* [PATCH] jfs: drain lazy commit queue during unmount to prevent use-after-free
@ 2026-05-01 11:02 Tristan Madani
2026-05-05 12:33 ` [PATCH v2 0/2] jfs: fix use-after-free races during unmount Tristan Madani
0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Tristan Madani @ 2026-05-01 11:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Dave Kleikamp
Cc: jfs-discussion, linux-kernel, stable, Tristan Madani,
syzbot+c244f4a09ca85dd2ebc1, syzbot+885a4f3281b8d99c48d8
From: Tristan Madani <tristan@talencesecurity.com>
The jfsCommit kernel thread processes committed transactions from
TxAnchor.unlock_queue via jfs_lazycommit(). During filesystem
unmount, jfs_umount() calls jfs_flush_journal(log, 2) which waits
for the log commit queue (log->cqueue) to drain. However, after
log I/O completes, lazy transactions are moved to
TxAnchor.unlock_queue for asynchronous processing by jfsCommit.
If jfs_umount() proceeds to free the jfs_log (via lmLogClose) or
jfs_sb_info (via kfree in jfs_put_super) while entries referencing
this superblock remain on unlock_queue, the jfsCommit thread will
access freed memory when it later processes these entries:
- jfs_lazycommit reads sbi->commit_state (UAF of jfs_sb_info)
- txLazyCommit accesses JFS_SBI(tblk->sb)->log and takes
log->gclock (UAF of jfs_log)
Add txLazyDrain() which waits for all entries in
TxAnchor.unlock_queue belonging to the unmounting superblock to be
processed, and also waits for any in-flight txLazyCommit
(IN_LAZYCOMMIT) for this superblock to complete. Call it from both
jfs_umount() and jfs_umount_rw() after jfs_flush_journal().
Reported-by: syzbot+c244f4a09ca85dd2ebc1@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=c244f4a09ca85dd2ebc1
Tested-by: syzbot+c244f4a09ca85dd2ebc1@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Reported-by: syzbot+885a4f3281b8d99c48d8@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=885a4f3281b8d99c48d8
Tested-by: syzbot+885a4f3281b8d99c48d8@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Fixes: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Tristan Madani <tristan@talencesecurity.com>
---
fs/jfs/jfs_txnmgr.c | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
fs/jfs/jfs_txnmgr.h | 1 +
fs/jfs/jfs_umount.c | 8 ++++++++
3 files changed, 44 insertions(+)
diff --git a/fs/jfs/jfs_txnmgr.c b/fs/jfs/jfs_txnmgr.c
index 083dbbb0c3268..67a9908b5a4d9 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/jfs_txnmgr.c
+++ b/fs/jfs/jfs_txnmgr.c
@@ -2791,6 +2791,41 @@ void txLazyUnlock(struct tblock * tblk)
LAZY_UNLOCK(flags);
}
+
+/*
+ * txLazyDrain
+ *
+ * Wait for all pending lazy commit entries for this superblock
+ * to be processed by the jfsCommit thread. Must be called
+ * before freeing per-filesystem structures during unmount.
+ */
+void txLazyDrain(struct super_block *sb)
+{
+ struct jfs_sb_info *sbi = JFS_SBI(sb);
+ struct tblock *tblk;
+ unsigned long flags;
+ bool found;
+
+ do {
+ found = false;
+ LAZY_LOCK(flags);
+ list_for_each_entry(tblk, &TxAnchor.unlock_queue, cqueue) {
+ if (tblk->sb == sb) {
+ found = true;
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+ if (!found && (sbi->commit_state & IN_LAZYCOMMIT))
+ found = true;
+ LAZY_UNLOCK(flags);
+
+ if (found) {
+ wake_up(&jfs_commit_thread_wait);
+ schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(1);
+ }
+ } while (found);
+}
+
static void LogSyncRelease(struct metapage * mp)
{
struct jfs_log *log = mp->log;
diff --git a/fs/jfs/jfs_txnmgr.h b/fs/jfs/jfs_txnmgr.h
index ba71eb5ced567..fbbaed26c52bd 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/jfs_txnmgr.h
+++ b/fs/jfs/jfs_txnmgr.h
@@ -291,6 +291,7 @@ extern void txFreelock(struct inode *);
extern int lmLog(struct jfs_log *, struct tblock *, struct lrd *,
struct tlock *);
extern void txQuiesce(struct super_block *);
+extern void txLazyDrain(struct super_block *sb);
extern void txResume(struct super_block *);
extern void txLazyUnlock(struct tblock *);
extern int jfs_lazycommit(void *);
diff --git a/fs/jfs/jfs_umount.c b/fs/jfs/jfs_umount.c
index 18569f1eaabdb..657707361be2a 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/jfs_umount.c
+++ b/fs/jfs/jfs_umount.c
@@ -58,6 +58,13 @@ int jfs_umount(struct super_block *sb)
*/
jfs_flush_journal(log, 2);
+ /*
+ * Drain any pending lazy commit entries for this filesystem so
+ * the jfsCommit thread does not access freed structures.
