[SRU][P/N:linux-azure][PATCH 1/1] smb: client: Avoid race in open_cached_dir with lease breaks

John Cabaj john.cabaj at canonical.com
Tue Jul 22 22:15:53 UTC 2025


From: Paul Aurich <paul at darkrain42.org>

BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2117524

A pre-existing valid cfid returned from find_or_create_cached_dir might
race with a lease break, meaning open_cached_dir doesn't consider it
valid, and thinks it's newly-constructed. This leaks a dentry reference
if the allocation occurs before the queued lease break work runs.

Avoid the race by extending holding the cfid_list_lock across
find_or_create_cached_dir and when the result is checked.

Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org
Reviewed-by: Henrique Carvalho <henrique.carvalho at suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul Aurich <paul at darkrain42.org>
Signed-off-by: Steve French <stfrench at microsoft.com>
(cherry picked from commit 3ca02e63edccb78ef3659bebc68579c7224a6ca2)
Signed-off-by: John Cabaj <john.cabaj at canonical.com>
---
 fs/smb/client/cached_dir.c | 10 ++--------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/smb/client/cached_dir.c b/fs/smb/client/cached_dir.c
index fe738623cf1b..240d82c6f908 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/cached_dir.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/cached_dir.c
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ static struct cached_fid *find_or_create_cached_dir(struct cached_fids *cfids,
 {
 	struct cached_fid *cfid;
 
-	spin_lock(&cfids->cfid_list_lock);
 	list_for_each_entry(cfid, &cfids->entries, entry) {
 		if (!strcmp(cfid->path, path)) {
 			/*
@@ -38,25 +37,20 @@ static struct cached_fid *find_or_create_cached_dir(struct cached_fids *cfids,
 			 * being deleted due to a lease break.
 			 */
 			if (!cfid->time || !cfid->has_lease) {
-				spin_unlock(&cfids->cfid_list_lock);
 				return NULL;
 			}
 			kref_get(&cfid->refcount);
-			spin_unlock(&cfids->cfid_list_lock);
 			return cfid;
 		}
 	}
 	if (lookup_only) {
-		spin_unlock(&cfids->cfid_list_lock);
 		return NULL;
 	}
 	if (cfids->num_entries >= max_cached_dirs) {
-		spin_unlock(&cfids->cfid_list_lock);
 		return NULL;
 	}
 	cfid = init_cached_dir(path);
 	if (cfid == NULL) {
-		spin_unlock(&cfids->cfid_list_lock);
 		return NULL;
 	}
 	cfid->cfids = cfids;
@@ -74,7 +68,6 @@ static struct cached_fid *find_or_create_cached_dir(struct cached_fids *cfids,
 	 */
 	cfid->has_lease = true;
 
-	spin_unlock(&cfids->cfid_list_lock);
 	return cfid;
 }
 
@@ -187,8 +180,10 @@ int open_cached_dir(unsigned int xid, struct cifs_tcon *tcon,
 	if (!utf16_path)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
+	spin_lock(&cfids->cfid_list_lock);
 	cfid = find_or_create_cached_dir(cfids, path, lookup_only, tcon->max_cached_dirs);
 	if (cfid == NULL) {
+		spin_unlock(&cfids->cfid_list_lock);
 		kfree(utf16_path);
 		return -ENOENT;
 	}
@@ -197,7 +192,6 @@ int open_cached_dir(unsigned int xid, struct cifs_tcon *tcon,
 	 * Otherwise, it is either a new entry or laundromat worker removed it
 	 * from @cfids->entries.  Caller will put last reference if the latter.
 	 */
-	spin_lock(&cfids->cfid_list_lock);
 	if (cfid->has_lease && cfid->time) {
 		spin_unlock(&cfids->cfid_list_lock);
 		*ret_cfid = cfid;
-- 
2.43.0




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