FAILED: patch "[PATCH] nfsd: RCU-protect cl_cb_session to fix use-after-free on" failed to apply to 6.12-stable tree

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2026-09-03 13:17 UTC #0 lore raw

The patch below does not apply to the 6.12-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to <[email protected]>.

To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:

git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-6.12.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x 01c5d5f58a5db9b0ee5afba2e49d3157788687b2
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<[email protected]>' --in-reply-to '2026090301-reflector-uncrown-1ebb@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 6.12.y' 'HEAD^..'

Possible dependencies:

thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From 01c5d5f58a5db9b0ee5afba2e49d3157788687b2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeff Layton <[email protected]>
Date: Sat, 30 May 2026 09:19:18 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] nfsd: RCU-protect cl_cb_session to fix use-after-free on
session teardown
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After a DESTROY_SESSION the per-session teardown path can free a session while rpciod still holds an inflight callback rpc_task that dereferences clp->cl_cb_session. nfsd4_probe_callback_sync() flushes cl_callback_wq, but once nfsd4_run_cb_work() has called rpc_call_async() the rpc_task lives on rpciod; flushing the workqueue does not wait for it. rpc_shutdown_client() does drain rpciod tasks, but uses a 1-second wait_event_timeout — tasks stuck in rpc_delay() (e.g. 2-second NFS4ERR_DELAY retries) can outlive the drain.

    destroy path                       rpciod
    ------------                       ------
    unhash_session(ses)
    nfsd4_probe_callback_sync(clp)
      flush_workqueue(cl_callback_wq)
      /* returns; rpc_task still live */
    nfsd4_put_session_locked(ses)
    free_session(ses) -> kfree(ses)
                                       nfsd4_cb_sequence_done()
                                         reads cb_clp->cl_cb_session
                                         /* freed slab */

A second window exists in nfsd4_process_cb_update(). When __nfsd4_find_backchannel() returns NULL because unhash_session() has already removed the destroyed session from cl_sessions, setup_callback_client() takes the v4.1 early return so clp->cl_cb_session = ses never fires and the field retains a pointer to the about-to-be-freed session.

Fix both by converting cl_cb_session to an RCU-protected pointer:

- Move the cl_cb_session = ses assignment in setup_callback_client() to after rpc_create() succeeds, so it is only published when a working backchannel exists. Clear cl_cb_session on the error return in nfsd4_process_cb_update(). Both stores use rcu_assign_pointer().

- Annotate cl_cb_session with __rcu. All rpciod-side readers use rcu_read_lock()/rcu_dereference() and check for NULL, bailing to the appropriate error or requeue path:
encode_cb_sequence4args(), decode_cb_sequence4resok(), nfsd41_cb_get_slot(), nfsd41_cb_release_slot(), nfsd4_cb_prepare(), and nfsd4_cb_sequence_done().

- Switch __free_session() from kfree() to kfree_rcu() so the session slab is not reclaimed until after an RCU grace period, guaranteeing that rpciod readers inside rcu_read_lock() never dereference freed memory.

- Pass the session pointer to the nfsd_cb_seq_status and nfsd_cb_free_slot tracepoints instead of having them re-read cl_cb_session.

- nfsd4_cb_prepare() calls rpc_exit() when the session is NULL, routing through the done/release path to requeue the callback.

Fixes dcbeaa68dbbd ("nfsd4: allow backchannel recovery")

Cc [email protected]

Reported-by Chris Mason <[email protected]>

Signed-off-by Chris Mason <[email protected]>

Signed-off-by Jeff Layton <[email protected]>

Link https://patch.msgid.link/[email protected] open here

Signed-off-by Chuck Lever <[email protected]>

fs/nfsd/nfs4callback.c +90 ~~-19~~

index 50827405468d..1628bb9ef9dd 100644
@@ -456,13 +456,20 @@ static void encode_cb_sequence4args(struct xdr_stream *xdr,
 				    const struct nfsd4_callback *cb,
 				    struct nfs4_cb_compound_hdr *hdr)
 {
-	struct nfsd4_session *session = cb->cb_clp->cl_cb_session;
+	struct nfsd4_session *session;
 	struct nfsd4_referring_call_list *rcl;
 	__be32 *p;
 
 	if (hdr->minorversion == 0)
 		return;
 
