From: Sean Chang <seanwascoding@gmail.com>
To: trondmy@kernel.org, anna@kernel.org
Cc: linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Sean Chang <seanwascoding@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v1 1/2] NFS: fix RCU safety in nfs_compare_super_address
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2026 00:14:27 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260408161428.155169-2-seanwascoding@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260408161428.155169-1-seanwascoding@gmail.com>
The cl_xprt pointer in struct rpc_clnt is marked as __rcu. Accessing
it directly in nfs_compare_super_address() without RCU protection is
unsafe and triggers Sparse warnings about dereferencing noderef
expressions.
Fix this by wrapping the access with rcu_read_lock() and using
rcu_dereference() to safely retrieve the transport pointer. This
ensures the xprt remains valid during the comparison of network
namespaces and addresses, preventing potential use-after-free during
concurrent transport updates.
Signed-off-by: Sean Chang <seanwascoding@gmail.com>
---
fs/nfs/super.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++----------
1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/nfs/super.c b/fs/nfs/super.c
index 7a318581f85b..071337f9ea37 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/super.c
@@ -1166,43 +1166,55 @@ static int nfs_set_super(struct super_block *s, struct fs_context *fc)
static int nfs_compare_super_address(struct nfs_server *server1,
struct nfs_server *server2)
{
+ struct rpc_xprt *xprt1, *xprt2;
struct sockaddr *sap1, *sap2;
- struct rpc_xprt *xprt1 = server1->client->cl_xprt;
- struct rpc_xprt *xprt2 = server2->client->cl_xprt;
+ int ret = 0;
+
+ rcu_read_lock();
+
+ xprt1 = rcu_dereference(server1->client->cl_xprt);
+ xprt2 = rcu_dereference(server2->client->cl_xprt);
+
+ if (!xprt1 || !xprt2)
+ goto out;
if (!net_eq(xprt1->xprt_net, xprt2->xprt_net))
- return 0;
+ goto out;
sap1 = (struct sockaddr *)&server1->nfs_client->cl_addr;
sap2 = (struct sockaddr *)&server2->nfs_client->cl_addr;
if (sap1->sa_family != sap2->sa_family)
- return 0;
+ goto out;
switch (sap1->sa_family) {
case AF_INET: {
struct sockaddr_in *sin1 = (struct sockaddr_in *)sap1;
struct sockaddr_in *sin2 = (struct sockaddr_in *)sap2;
if (sin1->sin_addr.s_addr != sin2->sin_addr.s_addr)
- return 0;
+ goto out;
if (sin1->sin_port != sin2->sin_port)
- return 0;
+ goto out;
break;
}
case AF_INET6: {
struct sockaddr_in6 *sin1 = (struct sockaddr_in6 *)sap1;
struct sockaddr_in6 *sin2 = (struct sockaddr_in6 *)sap2;
if (!ipv6_addr_equal(&sin1->sin6_addr, &sin2->sin6_addr))
- return 0;
+ goto out;
if (sin1->sin6_port != sin2->sin6_port)
- return 0;
+ goto out;
break;
}
default:
- return 0;
+ goto out;
}
- return 1;
+ ret = 1;
+
+out:
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+ return ret;
}
static int nfs_compare_userns(const struct nfs_server *old,
--
2.34.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-08 16:14 UTC|newest]
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2026-04-08 16:14 [PATCH v1 0/2] NFS: fix RCU and tracing pointer safety Sean Chang
2026-04-08 16:14 ` Sean Chang [this message]
2026-04-08 16:14 ` [PATCH v1 2/2] NFS: use unsigned long for req field in nfs_page_class Sean Chang
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