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From: Chuck Lever <cel@kernel.org>
To: Anna Schumaker <anna@kernel.org>
Cc: <linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org>, Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>,
	NeilBrown <neil@brown.name>, Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>,
	Mike Snitzer <snitzer@kernel.org>, Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Subject: [PATCH] NFSD: Prevent a NULL pointer dereference in fh_getattr()
Date: Tue,  4 Nov 2025 11:05:49 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251104160550.39212-1-cel@kernel.org> (raw)

From: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>

In general, fh_getattr() can be called after the target dentry has
gone negative. For a negative dentry, d_inode(p.dentry) will return
NULL. S_ISREG() will dereference that pointer.

Avoid this potential regression by using the d_is_reg() helper
instead.

Suggested-by: NeilBrown <neil@brown.name>
Fixes: d11f6cd1bb4a ("NFSD: filecache: add STATX_DIOALIGN and STATX_DIO_READ_ALIGN support")
Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
---
 fs/nfsd/nfsfh.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

Hi Anna -

nfsd-fixes is still based on v6.17-rc, so this patch does not apply
to it. Can you take it for v6.18-rc ?

diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfsfh.c b/fs/nfsd/nfsfh.c
index ed85dd43da18..16182936828f 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfsfh.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfsfh.c
@@ -696,10 +696,9 @@ __be32 fh_getattr(const struct svc_fh *fhp, struct kstat *stat)
 		.mnt		= fhp->fh_export->ex_path.mnt,
 		.dentry		= fhp->fh_dentry,
 	};
-	struct inode *inode = d_inode(p.dentry);
 	u32 request_mask = STATX_BASIC_STATS;
 
-	if (S_ISREG(inode->i_mode))
+	if (d_is_reg(p.dentry))
 		request_mask |= (STATX_DIOALIGN | STATX_DIO_READ_ALIGN);
 
 	if (fhp->fh_maxsize == NFS4_FHSIZE)
-- 
2.51.0


             reply	other threads:[~2025-11-04 16:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-11-04 16:05 Chuck Lever [this message]
2025-11-04 21:17 ` [PATCH] NFSD: Prevent a NULL pointer dereference in fh_getattr() NeilBrown
2025-11-04 21:21   ` Chuck Lever
2025-11-04 22:26     ` NeilBrown
2025-11-05 14:23       ` Chuck Lever

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