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From: Fredric Cover <fredric.cover.lkernel@gmail.com>
To: sfrench@samba.org
Cc: pc@manguebit.org, ronniesahlberg@gmail.com,
	sprasad@microsoft.com, tom@talpey.com, bharathsm@microsoft.com,
	linux-cifs@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Fredric Cover <fredric.cover.lkernel@gmail.com>,
	stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v3 2/2] smb: client: clear ce->tgthint in free_tgts()
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2026 15:01:46 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260724220146.1859170-3-fredric.cover.lkernel@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260724220146.1859170-1-fredric.cover.lkernel@gmail.com>

When free_tgts() frees all structures in ce->tlist, ce->tgthint
is left pointing to one of the freed cache_dfs_tgt structures.

If ce->tgthint is not reset before it is used later, it results
in a use-after-free.

Set ce->tgthint to NULL in free_tgts() after the elements are
freed to reflect that no elements remain.

Fixes: 54be1f6c1c37 ("cifs: Add DFS cache routines")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # depends on: smb: client: harden DFS cache against invalid target hints
Signed-off-by: Fredric Cover <fredric.cover.lkernel@gmail.com>
---
 fs/smb/client/dfs_cache.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/smb/client/dfs_cache.c b/fs/smb/client/dfs_cache.c
index c9ace4326a35..86dba25b7a5a 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/dfs_cache.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/dfs_cache.c
@@ -122,6 +122,8 @@ static inline void free_tgts(struct cache_entry *ce)
 		kfree(t->name);
 		kfree(t);
 	}
+
+	WRITE_ONCE(ce->tgthint, NULL);
 }
 
 static inline void flush_cache_ent(struct cache_entry *ce)
-- 
2.53.0


      parent reply	other threads:[~2026-07-24 22:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-07-24  2:35 [PATCH] smb: client: clear ce->tgthint in free_tgts() Fredric Cover
2026-07-24 21:44 ` [PATCH v2 0/2] smb: client: fix dangling pointer in DFS target hints Fredric Cover
2026-07-24 21:44   ` [PATCH v2 1/2] smb: client: harden DFS cache against invalid " Fredric Cover
2026-07-24 21:44   ` [PATCH v2 2/2] smb: client: clear ce->tgthint in free_tgts() Fredric Cover
2026-07-24 22:01 ` [PATCH v3 0/2] smb: client: fix dangling pointer in DFS target hints Fredric Cover
2026-07-24 22:01   ` [PATCH v3 1/2] smb: client: harden DFS cache against invalid " Fredric Cover
2026-07-24 22:01   ` Fredric Cover [this message]

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