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From: Chuck Lever @ 2026-07-07 19:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Jeff Layton, NeilBrown, Olga Kornievskaia, Dai Ngo, Tom Talpey
Cc: linux-nfs, Wolfgang Walter, Chuck Lever
__destroy_client() releases a client's open owners, but a lock owner
whose only reference is a blocked lock (nbl) stays on
cl_ownerstr_hashtbl. client_has_state() does not count a bare owner,
so DESTROY_CLIENTID can reach __destroy_client() with such owners
present.
__destroy_client() then walks the table, calling remove_blocked_locks()
on each owner without a reference. Freeing a blocked lock drops the
owner reference held via flc_owner. The per-net laundromat reaps
blocked locks from nn->blocked_locks_lru independently of client state.
The two paths share blocked_locks_lock only for the list splice, not
the owner's lifetime. The laundromat therefore frees the owner as
__destroy_client() dereferences it, a NULL dereference in
remove_blocked_locks().
nfsd4_release_lockowner() holds a reference across the same call;
__destroy_client() does not. Hold cl_lock across the walk, taking a
reference and unhashing each owner, then drop it before
remove_blocked_locks() and nfs4_put_stateowner(), which take
blocked_locks_lock and cl_lock.
Reported-by: Wolfgang Walter <linux@stwm.de>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-nfs/6eccafaaaa60651ef091257c3439c46b@stwm.de/
Fixes: 68ef3bc31664 ("nfsd: remove blocked locks on client teardown")
Reviewed-by: NeilBrown <neil@brown.name>
Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <cel@kernel.org>
---
fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c | 16 +++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
index a4398dc861a5..e000ed3e96e9 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
@@ -2758,14 +2758,24 @@ __destroy_client(struct nfs4_client *clp)
release_openowner(oo);
}
for (i = 0; i < OWNER_HASH_SIZE; i++) {
- struct nfs4_stateowner *so, *tmp;
+ struct nfs4_stateowner *so;
- list_for_each_entry_safe(so, tmp, &clp->cl_ownerstr_hashtbl[i],
- so_strhash) {
+ spin_lock(&clp->cl_lock);
+ while (!list_empty(&clp->cl_ownerstr_hashtbl[i])) {
+ so = list_first_entry(&clp->cl_ownerstr_hashtbl[i],
+ struct nfs4_stateowner, so_strhash);
/* Should be no openowners at this point */
WARN_ON_ONCE(so->so_is_open_owner);
+ nfs4_get_stateowner(so);
+ unhash_lockowner_locked(lockowner(so));
+ spin_unlock(&clp->cl_lock);
+
remove_blocked_locks(lockowner(so));
+ nfs4_put_stateowner(so);
+
+ spin_lock(&clp->cl_lock);
}
+ spin_unlock(&clp->cl_lock);
}
nfsd4_return_all_client_layouts(clp);
nfsd4_shutdown_copy(clp);
--
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From: Chuck Lever @ 2026-07-07 19:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Jeff Layton, NeilBrown, Olga Kornievskaia, Dai Ngo, Tom Talpey
Cc: linux-nfs, Chuck Lever
A delegation stateid holds only a bare pointer to its owning
nfs4_client and does not keep it alive. The client survives its
stateids only because __destroy_client() drains cl_delegations and
cl_revoked before free_client() runs.
nfs4_laundromat() breaks that invariant: it unhashes an
expired delegation from cl_delegations, drops deleg_lock, then
revoke_delegation() relinks it onto cl_revoked under cl_lock. In that
window the delegation is on neither list, so client_has_state() can
report no remaining state.
Every teardown path first requires cl_rpc_users to be zero, but
the laundromat holds no such reference. A client whose recalled
delegation has just timed out can therefore reach free_client()
while revoke_delegation() is still about to dereference cl_lock,
a use-after-free.
Pin the client with cl_rpc_users across the revoke so teardown blocks
until it completes, then reap the delegation from cl_revoked. A client
already expiring reaps its own, so skip it and leave the delegation on
del_recall_lru.