+ */
+ if (log)
+ txLazyDrain(sb);
+
/*
* Hold log lock so write_special_inodes (lmLogSync) cannot see
* this sbi with a NULL inode pointer while iterating log->sb_list.
@@ -142,6 +149,7 @@ int jfs_umount_rw(struct super_block *sb)
* remove file system from log active file system list.
*/
jfs_flush_journal(log, 2);
+ txLazyDrain(sb);
/*
* Make sure all metadata makes it to disk
--
2.47.3
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2026-05-01 11:02 [PATCH] jfs: drain lazy commit queue during unmount to prevent use-after-free Tristan Madani
@ 2026-05-05 12:33 ` Tristan Madani
2026-05-05 12:33 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] jfs: drain lazy commit queue during unmount to prevent use-after-free Tristan Madani
2026-05-05 12:33 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] jfs: wait for in-flight log I/O before freeing lbufs in lbmLogShutdown Tristan Madani
0 siblings, 2 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Tristan Madani @ 2026-05-05 12:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Dave Kleikamp
Cc: jfs-discussion, linux-kernel, syzbot+c244f4a09ca85dd2ebc1,
syzbot+885a4f3281b8d99c48d8, stable, Tristan Madani
From: Tristan Madani <tristan@talencesecurity.com>
Two related UAF races exist in JFS unmount:
1. jfs_lazycommit accesses freed jfs_sb_info/jfs_log after unmount
proceeds past jfs_flush_journal but before jfsCommit drains
TxAnchor.unlock_queue.
2. lbmIODone (BIO completion in softirq) accesses freed lbuf fields
after lbmLogShutdown frees all lbufs from the freelist.
V1 fixed only race #1. Syzbot testing showed that race #2 can
still trigger independently. This V2 adds a second patch for the
BIO completion race.
Changes since v1:
- Split into two patches (one per race)
- NEW: patch 2/2 adds atomic io_count to drain in-flight BIO
completions before lbmLogShutdown frees lbufs
Tristan Madani (2):
jfs: drain lazy commit queue during unmount to prevent use-after-free
jfs: wait for in-flight log I/O before freeing lbufs in lbmLogShutdown
fs/jfs/jfs_logmgr.c | 10 ++++++++++
fs/jfs/jfs_logmgr.h | 2 ++
fs/jfs/jfs_txnmgr.c | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
fs/jfs/jfs_txnmgr.h | 1 +
fs/jfs/jfs_umount.c | 8 ++++++++
5 files changed, 56 insertions(+)
--
2.47.3
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* [PATCH v2 1/2] jfs: drain lazy commit queue during unmount to prevent use-after-free
2026-05-05 12:33 ` [PATCH v2 0/2] jfs: fix use-after-free races during unmount Tristan Madani
@ 2026-05-05 12:33 ` Tristan Madani
2026-05-05 12:33 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] jfs: wait for in-flight log I/O before freeing lbufs in lbmLogShutdown Tristan Madani
1 sibling, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Tristan Madani @ 2026-05-05 12:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Dave Kleikamp
Cc: jfs-discussion, linux-kernel, syzbot+c244f4a09ca85dd2ebc1,
syzbot+885a4f3281b8d99c48d8, stable, Tristan Madani
From: Tristan Madani <tristan@talencesecurity.com>
The jfsCommit kernel thread processes committed transactions from
TxAnchor.unlock_queue via jfs_lazycommit(). During filesystem
unmount, jfs_umount() calls jfs_flush_journal(log, 2) which waits
for the log commit queue (log->cqueue) to drain. However, after
log I/O completes, lazy transactions are moved to
TxAnchor.unlock_queue for asynchronous processing by jfsCommit.
