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From: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
To: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>,
	 Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>, Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>,
	 linux-mm@kvack.org, Farid Zakaria <farid.m.zakaria@gmail.com>,
	 jannh@google.com, stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 01/23] binfmt_misc: restore write access when removing an entry
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2026 00:29:56 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260710-work-binfmt_misc-locking-v2-1-2a1c3d4126a7@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260710-work-binfmt_misc-locking-v2-0-2a1c3d4126a7@kernel.org>

Registering an entry with the MISC_FMT_OPEN_FILE flag opens the
interpreter via open_exec() which denies write access to it for as
long as the entry exists. Removing the entry closes the interpreter
file via filp_close() but never restores write access, leaving the
inode's i_writecount permanently negative. Opening the interpreter
for writing keeps failing with ETXTBSY long after the entry is gone
until the inode is evicted from the inode cache.

Commit 90f601b497d7 ("binfmt_misc: restore write access before
closing files opened by open_exec()") fixed the same imbalance in the
error path of bm_register_write() but the actual removal path has
been leaking the write denial since the introduction of the flag.

Restore write access in put_binfmt_handler() before closing the
interpreter file.

Fixes: 948b701a607f ("binfmt_misc: add persistent opened binary handler for containers")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
---
 fs/binfmt_misc.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/binfmt_misc.c b/fs/binfmt_misc.c
index 84349fcb93f1..de50a7468b07 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_misc.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_misc.c
@@ -162,8 +162,10 @@ static Node *get_binfmt_handler(struct binfmt_misc *misc,
 static void put_binfmt_handler(Node *e)
 {
 	if (refcount_dec_and_test(&e->users)) {
-		if (e->flags & MISC_FMT_OPEN_FILE)
+		if (e->flags & MISC_FMT_OPEN_FILE) {
+			exe_file_allow_write_access(e->interp_file);
 			filp_close(e->interp_file, NULL);
+		}
 		kfree(e);
 	}
 }

-- 
2.53.0


  reply	other threads:[~2026-07-09 22:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-07-09 22:29 [PATCH v2 00/23] binfmt_misc: write access fixes, RCU handler lookup and cleanups Christian Brauner
2026-07-09 22:29 ` Christian Brauner [this message]
2026-07-09 22:29 ` [PATCH v2 02/23] binfmt_misc: use exe_file_deny_write_access() for the interpreter clone Christian Brauner
2026-07-09 22:29 ` [PATCH v2 03/23] binfmt_misc: convert entry list to an hlist Christian Brauner
2026-07-09 22:29 ` [PATCH v2 04/23] binfmt_misc: use RCU for the handler lookup Christian Brauner
2026-07-10 10:53   ` Jori Koolstra
2026-07-09 22:30 ` [PATCH v2 05/23] binfmt_misc: annotate racy accesses to ->enabled Christian Brauner
2026-07-09 22:30 ` [PATCH v2 06/23] binfmt_misc: turn the entry bit numbers into a proper enum Christian Brauner
2026-07-09 22:30 ` [PATCH v2 07/23] binfmt_misc: turn the entry behavior flags into an enum Christian Brauner
2026-07-09 22:30 ` [PATCH v2 08/23] binfmt_misc: rename Node to struct binfmt_misc_entry Christian Brauner
2026-07-09 22:30 ` [PATCH v2 09/23] binfmt_misc: remove the VERBOSE_STATUS toggle Christian Brauner
2026-07-09 22:30 ` [PATCH v2 10/23] binfmt_misc: use print_hex_dump_debug() for the register debug output Christian Brauner
2026-07-09 22:30 ` [PATCH v2 11/23] binfmt_misc: convert the entry file to seq_file Christian Brauner
2026-07-09 22:30 ` [PATCH v2 12/23] binfmt_misc: factor out the entry matching Christian Brauner
2026-07-09 22:30 ` [PATCH v2 13/23] binfmt_misc: rename load_binfmt_misc() to current_binfmt_misc() Christian Brauner
2026-07-09 22:30 ` [PATCH v2 14/23] binfmt_misc: return errors directly in load_misc_binary() Christian Brauner
2026-07-09 22:30 ` [PATCH v2 15/23] binfmt_misc: give the parse_command() results names Christian Brauner
2026-07-09 22:30 ` [PATCH v2 16/23] binfmt_misc: factor out the entry removal Christian Brauner
2026-07-09 22:30 ` [PATCH v2 17/23] binfmt_misc: simplify check_special_flags() Christian Brauner
2026-07-09 22:30 ` [PATCH v2 18/23] binfmt_misc: use a flexible array member for the register string Christian Brauner
2026-07-09 22:30 ` [PATCH v2 19/23] binfmt_misc: split the field parsing out of create_entry() Christian Brauner
2026-07-09 22:30 ` [PATCH v2 20/23] binfmt_misc: use __free(kfree) in bm_register_write() Christian Brauner
2026-07-09 22:30 ` [PATCH v2 21/23] binfmt_misc: assorted small cleanups Christian Brauner
2026-07-09 22:30 ` [PATCH v2 22/23] binfmt_misc: include what is used Christian Brauner
2026-07-09 22:30 ` [PATCH v2 23/23] binfmt_misc: allow removing entries via unlink(2) Christian Brauner
2026-07-10  7:58 ` [PATCH v2 00/23] binfmt_misc: write access fixes, RCU handler lookup and cleanups Christian Brauner

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