Fixes: 3bd64a5ba171 ("nfsd4: implement SEQ4_STATUS_RECALLABLE_STATE_REVOKED")
Reviewed-by: NeilBrown <neil@brown.name>
Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <cel@kernel.org>
---
fs/nfsd/netns.h | 6 ++++--
fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/netns.h b/fs/nfsd/netns.h
index 03724bef10a7..a7bd7b67fa4f 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/netns.h
+++ b/fs/nfsd/netns.h
@@ -115,7 +115,8 @@ struct nfsd_net {
struct list_head client_lru;
struct list_head close_lru;
- /* protects del_recall_lru and delegation hash/unhash */
+ /* protects del_recall_lru and delegation hash/unhash;
+ * nests outside client_lock */
spinlock_t deleg_lock ____cacheline_aligned;
struct list_head del_recall_lru;
@@ -124,7 +125,8 @@ struct nfsd_net {
struct delayed_work laundromat_work;
- /* client_lock protects the client lru list and session hash table */
+ /* client_lock protects the client lru list and session hash
+ * table; nests inside deleg_lock */
spinlock_t client_lock;
/* protects blocked_locks_lru */
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
index e000ed3e96e9..efeb2a2e9c8f 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
@@ -7457,6 +7457,7 @@ nfs4_laundromat(struct nfsd_net *nn)
.new_timeo = nn->nfsd4_lease
};
struct nfs4_cpntf_state *cps;
+ struct nfs4_client *clp;
copy_stateid_t *cps_t;
int i;
@@ -7485,6 +7486,18 @@ nfs4_laundromat(struct nfsd_net *nn)
dp = list_entry (pos, struct nfs4_delegation, dl_recall_lru);
if (!state_expired(<, dp->dl_time))
break;
+ clp = dp->dl_stid.sc_client;
+ spin_lock(&nn->client_lock);
+ if (is_client_expired(clp)) {
+ spin_unlock(&nn->client_lock);
+ continue;
+ }
+ /*
+ * Pin without reviving: get_client_locked() would
+ * flip a courtesy client back to NFSD4_ACTIVE.
+ */
+ atomic_inc(&clp->cl_rpc_users);
+ spin_unlock(&nn->client_lock);
refcount_inc(&dp->dl_stid.sc_count);
unhash_delegation_locked(dp, SC_STATUS_REVOKED);
list_add(&dp->dl_recall_lru, &reaplist);
@@ -7493,8 +7506,18 @@ nfs4_laundromat(struct nfsd_net *nn)
while (!list_empty(&reaplist)) {
dp = list_first_entry(&reaplist, struct nfs4_delegation,
dl_recall_lru);
+ clp = dp->dl_stid.sc_client;
list_del_init(&dp->dl_recall_lru);
revoke_delegation(dp);
+ /*
+ * Unpin without renewing: put_client_renew() would
+ * renew the reaped client's lease.
+ */
+ if (atomic_dec_and_lock(&clp->cl_rpc_users, &nn->client_lock)) {
+ if (is_client_expired(clp))
+ wake_up_all(&expiry_wq);
+ spin_unlock(&nn->client_lock);
+ }
}
spin_lock(&nn->client_lock);
--
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From: Chuck Lever @ 2026-07-07 19:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Jeff Layton, NeilBrown, Olga Kornievskaia, Dai Ngo, Tom Talpey
Cc: linux-nfs, Chuck Lever
A stateid holds only a bare pointer to its nfs4_client; a stateid
reference does not pin it. The client survives only because
__destroy_client() drains its stateids before free_client() runs.
nfsd4_revoke_states() drops nn->client_lock across revoke_one_stid(),
which dereferences the client to revoke a stateid and read
clp->cl_minorversion. A teardown racing the dropped lock can free
the client first.
Pinning cl_rpc_users under client_lock blocks the DESTROY_CLIENTID and
EXCHANGE_ID teardown, which refuses while cl_rpc_users is non-zero.
force_expire_client() ignores it: once its wait for cl_rpc_users to
reach zero has passed, a later pin goes unnoticed.
