From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Yongjun Gwon <d3bugee@gmail.com>,
Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@kernel.org>,
Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 6.12.y] ksmbd: serialize directory emptiness checks with readdir
Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2026 17:39:47 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261102223759.2132920-1-sashal@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2026110241-arrest-granny-ae4b@gregkh>
From: Yongjun Gwon <d3bugee@gmail.com>
[ Upstream commit 7220980b2423d06a0604516129bfa4cec8a697ae ]
SMB2 QUERY_DIRECTORY holds fp->readdir_lock while it calls iterate_dir()
on fp->filp. An SMB2 SET_INFO request with FILE_DISPOSITION_INFORMATION
can resolve the same FileId and call ksmbd_vfs_empty_dir() on the same
filp without that lock.
iterate_dir()'s inode read lock permits concurrent readers and does not
serialize per-file iterator state. ext4 stores its dx readdir cursor and
fname RB tree in file->private_data. Concurrent reset or refill can
therefore free a fname node while the other worker still traverses it or
retains its RB-tree link, resulting in use-after-free accesses.
An authenticated SMB client with list and delete rights on a directory in
a writable KSMBD share backed by ext4 can trigger this when the directory
takes the dx readdir path. The client overlaps an SMB2 QUERY_DIRECTORY
request with an SMB2 SET_INFO request carrying FILE_DISPOSITION_INFORMATION
on one live FileId.
In one x86_64 SMP KASAN multi-shot guest using ksmbd-for-next at
171df27077fb, the unmodified kernel reported a cross-worker use-after-free
before a panic. The first report's access and free stacks show the two
request paths directly (trimmed):
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in ext4_htree_store_dirent+0x488/0x550
Read of size 8 by task kworker/2:0/29
Workqueue: ksmbd-io handle_ksmbd_work
Call Trace:
ext4_htree_store_dirent+0x488/0x550
htree_dirblock_to_tree+0x535/0x990
ext4_htree_fill_tree+0x319/0xba0
ext4_readdir+0x175a/0x2f40
iterate_dir+0x1b6/0x630
smb2_query_dir+0x1003/0x1cc0
Freed by task 279:
free_rb_tree_fname+0x67/0xc0
ext4_readdir+0x13a9/0x2f40
iterate_dir+0x1b6/0x630
ksmbd_vfs_empty_dir+0xa2/0x100
smb2_set_info+0x2ffa/0x45d0
Take fp->readdir_lock across the entire emptiness check. This places both
iterators over that handle's filp in the same lock domain while
preserving the disposition status handling. The exact code change
completed a warning-free x86_64 KASAN bzImage build. Tracing three request
pairs showed that the two iterate_dir() calls no longer overlapped and the
expected statuses were preserved. A further 1,600 reproducer iterations
completed with expected statuses and no KASAN report, Oops, or panic.
The reproducer and complete guest configuration are available privately
to maintainers on request.
Fixes: e2f34481b24d ("cifsd: add server-side procedures for SMB3")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Yongjun Gwon <d3bugee@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@kernel.org>
[ sashal: adapted to the existing directory check without the ksmbd_stream_fd() guard ]
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
fs/smb/server/smb2pdu.c | 11 ++++++++---
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/smb/server/smb2pdu.c b/fs/smb/server/smb2pdu.c
index 51436cc50c790..7ff5b9b3f243a 100644
--- a/fs/smb/server/smb2pdu.c
+++ b/fs/smb/server/smb2pdu.c
@@ -6574,6 +6574,7 @@ static int set_file_disposition_info(struct ksmbd_work *work,
struct smb2_file_disposition_info *file_info)
{
struct inode *inode;
+ int err;
if (!(fp->daccess & FILE_DELETE_LE)) {
pr_err("no right to delete : 0x%x\n", fp->daccess);
@@ -6582,9 +6583,13 @@ static int set_file_disposition_info(struct ksmbd_work *work,
inode = file_inode(fp->filp);
if (file_info->DeletePending) {
- if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode) &&
- ksmbd_vfs_empty_dir(fp) == -ENOTEMPTY)
- return -EBUSY;
+ if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode)) {
+ mutex_lock(&fp->readdir_lock);
+ err = ksmbd_vfs_empty_dir(fp);
+ mutex_unlock(&fp->readdir_lock);
+ if (err == -ENOTEMPTY)
+ return -EBUSY;
+ }
smb_break_all_levII_oplock(work, fp, 0);
ksmbd_set_inode_pending_delete(fp);
} else {
--
2.53.0
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2026-11-02 15:27 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] ksmbd: serialize directory emptiness checks with readdir" failed to apply to 6.12-stable tree gregkh
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