From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Chuck Lever <cel@kernel.org>, NeilBrown <neil@brown.name>,
Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>, Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 7.2.y 2/6] NFSD: Prevent client use-after-free during admin state revocation
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2026 16:18:44 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260907201848.382196-2-sashal@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260907201848.382196-1-sashal@kernel.org>
From: Chuck Lever <cel@kernel.org>
[ Upstream commit e270e5a0778e5bff852c8862ce9576ce70359393 ]
A stateid holds only a bare pointer to its nfs4_client; a stateid
reference does not pin it. The client survives only because
__destroy_client() drains its stateids before free_client() runs.
nfsd4_revoke_states() drops nn->client_lock across revoke_one_stid(),
which dereferences the client to revoke a stateid and read
clp->cl_minorversion. A teardown racing the dropped lock can free
the client first.
Pinning cl_rpc_users under client_lock blocks the DESTROY_CLIENTID and
EXCHANGE_ID teardown, which refuses while cl_rpc_users is non-zero.
force_expire_client() ignores it: once its wait for cl_rpc_users to
reach zero has passed, a later pin goes unnoticed.
Under client_lock, skip a client whose cl_time is already zero --
force_expire_client() clears it there before waiting -- otherwise pin
cl_rpc_users before dropping the lock. The walk then either sees the
expiry and skips, or pins in time for that wait to cover the revoke.
Fixes: 1c13bf9f2e3c ("nfsd: allow lock state ids to be revoked and then freed")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reviewed-by: NeilBrown <neil@brown.name>
Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260709-cel-v4-3-1d519d9be0cb@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <cel@kernel.org>
Stable-dep-of: 9026932ac8be ("NFSD: Prevent client use-after-free during blocked-lock reaping")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
index e1a8d300636b9..8b0feceee5ac6 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
@@ -1889,9 +1889,19 @@ void nfsd4_revoke_states(struct nfsd_net *nn, struct super_block *sb)
struct nfs4_client *clp;
retry:
list_for_each_entry(clp, head, cl_idhash) {
- struct nfs4_stid *stid = find_one_sb_stid(clp, sb,
- sc_types);
+ struct nfs4_stid *stid;
+
+ /*
+ * force_expire_client() ignores cl_rpc_users once
+ * its wait_event() has passed, so pinning cannot
+ * keep an already-expiring client alive; the
+ * expiry path revokes its states instead.
+ */
+ if (is_client_expired(clp))
+ continue;
+ stid = find_one_sb_stid(clp, sb, sc_types);
if (stid) {
+ atomic_inc(&clp->cl_rpc_users);
spin_unlock(&nn->client_lock);
revoke_one_stid(nn, clp, stid);
nfs4_put_stid(stid);
@@ -1904,6 +1914,9 @@ void nfsd4_revoke_states(struct nfsd_net *nn, struct super_block *sb)
*/
nn->nfs40_last_revoke =
ktime_get_boottime_seconds();
+ if (atomic_dec_and_test(&clp->cl_rpc_users) &&
+ is_client_expired(clp))
+ wake_up_all(&expiry_wq);
goto retry;
}
}
@@ -3259,6 +3272,11 @@ static void force_expire_client(struct nfs4_client *clp)
trace_nfsd_clid_admin_expired(&clp->cl_clientid);
+ /*
+ * cl_time is cleared under client_lock before the wait so a
+ * revocation walk pinning cl_rpc_users under it either skips
+ * this client or is seen by this wait_event().
+ */
spin_lock(&nn->client_lock);
clp->cl_time = 0;
spin_unlock(&nn->client_lock);
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-07 20:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-03 13:32 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] NFSD: Prevent client use-after-free during blocked-lock" failed to apply to 7.2-stable tree gregkh
2026-09-07 20:18 ` [PATCH 7.2.y 1/6] NFSD: Prevent client use-after-free during delegation revoke Sasha Levin
2026-09-07 20:18 ` Sasha Levin [this message]
2026-09-07 20:18 ` [PATCH 7.2.y 3/6] NFSD: Prevent client use-after-free during export state revocation Sasha Levin
2026-09-07 20:18 ` [PATCH 7.2.y 4/6] NFSD: Prevent client use-after-free during NFSv4.0 revoked-state cleanup Sasha Levin
2026-09-07 20:18 ` [PATCH 7.2.y 5/6] NFSD: Consolidate the revocation-path client unpin Sasha Levin
2026-09-07 20:18 ` [PATCH 7.2.y 6/6] NFSD: Prevent client use-after-free during blocked-lock reaping Sasha Levin
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2026-09-03 13:34 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] NFSD: Prevent client use-after-free during close_lru reaping" failed to apply to 7.2-stable tree gregkh
2026-09-07 20:18 ` [PATCH 7.2.y 1/6] NFSD: Prevent client use-after-free during delegation revoke Sasha Levin
2026-09-07 20:18 ` [PATCH 7.2.y 2/6] NFSD: Prevent client use-after-free during admin state revocation Sasha Levin
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