Under client_lock, skip a client whose cl_time is already zero --
force_expire_client() clears it there before waiting -- otherwise pin
cl_rpc_users before dropping the lock. The walk then either sees the
expiry and skips, or pins in time for that wait to cover the revoke.
Fixes: 1c13bf9f2e3c ("nfsd: allow lock state ids to be revoked and then freed")
Reviewed-by: NeilBrown <neil@brown.name>
Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <cel@kernel.org>
---
fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
index efeb2a2e9c8f..565fa2ff5ba5 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
@@ -1965,9 +1965,19 @@ void nfsd4_revoke_states(struct nfsd_net *nn, struct super_block *sb)
struct nfs4_client *clp;
retry:
list_for_each_entry(clp, head, cl_idhash) {
- struct nfs4_stid *stid = find_one_sb_stid(clp, sb,
- sc_types);
+ struct nfs4_stid *stid;
+
+ /*
+ * force_expire_client() ignores cl_rpc_users once
+ * its wait_event() has passed, so pinning cannot
+ * keep an already-expiring client alive; the
+ * expiry path revokes its states instead.
+ */
+ if (is_client_expired(clp))
+ continue;
+ stid = find_one_sb_stid(clp, sb, sc_types);
if (stid) {
+ atomic_inc(&clp->cl_rpc_users);
spin_unlock(&nn->client_lock);
revoke_one_stid(nn, clp, stid);
nfs4_put_stid(stid);
@@ -1980,6 +1990,9 @@ void nfsd4_revoke_states(struct nfsd_net *nn, struct super_block *sb)
*/
nn->nfs40_last_revoke =
ktime_get_boottime_seconds();
+ if (atomic_dec_and_test(&clp->cl_rpc_users) &&
+ is_client_expired(clp))
+ wake_up_all(&expiry_wq);
goto retry;
}
}
@@ -3394,6 +3407,11 @@ static void force_expire_client(struct nfs4_client *clp)
trace_nfsd_clid_admin_expired(&clp->cl_clientid);
+ /*
+ * cl_time is cleared under client_lock before the wait so a
+ * revocation walk pinning cl_rpc_users under it either skips
+ * this client or is seen by this wait_event().
+ */
spin_lock(&nn->client_lock);
clp->cl_time = 0;
spin_unlock(&nn->client_lock);
--
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From: Chuck Lever @ 2026-07-07 19:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Jeff Layton, NeilBrown, Olga Kornievskaia, Dai Ngo, Tom Talpey
Cc: linux-nfs, Chuck Lever
nfsd4_revoke_export_states() has the same use-after-free as
nfsd4_revoke_states(): it drops nn->client_lock across
revoke_one_stid() and the following read of clp->cl_minorversion, but
the stateid reference it holds does not pin the client. A teardown
racing the dropped lock can free the client while revoke_one_stid()
still dereferences it.
exportfs -u drives this path through NFSD_CMD_UNLOCK_EXPORT, so an
administrator removing an export can race a client expiry.
Skip a client that is already expiring and otherwise pin it with
cl_rpc_users under client_lock before dropping the lock, matching
nfsd4_revoke_states().