If jfs_umount() proceeds to free the jfs_log (via lmLogClose) or
jfs_sb_info (via kfree in jfs_put_super) while entries referencing
this superblock remain on unlock_queue, the jfsCommit thread will
access freed memory when it later processes these entries:
- jfs_lazycommit reads sbi->commit_state (UAF of jfs_sb_info)
- txLazyCommit accesses JFS_SBI(tblk->sb)->log and takes
log->gclock (UAF of jfs_log)
Add txLazyDrain() which waits for all entries in
TxAnchor.unlock_queue belonging to the unmounting superblock to be
processed, and also waits for any in-flight txLazyCommit
(IN_LAZYCOMMIT) for this superblock to complete. Call it from both
jfs_umount() and jfs_umount_rw() after jfs_flush_journal().
Reported-by: syzbot+c244f4a09ca85dd2ebc1@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=c244f4a09ca85dd2ebc1
Tested-by: syzbot+c244f4a09ca85dd2ebc1@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Reported-by: syzbot+885a4f3281b8d99c48d8@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=885a4f3281b8d99c48d8
Tested-by: syzbot+885a4f3281b8d99c48d8@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Fixes: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Tristan Madani <tristan@talencesecurity.com>
---
fs/jfs/jfs_txnmgr.c | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
fs/jfs/jfs_txnmgr.h | 1 +
fs/jfs/jfs_umount.c | 8 ++++++++
3 files changed, 44 insertions(+)
diff --git a/fs/jfs/jfs_txnmgr.c b/fs/jfs/jfs_txnmgr.c
index 083dbbb0c3268..67a9908b5a4d9 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/jfs_txnmgr.c
+++ b/fs/jfs/jfs_txnmgr.c
@@ -2791,6 +2791,41 @@ void txLazyUnlock(struct tblock * tblk)
LAZY_UNLOCK(flags);
}
+
+/*
+ * txLazyDrain
+ *
+ * Wait for all pending lazy commit entries for this superblock
+ * to be processed by the jfsCommit thread. Must be called
+ * before freeing per-filesystem structures during unmount.
+ */
+void txLazyDrain(struct super_block *sb)
+{
+ struct jfs_sb_info *sbi = JFS_SBI(sb);
+ struct tblock *tblk;
+ unsigned long flags;
+ bool found;
+
+ do {
+ found = false;
+ LAZY_LOCK(flags);
+ list_for_each_entry(tblk, &TxAnchor.unlock_queue, cqueue) {
+ if (tblk->sb == sb) {
+ found = true;
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+ if (!found && (sbi->commit_state & IN_LAZYCOMMIT))
+ found = true;
+ LAZY_UNLOCK(flags);
+
+ if (found) {
+ wake_up(&jfs_commit_thread_wait);
+ schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(1);
+ }
+ } while (found);
+}
+
static void LogSyncRelease(struct metapage * mp)
{
struct jfs_log *log = mp->log;
diff --git a/fs/jfs/jfs_txnmgr.h b/fs/jfs/jfs_txnmgr.h
index ba71eb5ced567..80ce468eadde0 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/jfs_txnmgr.h
+++ b/fs/jfs/jfs_txnmgr.h
@@ -291,6 +291,7 @@ extern void txFreelock(struct inode *);
extern int lmLog(struct jfs_log *, struct tblock *, struct lrd *,
struct tlock *);
extern void txQuiesce(struct super_block *);
+extern void txLazyDrain(struct super_block *sb);
extern void txResume(struct super_block *);
extern void txLazyUnlock(struct tblock *);
extern int jfs_lazycommit(void *);
diff --git a/fs/jfs/jfs_umount.c b/fs/jfs/jfs_umount.c
index 18569f1eaabdb..657707361be2a 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/jfs_umount.c
+++ b/fs/jfs/jfs_umount.c
@@ -58,6 +58,13 @@ int jfs_umount(struct super_block *sb)
*/
jfs_flush_journal(log, 2);
+ /*
+ * Drain any pending lazy commit entries for this filesystem so
+ * the jfsCommit thread does not access freed structures.
+ */
+ if (log)
+ txLazyDrain(sb);
+
/*
* Hold log lock so write_special_inodes (lmLogSync) cannot see
* this sbi with a NULL inode pointer while iterating log->sb_list.
@@ -142,6 +149,7 @@ int jfs_umount_rw(struct super_block *sb)
* remove file system from log active file system list.
