FAILED: patch "[PATCH] nfsd: clear acl_access/acl_default after releasing them" failed to apply to 5.4-stable tree

[<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

The patch below does not apply to the 5.4-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.

To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:

git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-5.4.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x 7faf14a7b0366f153284db0ad3347c457ea70136
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2025021739-feel-carrot-068f@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 5.4.y' HEAD^..

Possible dependencies:



thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From 7faf14a7b0366f153284db0ad3347c457ea70136 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Li Lingfeng <lilingfeng3@huawei.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2025 17:47:22 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] nfsd: clear acl_access/acl_default after releasing them

If getting acl_default fails, acl_access and acl_default will be released
simultaneously. However, acl_access will still retain a pointer pointing
to the released posix_acl, which will trigger a WARNING in
nfs3svc_release_getacl like this:

------------[ cut here ]------------
refcount_t: underflow; use-after-free.
WARNING: CPU: 26 PID: 3199 at lib/refcount.c:28
refcount_warn_saturate+0xb5/0x170
Modules linked in:
CPU: 26 UID: 0 PID: 3199 Comm: nfsd Not tainted
6.12.0-rc6-00079-g04ae226af01f-dirty #8
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS
1.16.1-2.fc37 04/01/2014
RIP: 0010:refcount_warn_saturate+0xb5/0x170
Code: cc cc 0f b6 1d b3 20 a5 03 80 fb 01 0f 87 65 48 d8 00 83 e3 01 75
e4 48 c7 c7 c0 3b 9b 85 c6 05 97 20 a5 03 01 e8 fb 3e 30 ff <0f> 0b eb
cd 0f b6 1d 8a3
RSP: 0018:ffffc90008637cd8 EFLAGS: 00010282
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffffffff83904fde
RDX: dffffc0000000000 RSI: 0000000000000008 RDI: ffff88871ed36380
RBP: ffff888158beeb40 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: fffff520010c6f56
R10: ffffc90008637ab7 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: 0000000000000001
R13: ffff888140e77400 R14: ffff888140e77408 R15: ffffffff858b42c0
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88871ed00000(0000)
knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000562384d32158 CR3: 000000055cc6a000 CR4: 00000000000006f0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 ? refcount_warn_saturate+0xb5/0x170
 ? __warn+0xa5/0x140
 ? refcount_warn_saturate+0xb5/0x170
 ? report_bug+0x1b1/0x1e0
 ? handle_bug+0x53/0xa0
 ? exc_invalid_op+0x17/0x40
 ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x1a/0x20
 ? tick_nohz_tick_stopped+0x1e/0x40
 ? refcount_warn_saturate+0xb5/0x170
 ? refcount_warn_saturate+0xb5/0x170
 nfs3svc_release_getacl+0xc9/0xe0
 svc_process_common+0x5db/0xb60
 ? __pfx_svc_process_common+0x10/0x10
 ? __rcu_read_unlock+0x69/0xa0
 ? __pfx_nfsd_dispatch+0x10/0x10
 ? svc_xprt_received+0xa1/0x120
 ? xdr_init_decode+0x11d/0x190
 svc_process+0x2a7/0x330
 svc_handle_xprt+0x69d/0x940
 svc_recv+0x180/0x2d0
 nfsd+0x168/0x200
 ? __pfx_nfsd+0x10/0x10
 kthread+0x1a2/0x1e0
 ? kthread+0xf4/0x1e0
 ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
 ret_from_fork+0x34/0x60
 ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
 </TASK>
Kernel panic - not syncing: kernel: panic_on_warn set ...

Clear acl_access/acl_default after posix_acl_release is called to prevent
UAF from being triggered.

Fixes: a257cdd0e217 ("[PATCH] NFSD: Add server support for NFSv3 ACLs.")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20241107014705.2509463-1-lilingfeng@huaweicloud.com/
Signed-off-by: Li Lingfeng <lilingfeng3@huawei.com>
Reviewed-by: Rick Macklem <rmacklem@uoguelph.ca>
Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>

diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs2acl.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs2acl.c
index 4e3be7201b1c..5fb202acb0fd 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs2acl.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs2acl.c
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ static __be32 nfsacld_proc_getacl(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 fail:
 	posix_acl_release(resp->acl_access);
 	posix_acl_release(resp->acl_default);
+	resp->acl_access = NULL;
+	resp->acl_default = NULL;
 	goto out;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs3acl.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs3acl.c
index 5e34e98db969..7b5433bd3019 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs3acl.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs3acl.c
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ static __be32 nfsd3_proc_getacl(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 fail:
 	posix_acl_release(resp->acl_access);
 	posix_acl_release(resp->acl_default);
+	resp->acl_access = NULL;
+	resp->acl_default = NULL;
 	goto out;
 }