Fixes: 2eac189bb059 ("NFSD: Add NFSD_CMD_UNLOCK_EXPORT netlink command")
Reviewed-by: NeilBrown <neil@brown.name>
Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <cel@kernel.org>
---
fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c | 13 ++++++++++---
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
index 565fa2ff5ba5..9de535a2a4bb 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
@@ -2055,10 +2055,14 @@ void nfsd4_revoke_export_states(struct nfsd_net *nn, const struct path *path)
struct nfs4_client *clp;
retry:
list_for_each_entry(clp, head, cl_idhash) {
- struct nfs4_stid *stid = find_one_export_stid(
- clp, path,
- sc_types);
+ struct nfs4_stid *stid;
+
+ /* Skip or pin clp as in nfsd4_revoke_states(). */
+ if (is_client_expired(clp))
+ continue;
+ stid = find_one_export_stid(clp, path, sc_types);
if (stid) {
+ atomic_inc(&clp->cl_rpc_users);
spin_unlock(&nn->client_lock);
revoke_one_stid(nn, clp, stid);
nfs4_put_stid(stid);
@@ -2066,6 +2070,9 @@ void nfsd4_revoke_export_states(struct nfsd_net *nn, const struct path *path)
if (clp->cl_minorversion == 0)
nn->nfs40_last_revoke =
ktime_get_boottime_seconds();
+ if (atomic_dec_and_test(&clp->cl_rpc_users) &&
+ is_client_expired(clp))
+ wake_up_all(&expiry_wq);
goto retry;
}
}
--
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From: Chuck Lever @ 2026-07-07 19:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Jeff Layton, NeilBrown, Olga Kornievskaia, Dai Ngo, Tom Talpey
Cc: linux-nfs, Chuck Lever
nfs40_clean_admin_revoked() takes a stateid reference under
clp->cl_lock, drops nn->client_lock, and calls
nfsd4_drop_revoked_stid(), which dereferences the stateid's client
through s->sc_client->cl_lock. The stateid reference does not pin the
client, so a teardown racing the dropped lock can free the client
while nfsd4_drop_revoked_stid() is still using it.
This cleanup runs from the laundromat, so a periodic sweep can race
force_expire_client() driven by a write to the clients/<id>/ctl file.
Skip a client that is already expiring and otherwise pin it with
cl_rpc_users under client_lock before dropping the lock, matching
nfsd4_revoke_states().
Fixes: d688d8585e6b ("nfsd: allow admin-revoked NFSv4.0 state to be freed.")
Reviewed-by: NeilBrown <neil@brown.name>
Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <cel@kernel.org>
---
fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
index 9de535a2a4bb..445a0f40d5ff 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
@@ -7452,16 +7452,22 @@ static void nfs40_clean_admin_revoked(struct nfsd_net *nn,
if (atomic_read(&clp->cl_admin_revoked) == 0)
continue;
+ if (is_client_expired(clp))
+ continue;
spin_lock(&clp->cl_lock);
idr_for_each_entry_ul(&clp->cl_stateids, stid, tmp, id)
if (stid->sc_status & SC_STATUS_ADMIN_REVOKED) {
refcount_inc(&stid->sc_count);
+ atomic_inc(&clp->cl_rpc_users);
spin_unlock(&nn->client_lock);
/* this function drops ->cl_lock */
nfsd4_drop_revoked_stid(stid);
nfs4_put_stid(stid);
spin_lock(&nn->client_lock);
+ if (atomic_dec_and_test(&clp->cl_rpc_users) &&
+ is_client_expired(clp))
+ wake_up_all(&expiry_wq);
goto retry;
}
spin_unlock(&clp->cl_lock);
--
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From: Chuck Lever @ 2026-07-07 19:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Jeff Layton, NeilBrown, Olga Kornievskaia, Dai Ngo, Tom Talpey
Cc: linux-nfs, Chuck Lever
The client use-after-free fixes in the state-revocation paths left
four open-coded copies of one idiom: drop a cl_rpc_users pin without
renewing the client's lease, waking force_expire_client() when the
last pin drops on a client it is tearing down. The accompanying "do
not renew" rationale was documented at only one of the four sites.
put_client_renew_locked() and put_client_renew() already carry the
same pin-drop logic, but they renew a non-expired client's lease and
so would resurrect the client whose state is being revoked. Factor
the common pin-drop into __put_client_locked(), parameterized by
whether to renew. The renew helpers pass true; the new
put_client_no_renew_locked() and put_client_no_renew() pass false and
carry the revocation paths, which must not revive the client they are
tearing down. No change in behavior.
