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
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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