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	session = rcu_dereference(cb->cb_clp->cl_cb_session);
+	if (!session) {
+		rcu_read_unlock();
+		return;
+	}
+
 	encode_nfs_cb_opnum4(xdr, OP_CB_SEQUENCE);
 	encode_sessionid4(xdr, session);

@@ -478,6 +485,7 @@ static void encode_cb_sequence4args(struct xdr_stream *xdr,
 		encode_referring_call_list4(xdr, rcl);
 
 	hdr->nops++;
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 }
 
 static void update_cb_slot_table(struct nfsd4_session *ses, u32 target)

@@ -529,21 +537,32 @@ static void update_cb_slot_table(struct nfsd4_session *ses, u32 target)
 static int decode_cb_sequence4resok(struct xdr_stream *xdr,
 				    struct nfsd4_callback *cb)
 {
-	struct nfsd4_session *session = cb->cb_clp->cl_cb_session;
+	struct nfsd4_session *session;
 	int status = -ESERVERFAULT;
 	__be32 *p;
 	u32 seqid, slotid, target;
 
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	session = rcu_dereference(cb->cb_clp->cl_cb_session);
+	if (!session) {
+		rcu_read_unlock();
+		cb->cb_seq_status = -NFS4ERR_BADSESSION;
+		return -NFS4ERR_BADSESSION;
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If the server returns different values for sessionID, slotID or
 	 * sequence number, the server is looney tunes.
 	 */
 	p = xdr_inline_decode(xdr, NFS4_MAX_SESSIONID_LEN + 4 + 4 + 4 + 4);
-	if (unlikely(p == NULL))
+	if (unlikely(p == NULL)) {
+		rcu_read_unlock();
 		goto out_overflow;
+	}
 
 	if (memcmp(p, session->se_sessionid.data, NFS4_MAX_SESSIONID_LEN)) {
 		dprintk("NFS: %s Invalid session id\n", __func__);
+		rcu_read_unlock();
 		goto out;
 	}
 	p += XDR_QUADLEN(NFS4_MAX_SESSIONID_LEN);

@@ -551,12 +570,14 @@ static int decode_cb_sequence4resok(struct xdr_stream *xdr,
 	seqid = be32_to_cpup(p++);
 	if (seqid != session->se_cb_seq_nr[cb->cb_held_slot]) {
 		dprintk("NFS: %s Invalid sequence number\n", __func__);
+		rcu_read_unlock();
 		goto out;
 	}
 
 	slotid = be32_to_cpup(p++);
 	if (slotid != cb->cb_held_slot) {
 		dprintk("NFS: %s Invalid slotid\n", __func__);
+		rcu_read_unlock();
 		goto out;
 	}

@@ -564,6 +585,7 @@ static int decode_cb_sequence4resok(struct xdr_stream *xdr,
 
 	target = be32_to_cpup(p++);
 	update_cb_slot_table(session, target);
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 	status = 0;
 out:
 	cb->cb_seq_status = status;

@@ -1150,9 +1172,8 @@ static int setup_callback_client(struct nfs4_client *clp, struct nfs4_cb_conn *c
 	} else {
 		if (!conn->cb_xprt || !ses)
 			return -EINVAL;
-		clp->cl_cb_session = ses;
 		args.bc_xprt = conn->cb_xprt;
-		args.prognumber = clp->cl_cb_session->se_cb_prog;
+		args.prognumber = ses->se_cb_prog;
 		args.protocol = conn->cb_xprt->xpt_class->xcl_ident |
 				XPRT_TRANSPORT_BC;
 		args.authflavor = ses->se_cb_sec.flavor;