Reviewed-by: NeilBrown <neil@brown.name>
Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <cel@kernel.org>
---
fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c | 69 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------
1 file changed, 41 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
index 445a0f40d5ff..142ba7d80539 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
@@ -206,18 +206,28 @@ renew_client_locked(struct nfs4_client *clp)
clp->cl_state = NFSD4_ACTIVE;
}
+/*
+ * Finish a cl_rpc_users unpin with the client_lock held. A
+ * revocation walk clears @renew so the client whose state it is
+ * revoking is not revived; every other caller renews the lease of
+ * a still-active client.
+ */
+static void __put_client_locked(struct nfs4_client *clp, bool renew)
+{
+ if (is_client_expired(clp))
+ wake_up_all(&expiry_wq);
+ else if (renew)
+ renew_client_locked(clp);
+}
+
static void put_client_renew_locked(struct nfs4_client *clp)
{
struct nfsd_net *nn = net_generic(clp->net, nfsd_net_id);
lockdep_assert_held(&nn->client_lock);
- if (!atomic_dec_and_test(&clp->cl_rpc_users))
- return;
- if (!is_client_expired(clp))
- renew_client_locked(clp);
- else
- wake_up_all(&expiry_wq);
+ if (atomic_dec_and_test(&clp->cl_rpc_users))
+ __put_client_locked(clp, true);
}
static void put_client_renew(struct nfs4_client *clp)
@@ -226,10 +236,27 @@ static void put_client_renew(struct nfs4_client *clp)
if (!atomic_dec_and_lock(&clp->cl_rpc_users, &nn->client_lock))
return;
- if (!is_client_expired(clp))
- renew_client_locked(clp);
- else
- wake_up_all(&expiry_wq);
+ __put_client_locked(clp, true);
+ spin_unlock(&nn->client_lock);
+}
+
+static void put_client_no_renew_locked(struct nfs4_client *clp)
+{
+ struct nfsd_net *nn = net_generic(clp->net, nfsd_net_id);
+
+ lockdep_assert_held(&nn->client_lock);
+
+ if (atomic_dec_and_test(&clp->cl_rpc_users))
+ __put_client_locked(clp, false);
+}
+
+static void put_client_no_renew(struct nfs4_client *clp)
+{
+ struct nfsd_net *nn = net_generic(clp->net, nfsd_net_id);
+
+ if (!atomic_dec_and_lock(&clp->cl_rpc_users, &nn->client_lock))
+ return;
+ __put_client_locked(clp, false);
spin_unlock(&nn->client_lock);
}
@@ -1990,9 +2017,7 @@ void nfsd4_revoke_states(struct nfsd_net *nn, struct super_block *sb)
*/
nn->nfs40_last_revoke =
ktime_get_boottime_seconds();
- if (atomic_dec_and_test(&clp->cl_rpc_users) &&
- is_client_expired(clp))
- wake_up_all(&expiry_wq);
+ put_client_no_renew_locked(clp);
goto retry;
}
}
@@ -2070,9 +2095,7 @@ void nfsd4_revoke_export_states(struct nfsd_net *nn, const struct path *path)
if (clp->cl_minorversion == 0)
nn->nfs40_last_revoke =
ktime_get_boottime_seconds();
- if (atomic_dec_and_test(&clp->cl_rpc_users) &&
- is_client_expired(clp))
- wake_up_all(&expiry_wq);
+ put_client_no_renew_locked(clp);
goto retry;
}
}
@@ -7465,9 +7488,7 @@ static void nfs40_clean_admin_revoked(struct nfsd_net *nn,
nfsd4_drop_revoked_stid(stid);
nfs4_put_stid(stid);
spin_lock(&nn->client_lock);
- if (atomic_dec_and_test(&clp->cl_rpc_users) &&
- is_client_expired(clp))
- wake_up_all(&expiry_wq);
+ put_client_no_renew_locked(clp);
goto retry;
}
spin_unlock(&clp->cl_lock);
@@ -7540,15 +7561,7 @@ nfs4_laundromat(struct nfsd_net *nn)
clp = dp->dl_stid.sc_client;
list_del_init(&dp->dl_recall_lru);
revoke_delegation(dp);
- /*
- * Unpin without renewing: put_client_renew() would
- * renew the reaped client's lease.
