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From: Baokun Li <libaokun@linux.alibaba.com>
To: fuse-devel@lists.linux.dev
Cc: miklos@szeredi.hu, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk,
	jefflexu@linux.alibaba.com
Subject: [PATCH] cuse: wait for pending RCU callbacks on module exit
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2026 21:40:15 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260814134015.618488-1-libaokun@linux.alibaba.com> (raw)

Since commit 053fc4f755ad ("fuse: fix UAF in rcu pathwalks"),
fuse_conn_put() frees the fuse_conn through call_rcu() rather than
synchronously.  For cuse, fc->release is cuse_fc_release(), which
lives in the cuse module.  If the module is removed before the RCU
grace period ends, the callback jumps into freed module memory:

      userspace / module unload      |        RCU softirq
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 close(/dev/cuse)                    |
  cuse_channel_release()             |
   fuse_dev_release()                |
    fuse_conn_put(fch->conn)         |
     call_rcu(delayed_release) ------+---> callback queued
                                     |
 rmmod cuse                          |
  cuse_exit()                        |
   cuse_channel_destroy()            |
   ...                               |
   return                            |
                                     |
 <module text freed>                 |
                                     |  rcu_do_batch()
                                     |   delayed_release()
                                     |    fc->release()
                                     |     -> cuse_fc_release()
                                     |        ^^^ freed text!

The freed module text is unmapped by vfree(), so the jump into the
stale callback triggers a page-fault Oops.  If the virtual address
is subsequently reused, the callback could execute unrelated code
(undefined behaviour).

Fix this by calling rcu_barrier() in cuse_exit() so that any pending
fuse_conn release callback completes before the module is removed.

Fixes: 053fc4f755ad ("fuse: fix UAF in rcu pathwalks")
Signed-off-by: Baokun Li <libaokun@linux.alibaba.com>
---
 fs/fuse/cuse.c | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/fuse/cuse.c b/fs/fuse/cuse.c
index 3c15b5ba16d7..1c71783ca5a5 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/cuse.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/cuse.c
@@ -653,6 +653,11 @@ static void __exit cuse_exit(void)
 {
 	misc_deregister(&cuse_miscdev);
 	class_destroy(cuse_class);
+	/*
+	 * Wait for pending call_rcu() callbacks that call back into
+	 * this module via fc->release (cuse_fc_release).
+	 */
+	rcu_barrier();
 }
 
 module_init(cuse_init);
-- 
2.43.7


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