From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
patches@lists.linux.dev, Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>,
Alexandr Alexandrov <alexandr.alexandrov@oracle.com>,
Yang Erkun <yangerkun@huawei.com>,
Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
Subject: [PATCH 7.1 03/21] Revert "NFSD: Defer sub-object cleanup in export put callbacks"
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2026 14:03:55 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260625125613.682733239@linuxfoundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260625125613.243729608@linuxfoundation.org>
7.1-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
------------------
From: Yang Erkun <yangerkun@huawei.com>
commit 516403d4d85607fdef3ca41d4a56b54e5566fa9a upstream.
This reverts commit 48db892356d6cb80f6942885545de4a6dd8d2a29.
Commit 48db892356d6 ("NFSD: Defer sub-object cleanup in export
put callbacks") moved path_put() and auth_domain_put() out of
svc_export_put() and expkey_put() and behind queue_rcu_work() to
close a claimed use-after-free in e_show() and c_show() against
ex_path and ex_client->name. Discussion in [1] shows neither
the diagnosis nor the remedy survives review.
The downstream teardown of both sub-objects is already RCU-deferred.
auth_domain_put() reaches svcauth_unix_domain_release(), which frees
the unix_domain and its ->name through call_rcu(). path_put()
reaches dentry_free(), which frees the dentry through call_rcu(),
and prepend_path() is already structured to tolerate concurrent
dentry teardown. A reader in cache_seq_start_rcu() therefore
observes both sub-objects through the next grace period regardless
of whether svc_export_put() runs synchronously, so the synchronous
form was never unsafe.
The crash signature in the report cited by commit 48db892356d6
("NFSD: Defer sub-object cleanup in export put callbacks") has a
different root cause: a /proc/net/rpc cache file held open across
network-namespace exit lets cache_destroy_net() free cd->hash_table
while a reader is still walking it. The correct fix pins cd->net for
the open fd's lifetime and does not require any deferral inside
svc_export_put().
Meanwhile, deferring path_put() out of svc_export_put() reintroduces
the regression that commit 69d803c40ede ("nfsd: Revert "nfsd:
release svc_expkey/svc_export with rcu_work"") repaired: after
"exportfs -r" drops the last cache reference, the mount reference
held through ex_path lingers in the workqueue, so a subsequent
umount fails with EBUSY.
Restore the synchronous path_put() and auth_domain_put() in
svc_export_put() and expkey_put() and the call_rcu()/kfree_rcu()
free of the containing structures. The unrelated fix for
ex_uuid/ex_stats from commit 2530766492ec ("nfsd: fix UAF when
access ex_uuid or ex_stats") is preserved.
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/10019b42-4589-4f9f-8d5b-d8197db1ce3c@huawei.com/ [1]
Fixes: 48db892356d6 ("NFSD: Defer sub-object cleanup in export put callbacks")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
Tested-by: Alexandr Alexandrov <alexandr.alexandrov@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Yang Erkun <yangerkun@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
---
fs/nfsd/export.c | 63 +++++++------------------------------------------------
fs/nfsd/export.h | 7 +-----
fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c | 8 ------
3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 66 deletions(-)
--- a/fs/nfsd/export.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/export.c
@@ -36,30 +36,19 @@
* second map contains a reference to the entry in the first map.
*/
-static struct workqueue_struct *nfsd_export_wq;
-
#define EXPKEY_HASHBITS 8
#define EXPKEY_HASHMAX (1 << EXPKEY_HASHBITS)
#define EXPKEY_HASHMASK (EXPKEY_HASHMAX -1)
-static void expkey_release(struct work_struct *work)
+static void expkey_put(struct kref *ref)
{
- struct svc_expkey *key = container_of(to_rcu_work(work),
- struct svc_expkey, ek_rwork);
+ struct svc_expkey *key = container_of(ref, struct svc_expkey, h.ref);
if (test_bit(CACHE_VALID, &key->h.flags) &&
!test_bit(CACHE_NEGATIVE, &key->h.flags))
path_put(&key->ek_path);
auth_domain_put(key->ek_client);
- kfree(key);
-}
-
-static void expkey_put(struct kref *ref)
-{
- struct svc_expkey *key = container_of(ref, struct svc_expkey, h.ref);
-
- INIT_RCU_WORK(&key->ek_rwork, expkey_release);
- queue_rcu_work(nfsd_export_wq, &key->ek_rwork);
+ kfree_rcu(key, ek_rcu);
}
static int expkey_upcall(struct cache_detail *cd, struct cache_head *h)
@@ -364,13 +353,11 @@ static void export_stats_destroy(struct
EXP_STATS_COUNTERS_NUM);
}
-static void svc_export_release(struct work_struct *work)
+static void svc_export_release(struct rcu_head *rcu_head)
{
- struct svc_export *exp = container_of(to_rcu_work(work),
- struct svc_export, ex_rwork);
+ struct svc_export *exp = container_of(rcu_head, struct svc_export,
+ ex_rcu);
- path_put(&exp->ex_path);
- auth_domain_put(exp->ex_client);
nfsd4_fslocs_free(&exp->ex_fslocs);
export_stats_destroy(exp->ex_stats);
kfree(exp->ex_stats);
@@ -382,8 +369,9 @@ static void svc_export_put(struct kref *
{
struct svc_export *exp = container_of(ref, struct svc_export, h.ref);
- INIT_RCU_WORK(&exp->ex_rwork, svc_export_release);
- queue_rcu_work(nfsd_export_wq, &exp->ex_rwork);
+ path_put(&exp->ex_path);
+ auth_domain_put(exp->ex_client);
+ call_rcu(&exp->ex_rcu, svc_export_release);
}
static int svc_export_upcall(struct cache_detail *cd, struct cache_head *h)
@@ -1492,36 +1480,6 @@ const struct seq_operations nfs_exports_
.show = e_show,
};
-/**
- * nfsd_export_wq_init - allocate the export release workqueue
- *
- * Called once at module load. The workqueue runs deferred svc_export and
- * svc_expkey release work scheduled by queue_rcu_work() in the cache put
- * callbacks.