- */
- if (atomic_dec_and_lock(&clp->cl_rpc_users, &nn->client_lock)) {
- if (is_client_expired(clp))
- wake_up_all(&expiry_wq);
- spin_unlock(&nn->client_lock);
- }
+ put_client_no_renew(clp);
}
spin_lock(&nn->client_lock);
--
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From: Chuck Lever @ 2026-07-07 19:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Jeff Layton, NeilBrown, Olga Kornievskaia, Dai Ngo, Tom Talpey
Cc: linux-nfs, Chuck Lever
A bare lock owner -- its only remaining reference a blocked lock on
nn->blocked_locks_lru -- holds a raw pointer to its nfs4_client but
no reference keeping the client alive. When the per-net laundromat
reaps such a lock, freeing the nbl drops the owner reference
held through flc_owner, and the final nfs4_put_stateowner()
takes the client's cl_lock. Because the laundromat detaches the
nbl first, __destroy_client() no longer finds it, so a concurrent
force_expire_client() can free the client before nfs4_put_stateowner()
runs, dereferencing cl_lock in freed memory.
Pin the client with cl_rpc_users before dropping
nn->blocked_locks_lock, and skip clients already expiring, whose
blocked locks __destroy_client() frees while holding an owner
reference. Take nn->client_lock outside nn->blocked_locks_lock.
Every other site holds nn->blocked_locks_lock as a leaf, acquiring
no further lock, so placing nn->client_lock outside it cannot form
a lock-order cycle.
Fixes: 7919d0a27f1e ("nfsd: add a LRU list for blocked locks")
Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <cel@kernel.org>
---
fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
index 142ba7d80539..4acd02f1642c 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
@@ -357,6 +357,16 @@ free_blocked_lock(struct nfsd4_blocked_lock *nbl)
kref_put(&nbl->nbl_kref, free_nbl);
}
+/* A blocked lock's flc_owner is its nfs4_lockowner. */
+static struct nfs4_client *
+nbl_client(struct nfsd4_blocked_lock *nbl)
+{
+ struct nfs4_lockowner *lo;
+
+ lo = (struct nfs4_lockowner *)nbl->nbl_lock.c.flc_owner;
+ return lo->lo_owner.so_client;
+}
+
static void
remove_blocked_locks(struct nfs4_lockowner *lo)
{
@@ -7591,22 +7601,29 @@ nfs4_laundromat(struct nfsd_net *nn)
* indefinitely once the lock does become free.
*/
BUG_ON(!list_empty(&reaplist));
+ spin_lock(&nn->client_lock);
spin_lock(&nn->blocked_locks_lock);
- while (!list_empty(&nn->blocked_locks_lru)) {
- nbl = list_first_entry(&nn->blocked_locks_lru,
- struct nfsd4_blocked_lock, nbl_lru);
+ list_for_each_safe(pos, next, &nn->blocked_locks_lru) {
+ nbl = list_entry(pos, struct nfsd4_blocked_lock, nbl_lru);
if (!state_expired(<, nbl->nbl_time))
break;
+ clp = nbl_client(nbl);
+ if (is_client_expired(clp))
+ continue;
+ atomic_inc(&clp->cl_rpc_users);
list_move(&nbl->nbl_lru, &reaplist);
list_del_init(&nbl->nbl_list);
}
spin_unlock(&nn->blocked_locks_lock);
+ spin_unlock(&nn->client_lock);
while (!list_empty(&reaplist)) {
nbl = list_first_entry(&reaplist,
struct nfsd4_blocked_lock, nbl_lru);
+ clp = nbl_client(nbl);
list_del_init(&nbl->nbl_lru);
free_blocked_lock(nbl);
+ put_client_no_renew(clp);
}
#ifdef CONFIG_NFSD_V4_2_INTER_SSC
/* service the server-to-server copy delayed unmount list */
--
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From: Chuck Lever @ 2026-07-07 19:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Jeff Layton, NeilBrown, Olga Kornievskaia, Dai Ngo, Tom Talpey
Cc: linux-nfs, Chuck Lever
An nfs4_openowner left on nn->close_lru after its final CLOSE keeps
its last closed stateid in oo_last_closed_stid, holding only a raw
pointer to its nfs4_client. The laundromat reaps timed-out entries,
drops nn->client_lock, and calls nfs4_put_stid(), which dereferences
the client through cl_lock. Nothing pins the client across that
window, so a concurrent force_expire_client() can free it and
nfs4_put_stid() reads freed memory. __destroy_client() hits the same
race, walking clp->cl_openowners without cl_lock.
