From: syzbot <syzbot+b74150fd2ef40e716ca2@syzkaller.appspotmail.com>
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Subject: Forwarded: [PATCH] ipc/mqueue: fix dentry refcount imbalance in prepare_open()
Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2025 23:11:24 -0800 [thread overview]
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Subject: [PATCH] ipc/mqueue: fix dentry refcount imbalance in prepare_open()
Author: kartikey406@gmail.com
#syz test: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git master
When opening an existing message queue, prepare_open() does not increment
the dentry refcount, but end_creating() always calls dput(). This causes
a refcount imbalance that triggers a WARN_ON_ONCE in fast_dput() when the
file is later closed.
The creation path via vfs_mkobj() correctly increments the refcount, but
the "already exists" path was missing the corresponding dget().
Add the missing dget() call when opening an existing queue to balance the
dput() in end_creating().
Reported-by: syzbot+b74150fd2ef40e716ca2@syzkaller.appspot.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=b74150fd2ef40e716ca2
Signed-off-by: Deepanshu Kartikey <kartikey406@gmail.com>
---
ipc/mqueue.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/ipc/mqueue.c b/ipc/mqueue.c
index 328bcc3ee3ad..63ff2c322549 100644
--- a/ipc/mqueue.c
+++ b/ipc/mqueue.c
@@ -883,6 +883,7 @@ static int prepare_open(struct dentry *dentry, int oflag, int ro,
if ((oflag & O_ACCMODE) == (O_RDWR | O_WRONLY))
return -EINVAL;
acc = oflag2acc[oflag & O_ACCMODE];
+ dget(dentry);
return inode_permission(&nop_mnt_idmap, d_inode(dentry), acc);
}
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-11-30 7:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-11-29 13:05 [syzbot] [overlayfs?] WARNING in fast_dput syzbot
2025-11-29 21:58 ` Hillf Danton
2025-11-29 22:18 ` syzbot
2025-11-30 7:11 ` syzbot [this message]
2025-11-30 7:30 ` Forwarded: [PATCH] ipc/mqueue: fix dentry refcount imbalance in prepare_open() Al Viro
2025-11-30 8:46 ` Al Viro
2025-11-30 9:10 ` Al Viro
2025-11-30 10:52 ` [syzbot] [overlayfs?] WARNING in fast_dput Hillf Danton
2025-11-30 11:41 ` syzbot
2025-12-01 8:58 ` Amir Goldstein
2025-12-01 9:06 ` Al Viro
2025-12-01 9:07 ` Aleksandr Nogikh
2025-12-01 11:05 ` Amir Goldstein
2025-12-01 11:07 ` Aleksandr Nogikh
2025-12-01 12:11 ` Amir Goldstein
2025-12-01 10:18 ` syzbot
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