[PATCH 6.12.y] exfat: fix refcount leak in exfat_find

[PATCH 6.12.y] exfat: fix refcount leak in exfat_find

[Li hongliang]

From: Shuhao Fu <sfual@cse.ust.hk>

[ Upstream commit 9aee8de970f18c2aaaa348e3de86c38e2d956c1d ]

Fix refcount leaks in `exfat_find` related to `exfat_get_dentry_set`.

Function `exfat_get_dentry_set` would increase the reference counter of
`es->bh` on success. Therefore, `exfat_put_dentry_set` must be called
after `exfat_get_dentry_set` to ensure refcount consistency. This patch
relocate two checks to avoid possible leaks.

Fixes: 82ebecdc74ff ("exfat: fix improper check of dentry.stream.valid_size")
Fixes: 13940cef9549 ("exfat: add a check for invalid data size")
Signed-off-by: Shuhao Fu <sfual@cse.ust.hk>
Reviewed-by: Yuezhang Mo <Yuezhang.Mo@sony.com>
Signed-off-by: Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Li hongliang <1468888505@139.com>
---
 fs/exfat/namei.c | 20 ++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/exfat/namei.c b/fs/exfat/namei.c
index f0fda3469404..44cce2544a74 100644
--- a/fs/exfat/namei.c
+++ b/fs/exfat/namei.c
@@ -638,16 +638,6 @@ static int exfat_find(struct inode *dir, struct qstr *qname,
 	info->valid_size = le64_to_cpu(ep2->dentry.stream.valid_size);
 	info->size = le64_to_cpu(ep2->dentry.stream.size);
 
-	if (info->valid_size < 0) {
-		exfat_fs_error(sb, "data valid size is invalid(%lld)", info->valid_size);
-		return -EIO;
-	}
-
-	if (unlikely(EXFAT_B_TO_CLU_ROUND_UP(info->size, sbi) > sbi->used_clusters)) {
-		exfat_fs_error(sb, "data size is invalid(%lld)", info->size);
-		return -EIO;
-	}
-
 	info->start_clu = le32_to_cpu(ep2->dentry.stream.start_clu);
 	if (!is_valid_cluster(sbi, info->start_clu) && info->size) {
 		exfat_warn(sb, "start_clu is invalid cluster(0x%x)",
@@ -685,6 +675,16 @@ static int exfat_find(struct inode *dir, struct qstr *qname,
 			     0);
 	exfat_put_dentry_set(&es, false);
 
+	if (info->valid_size < 0) {
+		exfat_fs_error(sb, "data valid size is invalid(%lld)", info->valid_size);
+		return -EIO;
+	}
+
+	if (unlikely(EXFAT_B_TO_CLU_ROUND_UP(info->size, sbi) > sbi->used_clusters)) {
+		exfat_fs_error(sb, "data size is invalid(%lld)", info->size);
+		return -EIO;
+	}
+
 	if (ei->start_clu == EXFAT_FREE_CLUSTER) {
 		exfat_fs_error(sb,
 			       "non-zero size file starts with zero cluster (size : %llu, p_dir : %u, entry : 0x%08x)",
-- 
2.34.1

Patch "exfat: fix refcount leak in exfat_find" has been added to the 6.12-stable tree

[gregkh]

This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled

    exfat: fix refcount leak in exfat_find

to the 6.12-stable tree which can be found at:
    http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary

The filename of the patch is:
     exfat-fix-refcount-leak-in-exfat_find.patch
and it can be found in the queue-6.12 subdirectory.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@vger.kernel.org> know about it.


From 1468888505@139.com Fri Jan 23 03:37:25 2026
From: Li hongliang <1468888505@139.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2026 10:37:21 +0800
Subject: exfat: fix refcount leak in exfat_find
To: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, stable@vger.kernel.org, sfual@cse.ust.hk
Cc: patches@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Yuezhang.Mo@sony.com, linkinjeon@kernel.org, sj1557.seo@samsung.com, p22gone@gmail.com, kkamagui@gmail.com, jimmyxyz010315@gmail.com, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
Message-ID: <20260123023721.3779125-1-1468888505@139.com>

From: Shuhao Fu <sfual@cse.ust.hk>

[ Upstream commit 9aee8de970f18c2aaaa348e3de86c38e2d956c1d ]

Fix refcount leaks in `exfat_find` related to `exfat_get_dentry_set`.

Function `exfat_get_dentry_set` would increase the reference counter of
`es->bh` on success. Therefore, `exfat_put_dentry_set` must be called
after `exfat_get_dentry_set` to ensure refcount consistency. This patch
relocate two checks to avoid possible leaks.

Fixes: 82ebecdc74ff ("exfat: fix improper check of dentry.stream.valid_size")
Fixes: 13940cef9549 ("exfat: add a check for invalid data size")
Signed-off-by: Shuhao Fu <sfual@cse.ust.hk>
Reviewed-by: Yuezhang Mo <Yuezhang.Mo@sony.com>
Signed-off-by: Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Li hongliang <1468888505@139.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
---
 fs/exfat/namei.c |   20 ++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

--- a/fs/exfat/namei.c
+++ b/fs/exfat/namei.c
@@ -638,16 +638,6 @@ static int exfat_find(struct inode *dir,
 	info->valid_size = le64_to_cpu(ep2->dentry.stream.valid_size);
 	info->size = le64_to_cpu(ep2->dentry.stream.size);
 
-	if (info->valid_size < 0) {
-		exfat_fs_error(sb, "data valid size is invalid(%lld)", info->valid_size);
-		return -EIO;
-	}
-
-	if (unlikely(EXFAT_B_TO_CLU_ROUND_UP(info->size, sbi) > sbi->used_clusters)) {
-		exfat_fs_error(sb, "data size is invalid(%lld)", info->size);
-		return -EIO;
-	}
-
 	info->start_clu = le32_to_cpu(ep2->dentry.stream.start_clu);
 	if (!is_valid_cluster(sbi, info->start_clu) && info->size) {
 		exfat_warn(sb, "start_clu is invalid cluster(0x%x)",
@@ -685,6 +675,16 @@ static int exfat_find(struct inode *dir,
 			     0);
 	exfat_put_dentry_set(&es, false);
 
+	if (info->valid_size < 0) {
+		exfat_fs_error(sb, "data valid size is invalid(%lld)", info->valid_size);
+		return -EIO;
+	}
+
+	if (unlikely(EXFAT_B_TO_CLU_ROUND_UP(info->size, sbi) > sbi->used_clusters)) {
+		exfat_fs_error(sb, "data size is invalid(%lld)", info->size);
+		return -EIO;
+	}
+
 	if (ei->start_clu == EXFAT_FREE_CLUSTER) {
 		exfat_fs_error(sb,
 			       "non-zero size file starts with zero cluster (size : %llu, p_dir : %u, entry : 0x%08x)",


Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from 1468888505@139.com are

queue-6.12/exfat-fix-refcount-leak-in-exfat_find.patch
queue-6.12/fs-ntfs3-initialize-allocated-memory-before-use.patch
queue-6.12/wifi-ath11k-fix-rcu-stall-while-reaping-monitor-destination-ring.patch