  2:31 ` [for-linus][PATCH 02/12] eventfs: Use children field for rcu head and add memory barriers Steven Rostedt
2026-08-09  2:31 ` [for-linus][PATCH 03/12] ftrace: Protect direct_functions in ftrace_find_rec_direct Steven Rostedt
2026-08-09  2:31 ` [for-linus][PATCH 04/12] ftrace: Protect direct_functions in update_ftrace_direct_del Steven Rostedt
2026-08-09  2:31 ` [for-linus][PATCH 05/12] ftrace: Protect direct_functions in update_ftrace_direct_mod Steven Rostedt
2026-08-09  2:31 ` [for-linus][PATCH 06/12] ftrace: Drop extra comma in trace_buffered_event_enable Steven Rostedt
2026-08-09  2:31 ` [for-linus][PATCH 07/12] ring-buffer: Use current_context for safe per-CPU buffer swap Steven Rostedt
2026-08-09  2:31 ` [for-linus][PATCH 08/12] ftrace: Fix off-by-one fentry site disable in ftrace_free_mem() Steven Rostedt
2026-08-09  2:31 ` [for-linus][PATCH 09/12] ring-buffer: Prevent resizing of persistent ring buffer Steven Rostedt
2026-08-09  2:31 ` [for-linus][PATCH 10/12] ring-buffer: Prevent subbuf order change when resizing is disabled Steven Rostedt
2026-08-09  2:31 ` [for-linus][PATCH 11/12] ring-buffer: Initialise reader page order in rb_allocate_cpu_buffer() Steven Rostedt
2026-08-09  2:31 ` [for-linus][PATCH 12/12] ring-buffer: Fix crash passing ERR_PTR to kthread_stop() Steven Rostedt

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