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From: sashiko-bot@kernel.org
To: "Yu Zhang" <yuz08559@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-usb@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] usb: gadget: f_mass_storage: take filesem in nofua store to fix backing-file UAF
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 08:03:07 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <sashiko-outbox-178470@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261020023050.87701-1-yuz08559@gmail.com>

> fsg_store_nofua() syncs the LUN's backing file when switching from async
> to sync mode:
> 
> 	if (!nofua && curlun->nofua)
> 		fsg_lun_fsync_sub(curlun);
> 
> fsg_lun_fsync_sub() dereferences curlun->filp (vfs_fsync(filp)). Unlike
> every other store that touches the backing file -- fsg_store_ro() and
> fsg_store_cdrom() (down_read), fsg_store_file() (down_write) --
> fsg_store_nofua() holds no filesem while doing so.
> 
> A concurrent close of the backing file runs under down_write(filesem) and
> does fput(curlun->filp) in fsg_lun_close() (fsg_store_file() with an empty
> path, the SCSI START_STOP eject in do_start_stop(), or forced_eject), so
> it can free the file while fsg_store_nofua() is dereferencing it:
> [ ... ]
> Reproduced on a mass_storage gadget over dummy_hcd by writing lun.N/nofua
> (1 then 0) from one task while another task rewrites and clears lun.N/file.
> 
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Yu Zhang <yuz08559@gmail.com>

Sashiko has reviewed this patch and found no issues.

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  reply	other threads:[~2026-10-20  8:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-10-18 13:05 [PATCH] usb: gadget: f_mass_storage: take filesem in nofua store to fix backing-file UAF Yu Zhang
2026-10-18 13:08 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-18 13:34 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-10-18 15:50 ` Alan Stern
2026-10-20  2:30 ` [PATCH v2] " Yu Zhang
2026-10-20  8:03   ` sashiko-bot [this message]
2026-10-20 14:11   ` Alan Stern

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