@@ -1170,8 +1191,10 @@ static int setup_callback_client(struct nfs4_client *clp, struct nfs4_cb_conn *c
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
-	if (clp->cl_minorversion != 0)
+	if (clp->cl_minorversion != 0) {
 		clp->cl_cb_conn.cb_xprt = conn->cb_xprt;
+		rcu_assign_pointer(clp->cl_cb_session, ses);
+	}
 	clp->cl_cb_client = client;
 	clp->cl_cb_cred = cred;
 	rcu_read_lock();

@@ -1278,18 +1301,33 @@ static int grab_slot(struct nfsd4_session *ses)
 static bool nfsd41_cb_get_slot(struct nfsd4_callback *cb, struct rpc_task *task)
 {
 	struct nfs4_client *clp = cb->cb_clp;
-	struct nfsd4_session *ses = clp->cl_cb_session;
+	struct nfsd4_session *ses;
 
 	if (cb->cb_held_slot >= 0)
 		return true;
+
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	ses = rcu_dereference(clp->cl_cb_session);
+	if (!ses) {
+		rcu_read_unlock();
+		rpc_sleep_on(&clp->cl_cb_waitq, task, NULL);
+		return false;
+	}
 	cb->cb_held_slot = grab_slot(ses);
 	if (cb->cb_held_slot < 0) {
+		rcu_read_unlock();
 		rpc_sleep_on(&clp->cl_cb_waitq, task, NULL);
 		/* Race breaker */
-		cb->cb_held_slot = grab_slot(ses);
+		rcu_read_lock();
+		ses = rcu_dereference(clp->cl_cb_session);
+		if (ses)
+			cb->cb_held_slot = grab_slot(ses);
+		rcu_read_unlock();
 		if (cb->cb_held_slot < 0)
 			return false;
 		rpc_wake_up_queued_task(&clp->cl_cb_waitq, task);
+	} else {
+		rcu_read_unlock();
 	}
 	return true;
 }

@@ -1297,12 +1335,17 @@ static bool nfsd41_cb_get_slot(struct nfsd4_callback *cb, struct rpc_task *task)
 static void nfsd41_cb_release_slot(struct nfsd4_callback *cb)
 {
 	struct nfs4_client *clp = cb->cb_clp;
-	struct nfsd4_session *ses = clp->cl_cb_session;
+	struct nfsd4_session *ses;
 
 	if (cb->cb_held_slot >= 0) {
-		spin_lock(&ses->se_lock);
-		ses->se_cb_slot_avail |= BIT(cb->cb_held_slot);
-		spin_unlock(&ses->se_lock);
+		rcu_read_lock();
+		ses = rcu_dereference(clp->cl_cb_session);
+		if (ses) {
+			spin_lock(&ses->se_lock);
+			ses->se_cb_slot_avail |= BIT(cb->cb_held_slot);
+			spin_unlock(&ses->se_lock);
+		}
+		rcu_read_unlock();
 		cb->cb_held_slot = -1;
 		rpc_wake_up_next(&clp->cl_cb_waitq);
 	}

@@ -1434,22 +1477,35 @@ static void nfsd4_cb_prepare(struct rpc_task *task, void *calldata)
 	trace_nfsd_cb_rpc_prepare(clp);
 	cb->cb_seq_status = 1;
 	cb->cb_status = 0;
-	if (minorversion && !nfsd41_cb_get_slot(cb, task))
-		return;
+	if (minorversion) {
+		if (!rcu_access_pointer(clp->cl_cb_session)) {
+			rpc_exit(task, -EIO);
+			return;
+		}
+		if (!nfsd41_cb_get_slot(cb, task))
+			return;
+	}
 	rpc_call_start(task);
 }
 
 /* Returns true if CB_COMPOUND processing should continue */
 static bool nfsd4_cb_sequence_done(struct rpc_task *task, struct nfsd4_callback *cb)
 {
-	struct nfsd4_session *session = cb->cb_clp->cl_cb_session;
+	struct nfsd4_session *session;
 	bool ret = false;
 
 	if (cb->cb_held_slot < 0)
 		goto requeue;
 