*/
jfs_flush_journal(log, 2);
+ txLazyDrain(sb);
/*
* Make sure all metadata makes it to disk
--
2.47.3
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2026-05-05 12:33 ` [PATCH v2 0/2] jfs: fix use-after-free races during unmount Tristan Madani
2026-05-05 12:33 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] jfs: drain lazy commit queue during unmount to prevent use-after-free Tristan Madani
@ 2026-05-05 12:33 ` Tristan Madani
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From: Tristan Madani @ 2026-05-05 12:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Dave Kleikamp
Cc: jfs-discussion, linux-kernel, syzbot+c244f4a09ca85dd2ebc1,
syzbot+885a4f3281b8d99c48d8, stable, Tristan Madani
From: Tristan Madani <tristan@talencesecurity.com>
lbmLogShutdown() frees log buffer (lbuf) pages and structures from
log->lbuf_free. However, BIO completions (lbmIODone) may still be
executing in softirq context when lbmLogShutdown() runs, because
lbmIODone accesses lbuf fields (l_flag, l_log, l_freelist) before
returning the buffer to the freelist.
If lbmLogShutdown() runs concurrently with lbmIODone in-flight,
it can free an lbuf that lbmIODone is still accessing -- resulting
in a use-after-free.
Fix this by adding an atomic io_count to struct jfs_log that tracks
in-flight BIO operations. lbmStartIO increments it before submit_bio
(or before calling lbmIODone directly for no_integrity mode), and
lbmIODone decrements it after all lbuf accesses are complete.
lbmLogShutdown waits for io_count to reach zero before freeing any
lbufs.
Reported-by: syzbot+c244f4a09ca85dd2ebc1@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=c244f4a09ca85dd2ebc1
Reported-by: syzbot+885a4f3281b8d99c48d8@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=885a4f3281b8d99c48d8
Fixes: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Tristan Madani <tristan@talencesecurity.com>
---
fs/jfs/jfs_logmgr.c | 12 ++++++++++++
fs/jfs/jfs_logmgr.h | 2 ++
2 files changed, 14 insertions(+)
diff --git a/fs/jfs/jfs_logmgr.c b/fs/jfs/jfs_logmgr.c
index 306165e61438c..95e95f71ec0fa 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/jfs_logmgr.c
+++ b/fs/jfs/jfs_logmgr.c
@@ -1804,6 +1804,8 @@ static int lbmLogInit(struct jfs_log * log)
* avoid deadlock here.
*/
init_waitqueue_head(&log->free_wait);
+ atomic_set(&log->io_count, 0);
+ init_waitqueue_head(&log->io_done_wait);
log->lbuf_free = NULL;
@@ -1855,6 +1857,9 @@ static void lbmLogShutdown(struct jfs_log * log)
jfs_info("lbmLogShutdown: log:0x%p", log);
+ /* Wait for all in-flight log I/O to complete */
+ wait_event(log->io_done_wait, !atomic_read(&log->io_count));
+
lbuf = log->lbuf_free;
while (lbuf) {
struct lbuf *next = lbuf->l_freelist;
@@ -1976,6 +1981,8 @@ static int lbmRead(struct jfs_log * log, int pn, struct lbuf ** bpp)
bio->bi_end_io = lbmIODone;
bio->bi_private = bp;
+
+ atomic_inc(&log->io_count);
/*check if journaling to disk has been disabled*/
if (log->no_integrity) {
bio->bi_iter.bi_size = 0;
@@ -2123,6 +2130,8 @@ static void lbmStartIO(struct lbuf * bp)
bio->bi_end_io = lbmIODone;
bio->bi_private = bp;
+ atomic_inc(&log->io_count);
+
/* check if journaling to disk has been disabled */
if (log->no_integrity) {
bio->bi_iter.bi_size = 0;
@@ -2299,6 +2308,9 @@ static void lbmIODone(struct bio *bio)
out:
bp->l_flag |= lbmDONE;
LCACHE_UNLOCK(flags);
+
+ if (atomic_dec_and_test(&bp->l_log->io_count))
+ wake_up(&bp->l_log->io_done_wait);
}
int jfsIOWait(void *arg)
diff --git a/fs/jfs/jfs_logmgr.h b/fs/jfs/jfs_logmgr.h
index 09e0ef6aeccef..cbf38ed27c950 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/jfs_logmgr.h
+++ b/fs/jfs/jfs_logmgr.h
@@ -367,6 +367,8 @@ struct jfs_log {
struct lbuf *lbuf_free; /* 4: free lbufs */
wait_queue_head_t free_wait; /* 4: */
+ atomic_t io_count; /* in-flight log I/O count */
+ wait_queue_head_t io_done_wait; /* wait for io_count == 0 */
/* log write */
int logtid; /* 4: log tid */
--
2.47.3
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