Pin the client with cl_rpc_users before dropping client_lock, and
skip clients already expiring. __destroy_client() then cleans up its
own close_lru entries through release_last_closed_stateid(), so
teardown no longer races the laundromat.
Fixes: 217526e7ecc9 ("nfsd: protect the close_lru list and oo_last_closed_stid with client_lock")
Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <cel@kernel.org>
---
fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
index 4acd02f1642c..20556b8f186a 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
@@ -7581,11 +7581,16 @@ nfs4_laundromat(struct nfsd_net *nn)
if (!state_expired(<, oo->oo_time))
break;
list_del_init(&oo->oo_close_lru);
+ clp = oo->oo_owner.so_client;
+ if (is_client_expired(clp))
+ continue;
stp = oo->oo_last_closed_stid;
oo->oo_last_closed_stid = NULL;
+ atomic_inc(&clp->cl_rpc_users);
spin_unlock(&nn->client_lock);
nfs4_put_stid(&stp->st_stid);
spin_lock(&nn->client_lock);
+ put_client_no_renew_locked(clp);
}
spin_unlock(&nn->client_lock);
--
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From: Chuck Lever @ 2026-07-07 19:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Jeff Layton, NeilBrown, Olga Kornievskaia, Dai Ngo, Tom Talpey
Cc: linux-nfs, Chuck Lever
nfs4_put_stid() releases the svc_export tracked in
nfs4_stid.sc_export, but free_ol_stateid_reaplist() frees open and
lock stateids by calling ->sc_free() directly, bypassing that path.
An open stateid takes an sc_export reference in nfs4_open() and a
lock stateid takes its own in init_lock_stateid(); both reach
free_ol_stateid_reaplist() through their normal teardown, the open
stateid via release_open_stateid() and the lock stateid via
nfsd4_release_lockowner(), each through put_ol_stateid_locked().
The reference is therefore never dropped, pinning the export and
blocking unmount for the lifetime of the stateid.
Release sc_export in free_ol_stateid_reaplist() the way
nfs4_put_stid() does. ->sc_free() runs once per stateid, and a
stateid reaches free_ol_stateid_reaplist() or nfs4_put_stid() but
never both, so the reference is dropped exactly once. Revoked
stateids reach this path with sc_export already cleared by
drop_stid_export(), so they are skipped rather than double-freed.
Fixes: ba0cde5dc81d ("NFSD: Track svc_export in nfs4_stid")
Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <cel@kernel.org>
---
fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
index 20556b8f186a..8e4cee571994 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
@@ -1744,6 +1744,7 @@ static void
free_ol_stateid_reaplist(struct list_head *reaplist)
{
struct nfs4_ol_stateid *stp;
+ struct svc_export *exp;
struct nfs4_file *fp;
might_sleep();
@@ -1753,9 +1754,12 @@ free_ol_stateid_reaplist(struct list_head *reaplist)
st_locks);
list_del(&stp->st_locks);
fp = stp->st_stid.sc_file;
+ exp = stp->st_stid.sc_export;
stp->st_stid.sc_free(&stp->st_stid);
if (fp)
put_nfs4_file(fp);
+ if (exp)
+ exp_put(exp);
}
}
--
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