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	session = rcu_dereference(cb->cb_clp->cl_cb_session);
+	if (!session) {
+		rcu_read_unlock();
+		goto requeue;
+	}
+
 	/* This is the operation status code for CB_SEQUENCE */
-	trace_nfsd_cb_seq_status(task, cb);
+	trace_nfsd_cb_seq_status(task, cb, session);
 	switch (cb->cb_seq_status) {
 	case 0:
 		/*

@@ -1481,12 +1537,16 @@ static bool nfsd4_cb_sequence_done(struct rpc_task *task, struct nfsd4_callback
 		fallthrough;
 	case -NFS4ERR_BADSESSION:
 		nfsd4_mark_cb_fault(cb->cb_clp);
+		rcu_read_unlock();
 		goto requeue;
 	case -NFS4ERR_DELAY:
 		cb->cb_seq_status = 1;
-		if (RPC_SIGNALLED(task) || !rpc_restart_call(task))
+		if (RPC_SIGNALLED(task) || !rpc_restart_call(task)) {
+			rcu_read_unlock();
 			goto requeue;
+		}
 		rpc_delay(task, 2 * HZ);
+		rcu_read_unlock();
 		return false;
 	case -NFS4ERR_SEQ_MISORDERED:
 	case -NFS4ERR_BADSLOT:

@@ -1498,11 +1558,13 @@ static bool nfsd4_cb_sequence_done(struct rpc_task *task, struct nfsd4_callback
 		 */
 		nfsd4_mark_cb_fault(cb->cb_clp);
 		cb->cb_held_slot = -1;
+		rcu_read_unlock();
 		goto retry_nowait;
 	default:
 		nfsd4_mark_cb_fault(cb->cb_clp);
 	}
-	trace_nfsd_cb_free_slot(task, cb);
+	trace_nfsd_cb_free_slot(task, cb, session);
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 	nfsd41_cb_release_slot(cb);
 	return ret;
 retry_nowait:

@@ -1624,7 +1686,15 @@ static struct nfsd4_conn * __nfsd4_find_backchannel(struct nfs4_client *clp)
  * Note there isn't a lot of locking in this code; instead we depend on
  * the fact that it is run from clp->cl_callback_wq, which won't run two
  * work items at once.  So, for example, clp->cl_callback_wq handles all
- * access of cl_cb_client and all calls to rpc_create or rpc_shutdown_client.
+ * access of cl_cb_client, and all calls to rpc_create or
+ * rpc_shutdown_client.
+ *
+ * cl_cb_session is written only from cl_callback_wq (via
+ * rcu_assign_pointer) and read from rpciod under rcu_read_lock (via
+ * rcu_dereference) by encode_cb_sequence4args(), decode_cb_sequence4resok(),
+ * nfsd4_cb_sequence_done(), and the cb-slot helpers.  Sessions are freed
+ * with kfree_rcu() so that rpciod readers in an RCU read-side critical
+ * section never dereference a freed session.
  */
 static void nfsd4_process_cb_update(struct nfsd4_callback *cb)
 {

@@ -1676,6 +1746,7 @@ static void nfsd4_process_cb_update(struct nfsd4_callback *cb)
 		nfsd4_mark_cb_down(clp);
 		if (c)
 			svc_xprt_put(c->cn_xprt);
+		rcu_assign_pointer(clp->cl_cb_session, ses);
 		return;
 	}
 }

fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c +2 -2

index c7eb558cb86b..c99538d36470 100644
@@ -2295,7 +2295,7 @@ static void __free_session(struct nfsd4_session *ses)
 {
 	free_session_slots(ses, 0);
 	xa_destroy(&ses->se_slots);
-	kfree(ses);
+	kfree_rcu(ses, rcu_head);
 }
 
 static void free_session(struct nfsd4_session *ses)

