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From: sashiko-bot@kernel.org
To: "Christian Brauner" <brauner@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org, tytso@mit.edu,
	linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/8] eventfs: free the eventfs_inode after an rcu grace period too
Date: Fri, 09 Oct 2026 21:58:10 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <sashiko-outbox-166116@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261009-work-fixes-rcu-v1-4-7446d2d335e6@kernel.org>

> tracefs_d_revalidate() reads ->is_freed of the eventfs_inode that
> dentry->d_fsdata points to, and ->d_revalidate() is called in rcu
> pathwalk mode with nothing but rcu_read_lock() held. The dentry itself
> stays around for such a walker, but tracefs_d_release() drops its
> reference to the eventfs_inode when the dentry is killed, and
> release_ei() then frees it after a grace period of eventfs_srcu. An
> SRCU grace period doesn't wait for rcu_read_lock() sections, so the
> walker can read an eventfs_inode that is already gone.
> 
> With a pathwalk held up in tracefs_d_revalidate() while the dentry goes
> away:
> 
>   BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in tracefs_d_revalidate+0x76/0x90
>   Read of size 1 at addr ff1100010152d8d0 by task walker/97
>   Call Trace:
> [ ... ]
> chain call_rcu() from the SRCU callback.
> 
> Fixes: 8e556432477e ("eventfs: Use SRCU for freeing eventfs_inodes")
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>

Sashiko has reviewed this patch and found no issues. It looks great!

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Sashiko AI review · https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20261009-work-fixes-rcu-v1-0-7446d2d335e6@kernel.org?part=4


  reply	other threads:[~2026-10-09 21:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-10-09 21:51 [PATCH 0/8] fs: fix a range of UAFs during rcu pathwalk caused by non-rcu frees Christian Brauner
2026-10-09 21:51 ` [PATCH 1/8] ext4: free the sbi after a grace period Christian Brauner
2026-10-09 22:04   ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-09 21:51 ` [PATCH 2/8] afs: free the super info " Christian Brauner
2026-10-09 22:07   ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-10 12:54     ` Christian Brauner
2026-10-09 21:51 ` [PATCH 3/8] 9p: free the session " Christian Brauner
2026-10-09 22:03   ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-09 21:51 ` [PATCH 4/8] eventfs: free the eventfs_inode after an rcu grace period too Christian Brauner
2026-10-09 21:58   ` sashiko-bot [this message]
2026-10-09 21:51 ` [PATCH 5/8] ipc: drop the mqueue mount with kern_unmount() on setup failure Christian Brauner
2026-10-09 22:00   ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-09 21:51 ` [PATCH 6/8] unicode: free the map after a grace period Christian Brauner
2026-10-09 22:04   ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-09 21:51 ` [PATCH 7/8] ntfs3: free the sbi " Christian Brauner
2026-10-09 22:03   ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-09 21:51 ` [PATCH 8/8] ntfs3: free replaced mount options " Christian Brauner
2026-10-09 22:02   ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-10 12:55     ` Christian Brauner
2026-10-12 10:36 ` [PATCH 0/8] fs: fix a range of UAFs during rcu pathwalk caused by non-rcu frees Jan Kara
2026-10-12 10:42   ` Christian Brauner
2026-10-13 10:47     ` Jan Kara

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