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From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>, Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 6.18.y 1/2] papr-hvpipe: convert papr_hvpipe_dev_create_handle() to FD_PREPARE()
Date: Thu, 14 May 2026 11:08:19 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260514150820.274333-1-sashal@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2026051217-briskness-posing-6f46@gregkh>

From: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>

[ Upstream commit 6d3789d347a7af5c4b0b2da3af47b8d9da607ab2 ]

Fixes a UAF for src_info as well.

Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251123-work-fd-prepare-v4-33-b6efa1706cfd@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Stable-dep-of: 7a4f0846ee6c ("pseries/papr-hvpipe: Fix race with interrupt handler")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
 arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/papr-hvpipe.c | 39 +++++---------------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/papr-hvpipe.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/papr-hvpipe.c
index 21a2f447c43fd..dd7b668799d9b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/papr-hvpipe.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/papr-hvpipe.c
@@ -479,10 +479,7 @@ static const struct file_operations papr_hvpipe_handle_ops = {
 
 static int papr_hvpipe_dev_create_handle(u32 srcID)
 {
-	struct hvpipe_source_info *src_info;
-	struct file *file;
-	long err;
-	int fd;
+	struct hvpipe_source_info *src_info __free(kfree) = NULL;
 
 	spin_lock(&hvpipe_src_list_lock);
 	/*
@@ -506,20 +503,13 @@ static int papr_hvpipe_dev_create_handle(u32 srcID)
 	src_info->tsk = current;
 	init_waitqueue_head(&src_info->recv_wqh);
 
-	fd = get_unused_fd_flags(O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
-	if (fd < 0) {
-		err = fd;
-		goto free_buf;
-	}
-
-	file = anon_inode_getfile("[papr-hvpipe]",
-			&papr_hvpipe_handle_ops, (void *)src_info,
-			O_RDWR);
-	if (IS_ERR(file)) {
-		err = PTR_ERR(file);
-		goto free_fd;
-	}
+	FD_PREPARE(fdf, O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC,
+		   anon_inode_getfile("[papr-hvpipe]", &papr_hvpipe_handle_ops,
+				      (void *)src_info, O_RDWR));
+	if (fdf.err)
+		return fdf.err;
 
+	retain_and_null_ptr(src_info);
 	spin_lock(&hvpipe_src_list_lock);
 	/*
 	 * If two processes are executing ioctl() for the same
@@ -528,22 +518,11 @@ static int papr_hvpipe_dev_create_handle(u32 srcID)
 	 */
 	if (hvpipe_find_source(srcID)) {
 		spin_unlock(&hvpipe_src_list_lock);
-		err = -EALREADY;
-		goto free_file;
+		return -EALREADY;
 	}
 	list_add(&src_info->list, &hvpipe_src_list);
 	spin_unlock(&hvpipe_src_list_lock);
-
-	fd_install(fd, file);
-	return fd;
-
-free_file:
-	fput(file);
-free_fd:
-	put_unused_fd(fd);
-free_buf:
-	kfree(src_info);
-	return err;
+	return fd_publish(fdf);
 }
 
 /*
-- 
2.53.0


  reply	other threads:[~2026-05-14 15:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-05-12 13:39 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] pseries/papr-hvpipe: Fix race with interrupt handler" failed to apply to 6.18-stable tree gregkh
2026-05-14 15:08 ` Sasha Levin [this message]
2026-05-14 15:08   ` [PATCH 6.18.y 2/2] pseries/papr-hvpipe: Fix race with interrupt handler Sasha Levin

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