@@ -3414,7 +3414,7 @@ static struct nfs4_client *create_client(struct xdr_netobj name,
 	clp->cl_time = ktime_get_boottime_seconds();
 	copy_verf(clp, verf);
 	memcpy(&clp->cl_addr, sa, sizeof(struct sockaddr_storage));
-	clp->cl_cb_session = NULL;
+	RCU_INIT_POINTER(clp->cl_cb_session, NULL);
 	clp->net = net;
 	clp->cl_nfsd_dentry = nfsd_client_mkdir(
 		nn, &clp->cl_nfsdfs,

fs/nfsd/state.h +2 -1

index dec83e92650d..ac6fd0d6d099 100644
@@ -384,6 +384,7 @@ struct nfsd4_session {
 	u16			se_slot_gen;
 	bool			se_dead;
 	u32			se_target_maxslots;
+	struct rcu_head		rcu_head;
 };
 
 /* formatted contents of nfs4_sessionid */

@@ -496,7 +497,7 @@ struct nfs4_client {
 #define NFSD4_CB_FAULT		3
 	int			cl_cb_state;
 	struct nfsd4_callback	cl_cb_null;
-	struct nfsd4_session	*cl_cb_session;
+	struct nfsd4_session	__rcu *cl_cb_session;
 
 	/* for all client information that callback code might need: */
 	spinlock_t		cl_lock;

fs/nfsd/trace.h +6 -8

index 1c5a1e50f946..830d9ceb4fe3 100644
@@ -1727,9 +1727,10 @@ DEFINE_NFSD_CB_LIFETIME_EVENT(bc_shutdown);
 TRACE_EVENT(nfsd_cb_seq_status,
 	TP_PROTO(
 		const struct rpc_task *task,
-		const struct nfsd4_callback *cb
+		const struct nfsd4_callback *cb,
+		const struct nfsd4_session *session
 	),
-	TP_ARGS(task, cb),
+	TP_ARGS(task, cb, session),
 	TP_STRUCT__entry(
 		__field(unsigned int, task_id)
 		__field(unsigned int, client_id)

@@ -1741,8 +1742,6 @@ TRACE_EVENT(nfsd_cb_seq_status,
 		__field(int, seq_status)
 	),
 	TP_fast_assign(
-		const struct nfs4_client *clp = cb->cb_clp;
-		const struct nfsd4_session *session = clp->cl_cb_session;
 		const struct nfsd4_sessionid *sid =
 			(struct nfsd4_sessionid *)&session->se_sessionid;

@@ -1768,9 +1767,10 @@ TRACE_EVENT(nfsd_cb_seq_status,
 TRACE_EVENT(nfsd_cb_free_slot,
 	TP_PROTO(
 		const struct rpc_task *task,
-		const struct nfsd4_callback *cb
+		const struct nfsd4_callback *cb,
+		const struct nfsd4_session *session
 	),
-	TP_ARGS(task, cb),
+	TP_ARGS(task, cb, session),
 	TP_STRUCT__entry(
 		__field(unsigned int, task_id)
 		__field(unsigned int, client_id)

@@ -1781,8 +1781,6 @@ TRACE_EVENT(nfsd_cb_free_slot,
 		__field(u32, slot_seqno)
 	),
 	TP_fast_assign(
-		const struct nfs4_client *clp = cb->cb_clp;
-		const struct nfsd4_session *session = clp->cl_cb_session;
 		const struct nfsd4_sessionid *sid =
 			(struct nfsd4_sessionid *)&session->se_sessionid;

Sasha Levin

maintainer

2026-09-05 11:03 UTC #1 lore raw

PATCH 1/1 nfsd: RCU-protect cl_cb_session to fix use-after-free on session teardown

From: Jeff Layton <[email protected]>

[ Upstream commit 01c5d5f58a5db9b0ee5afba2e49d3157788687b2 ]

    destroy path                       rpciod
    ------------                       ------
    unhash_session(ses)
    nfsd4_probe_callback_sync(clp)
      flush_workqueue(cl_callback_wq)
      /* returns; rpc_task still live */
    nfsd4_put_session_locked(ses)
    free_session(ses) -> kfree(ses)
                                       nfsd4_cb_sequence_done()
                                         reads cb_clp->cl_cb_session
                                         /* freed slab */