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From: Frank Sorenson <sorenson@redhat.com>
To: linux-cifs@vger.kernel.org, pc@manguebit.org
Cc: linkinjeon@kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] smb: client: fix potential use-after-free with TCP_Server_Info->hostname
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2026 19:33:19 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260918003327.2539470-1-sorenson@redhat.com> (raw)

The TCP_Server_Info->hostname pointer may be updated during a reconnect
event. Accessing ses->server->hostname outside of the srv_lock is
unsafe and can lead to a use-after-free if another thread reallocates
the hostname string.

Fix this by replacing instances of cifs_dbg() that print the hostname
with cifs_server_dbg() across multiple files (smb2ops.c, sess.c, and
smb2pdu.c).  cifs_server_dbg() correctly acquires the srv_lock before
printing and standardizes the output by prepending the server hostname
to the message.

Fixes: 4659f01e3cd9 ("smb3: do not log confusing message when server returns no network interfaces")
Fixes: a6d8fb54a515 ("cifs: distribute channels across interfaces based on speed")
Fixes: f591062bdbf4 ("cifs: handle servers that still advertise multichannel after disabling")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Frank Sorenson <sorenson@redhat.com>
---
 fs/smb/client/sess.c    | 5 ++---
 fs/smb/client/smb2ops.c | 7 +++----
 fs/smb/client/smb2pdu.c | 5 ++---
 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/smb/client/sess.c b/fs/smb/client/sess.c
index e095f41b5882..5c2c9cabf7ef 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/sess.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/sess.c
@@ -192,8 +192,7 @@ int cifs_try_adding_channels(struct cifs_ses *ses)
 		spin_lock(&ses->iface_lock);
 		if (!ses->iface_count) {
 			spin_unlock(&ses->iface_lock);
-			cifs_dbg(ONCE, "server %s does not advertise interfaces\n",
-				      ses->server->hostname);
+			cifs_server_dbg(ONCE, "server does not advertise interfaces\n");
 			break;
 		}
 
@@ -395,7 +394,7 @@ cifs_chan_update_iface(struct cifs_ses *ses, struct TCP_Server_Info *server)
 	spin_lock(&ses->iface_lock);
 	if (!ses->iface_count) {
 		spin_unlock(&ses->iface_lock);
-		cifs_dbg(ONCE, "server %s does not advertise interfaces\n", ses->server->hostname);
+		cifs_server_dbg(ONCE, "server does not advertise interfaces\n");
 		return;
 	}
 
diff --git a/fs/smb/client/smb2ops.c b/fs/smb/client/smb2ops.c
index 3464470d3297..08ea340f01b6 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/smb2ops.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/smb2ops.c
@@ -632,6 +632,7 @@ static int
 parse_server_interfaces(struct network_interface_info_ioctl_rsp *buf,
 			size_t buf_len, struct cifs_ses *ses, bool in_mount)
 {
+	struct TCP_Server_Info *server = ses->server;
 	struct network_interface_info_ioctl_rsp *p;
 	struct sockaddr_in *addr4;
 	struct sockaddr_in6 *addr6;
@@ -666,10 +667,8 @@ parse_server_interfaces(struct network_interface_info_ioctl_rsp *buf,
 	if (bytes_left == 0) {
 		/* avoid spamming logs every 10 minutes, so log only in mount */
 		if ((ses->chan_max > 1) && in_mount)
-			cifs_dbg(VFS,
-				 "multichannel not available\n"
-				 "Empty network interface list returned by server %s\n",
-				 ses->server->hostname);
+			cifs_server_dbg(VFS,
+					"multichannel not available - Empty network interface list returned by server\n");
 		rc = -EOPNOTSUPP;
 		goto out;
 	}
diff --git a/fs/smb/client/smb2pdu.c b/fs/smb/client/smb2pdu.c
index dea05aeb53a1..bb30cfa156aa 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/smb2pdu.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/smb2pdu.c
@@ -173,9 +173,8 @@ cifs_chan_skip_or_disable(struct cifs_ses *ses,
 	unsigned int chan_index;
 
 	if (SERVER_IS_CHAN(server)) {
-		cifs_dbg(VFS,
-			"server %s does not support multichannel anymore. Skip secondary channel\n",
-			 ses->server->hostname);
+		cifs_server_dbg(VFS,
+				"server does not support multichannel anymore. Skip secondary channel\n");
 
 		spin_lock(&ses->chan_lock);
 		chan_index = cifs_ses_get_chan_index(ses, server);
-- 
2.55.0


             reply	other threads:[~2026-09-18  0:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-09-18  0:33 Frank Sorenson [this message]
2026-09-18  1:44 ` [PATCH] smb: client: fix potential use-after-free with TCP_Server_Info->hostname Frank Sorenson
2026-09-18  1:47 ` Namjae Jeon
2026-09-18  1:52   ` Frank Sorenson

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