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From: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
To: Ext4 Developers List <linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
Subject: [PATCH 08/27] ext4: zero s_fc_replay_state in ext4_fc_replay_cleanup()
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2026 23:06:19 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261112040638.1576836-9-tytso@mit.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261112040638.1576836-1-tytso@mit.edu>

ext4_fc_replay_cleanup() frees sbi->s_fc_replay_state.fc_regions and
sbi->s_fc_replay_state.fc_modified_inodes, but leaves the dangling
pointers and non-zero size/usage counters in sbi->s_fc_replay_state.

This makes ext4_fc_replay_cleanup() non-idempotent: calling it more than
once triggers a slab double-free of fc_regions and fc_modified_inodes.
In particular, the ext4_fast_commit_test KUnit suite calls
ext4_fc_replay_cleanup() explicitly at the end of replay test cases and
again from its fc_cleanup_all() teardown action, causing SLUB
double-free errors in test_fc_replay_inode_and_dentries() and
test_fc_replay_ranges_and_end_to_end(). Leaving stale pointers and a
non-zero fc_regions_valid count in s_fc_replay_state after replay
completes also risks a use-after-free if ext4_fc_replay_check_excluded()
is ever invoked after cleanup, or a double-free if mount error paths are
updated to call ext4_fc_replay_cleanup().

Zero sbi->s_fc_replay_state in ext4_fc_replay_cleanup() after freeing
both buffers so the replay state is fully reset and repeated calls are
safe no-ops.

Fixes: 8016e29f4362 ("ext4: fast commit recovery path")
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
---
 fs/ext4/fast_commit.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/fast_commit.c b/fs/ext4/fast_commit.c
index 0cac890cf370..15bd040c2329 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/fast_commit.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/fast_commit.c
@@ -2398,6 +2398,7 @@ void ext4_fc_replay_cleanup(struct super_block *sb)
 	sbi->s_mount_state &= ~EXT4_FC_REPLAY;
 	kfree(sbi->s_fc_replay_state.fc_regions);
 	kfree(sbi->s_fc_replay_state.fc_modified_inodes);
+	memset(&sbi->s_fc_replay_state, 0, sizeof(sbi->s_fc_replay_state));
 }
 
 static bool ext4_fc_value_len_isvalid(struct ext4_sb_info *sbi,
-- 
2.56.0.542.g3ef89b7020-goog


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-11-12  4:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 55+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-11-12  4:06 [PATCH 00/27] ext4: add lots of KUnit tests! Theodore Ts'o
2026-11-12  4:06 ` [PATCH 01/27] ext4: add KUinit tests for fs/ext4/extents_status.c Theodore Ts'o
2026-11-12  4:18   ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-12  4:06 ` [PATCH 02/27] ext4: add KUnit tests for fs/ext4/extents.c Theodore Ts'o
2026-11-12  4:28   ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-12  4:06 ` [PATCH 03/27] ext4: add KUnit tests for ext4_ext_split() leaf and index splitting Theodore Ts'o
2026-11-12  4:15   ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-12  4:06 ` [PATCH 04/27] ext4: add KUnit tests for fs/ext4/xattr.c Theodore Ts'o
2026-11-12  4:26   ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-12  4:06 ` [PATCH 05/27] ext4: add KUnit tests for fs/ext4/namei.c Theodore Ts'o
2026-11-12  4:21   ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-12  4:06 ` [PATCH 06/27] ext4: expand KUnit tests for fs/ext4/mballoc.c Theodore Ts'o
2026-11-12  4:26   ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-12  4:06 ` [PATCH 07/27] ext4: add KUnit tests for fs/ext4/inline.c Theodore Ts'o
2026-11-12  4:29   ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-12  4:06 ` Theodore Ts'o [this message]
2026-11-12  4:16   ` [PATCH 08/27] ext4: zero s_fc_replay_state in ext4_fc_replay_cleanup() sashiko-bot
2026-11-12  4:06 ` [PATCH 09/27] ext4: add KUnit tests for fs/ext4/fast_commit.c Theodore Ts'o
2026-11-12  4:28   ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-12  4:06 ` [PATCH 10/27] ext4: expand KUnit tests for fs/ext4/inode.c Theodore Ts'o
2026-11-12  4:36   ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-12  4:06 ` [PATCH 11/27] ext4: add KUnit tests for fs/ext4/ialloc.c Theodore Ts'o
2026-11-12  4:25   ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-12  4:06 ` [PATCH 12/27] ext4: add KUnit tests for fs/ext4/balloc.c Theodore Ts'o
2026-11-12  4:16   ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-12  4:06 ` [PATCH 13/27] ext4: add KUnit tests for fs/ext4/orphan.c Theodore Ts'o
2026-11-12  4:18   ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-12  4:06 ` [PATCH 14/27] ext4: add KUnit tests for fs/ext4/block_validity.c Theodore Ts'o
2026-11-12  4:21   ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-12  4:06 ` [PATCH 15/27] ext4: check multi-block overlap on left traversal in add_system_zone() Theodore Ts'o
2026-11-12  4:10   ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-12  4:06 ` [PATCH 16/27] ext4: enable full feature coverage in fs/ext4/.kunitconfig Theodore Ts'o
2026-11-12  4:24   ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-12  4:06 ` [PATCH 17/27] ext4: add KUnit tests for fs/ext4/super.c Theodore Ts'o
2026-11-12  4:27   ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-12  4:06 ` [PATCH 18/27] ext4: add KUnit tests for fs/ext4/sysfs.c Theodore Ts'o
2026-11-12  4:32   ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-12  4:06 ` [PATCH 19/27] ext4: add KUnit tests for fs/ext4/ioctl.c Theodore Ts'o
2026-11-12  4:35   ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-12  4:06 ` [PATCH 20/27] ext4: add KUnit tests for fs/ext4/resize.c Theodore Ts'o
2026-11-12  4:34   ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-12  4:06 ` [PATCH 21/27] ext4: add KUnit tests for fs/ext4/migrate.c Theodore Ts'o
2026-11-12  4:37   ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-12  4:06 ` [PATCH 22/27] ext4: add KUnit tests for fs/ext4/indirect.c Theodore Ts'o
2026-11-12  4:46   ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-12  4:06 ` [PATCH 23/27] ext4: expand KUnit tests in fs/ext4/extents-test.c for file range operations Theodore Ts'o
2026-11-12  4:34   ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-12  4:06 ` [PATCH 24/27] ext4: add KUnit tests for fs/ext4/fsmap.c Theodore Ts'o
2026-11-12  4:30   ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-12  4:06 ` [PATCH 25/27] ext4: add KUnit tests for fs/ext4/move_extent.c Theodore Ts'o
2026-11-12  4:36   ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-12  4:06 ` [PATCH 26/27] ext4: add KUnit tests for fs/ext4/mmp.c Theodore Ts'o
2026-11-12  4:29   ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-12  4:06 ` [PATCH 27/27] ext4: add KUnit tests for fs/ext4/dir.c Theodore Ts'o
2026-11-12  4:41   ` sashiko-bot

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