- *
- * Return values:
- * %0: workqueue allocated
- * %-ENOMEM: allocation failed
- */
-int nfsd_export_wq_init(void)
-{
- nfsd_export_wq = alloc_workqueue("nfsd_export", WQ_UNBOUND, 0);
- if (!nfsd_export_wq)
- return -ENOMEM;
- return 0;
-}
-
-/**
- * nfsd_export_wq_shutdown - drain and free the export release workqueue
- *
- * Called once at module unload. Per-namespace teardown in
- * nfsd_export_shutdown() has already drained all deferred work.
- */
-void nfsd_export_wq_shutdown(void)
-{
- destroy_workqueue(nfsd_export_wq);
-}
-
/*
* Initialize the exports module.
*/
@@ -1583,9 +1541,6 @@ nfsd_export_shutdown(struct net *net)
cache_unregister_net(nn->svc_expkey_cache, net);
cache_unregister_net(nn->svc_export_cache, net);
- /* Drain deferred export and expkey release work. */
- rcu_barrier();
- flush_workqueue(nfsd_export_wq);
cache_destroy_net(nn->svc_expkey_cache, net);
cache_destroy_net(nn->svc_export_cache, net);
svcauth_unix_purge(net);
--- a/fs/nfsd/export.h
+++ b/fs/nfsd/export.h
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
#include <linux/sunrpc/cache.h>
#include <linux/percpu_counter.h>
-#include <linux/workqueue.h>
#include <uapi/linux/nfsd/export.h>
#include <linux/nfs4.h>
@@ -76,7 +75,7 @@ struct svc_export {
u32 ex_layout_types;
struct nfsd4_deviceid_map *ex_devid_map;
struct cache_detail *cd;
- struct rcu_work ex_rwork;
+ struct rcu_head ex_rcu;
unsigned long ex_xprtsec_modes;
struct export_stats *ex_stats;
};
@@ -93,7 +92,7 @@ struct svc_expkey {
u32 ek_fsid[6];
struct path ek_path;
- struct rcu_work ek_rwork;
+ struct rcu_head ek_rcu;
};
#define EX_ISSYNC(exp) (!((exp)->ex_flags & NFSEXP_ASYNC))
@@ -111,8 +110,6 @@ __be32 check_nfsd_access(struct svc_expo
/*
* Function declarations
*/
-int nfsd_export_wq_init(void);
-void nfsd_export_wq_shutdown(void);
int nfsd_export_init(struct net *);
void nfsd_export_shutdown(struct net *);
void nfsd_export_flush(struct net *);
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c
@@ -2320,12 +2320,9 @@ static int __init init_nfsd(void)
if (retval)
goto out_free_pnfs;
nfsd_lockd_init(); /* lockd->nfsd callbacks */
- retval = nfsd_export_wq_init();
- if (retval)
- goto out_free_lockd;
retval = register_pernet_subsys(&nfsd_net_ops);
if (retval < 0)
- goto out_free_export_wq;
+ goto out_free_lockd;
retval = register_cld_notifier();
if (retval)
goto out_free_subsys;
@@ -2354,8 +2351,6 @@ out_free_cld:
unregister_cld_notifier();
out_free_subsys:
unregister_pernet_subsys(&nfsd_net_ops);
-out_free_export_wq:
- nfsd_export_wq_shutdown();
out_free_lockd:
nfsd_lockd_shutdown();
nfsd_drc_slab_free();
@@ -2376,7 +2371,6 @@ static void __exit exit_nfsd(void)
nfsd4_destroy_laundry_wq();
unregister_cld_notifier();
unregister_pernet_subsys(&nfsd_net_ops);
- nfsd_export_wq_shutdown();
nfsd_drc_slab_free();
nfsd_lockd_shutdown();
nfsd4_free_slabs();
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