From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Norbert Szetei <norbert@doyensec.com>,
	=?UTF-8?q?G=C3=BCnther=20Noack?= <gnoack3000@gmail.com>,
	=?UTF-8?q?Micka=C3=ABl=20Sala=C3=BCn?= <mic@digikod.net>,
	Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 6.1.y] landlock: Fix use-after-free of the source's parent directory
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2026 08:49:25 -0400
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From: Norbert Szetei <norbert@doyensec.com>

[ Upstream commit 2c6dc792538260a8087ac5b22c31b3b8e47c85d6 ]

current_check_refer_path() reads old_dentry->d_parent without holding a
reference nor a lock on it, and then dereferences it in
collect_domain_accesses() and in the audit record.

A reference on a child does not pin its parent: __d_move() reassigns
dentry->d_parent and drops the reference the child held on its former
parent.  hook_path_rename() is not affected because the rename path
calls lock_rename() before the hook, so the source cannot be reparented
under it.  hook_path_link() has no such protection: filename_linkat()
holds a reference on the source dentry but neither locks nor references
its parent, so a concurrent rename(2) can reparent the source while
security_path_link() runs, and the former parent can then be removed and
freed while the hook walks it.

A process can trigger this after entering a Landlock domain that handles
at least one filesystem access right.  The process can then race a
linkat(2) loop against rename(2) and rmdir(2):

  BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in collect_domain_accesses+0x278/0x290
  Read of size 4 at addr ffff888160bd53f4 by task llrepro2/549
   collect_domain_accesses+0x278/0x290
   current_check_refer_path+0x952/0x1120
   security_path_link+0x1be/0x320
   filename_linkat+0x342/0x6d0
   __x64_sys_linkat+0xfa/0x150
  Freed by task 562:
   kmem_cache_free+0x139/0x4c0
   i_callback+0x4b/0x80
   rcu_core+0x7dc/0x10a0

Take a reference on the dentry selected as the source parent, using
dget() for the common-mount-root case and dget_parent() otherwise.
Release it after the hierarchy walk and synchronous audit logging.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: b91c3e4ea756 ("landlock: Add support for file reparenting with LANDLOCK_ACCESS_FS_REFER")
Signed-off-by: Norbert Szetei <norbert@doyensec.com>
Reviewed-by: Günther Noack <gnoack3000@gmail.com>
Tested-by: Günther Noack <gnoack3000@gmail.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/E9CDD9E6-E960-4DE2-B1AC-5667D52ABB3E@doyensec.com
[mic: Clarify the caller, reachability, and reference handling]
Signed-off-by: Mickaël Salaün <mic@digikod.net>
[ consolidated dput(old_parent) into one release after the hierarchy walks because the older branch lacks audit logging. ]
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
 security/landlock/fs.c | 10 ++++++----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/security/landlock/fs.c b/security/landlock/fs.c
index dd7f0fd921cf6..8bd48f1446e33 100644
--- a/security/landlock/fs.c
+++ b/security/landlock/fs.c
@@ -893,17 +893,19 @@ static int current_check_refer_path(struct dentry *const old_dentry,
 	/*
 	 * old_dentry may be the root of the common mount point and
 	 * !IS_ROOT(old_dentry) at the same time (e.g. with open_tree() and
-	 * OPEN_TREE_CLONE).  We do not need to call dget(old_parent) because
-	 * we keep a reference to old_dentry.
+	 * OPEN_TREE_CLONE).  Pin the dentry used as old_parent in either case.
+	 * Otherwise, dget_parent() safely fetches and pins the current parent
+	 * against a concurrent rename(2).
 	 */
-	old_parent = (old_dentry == mnt_dir.dentry) ? old_dentry :
-						      old_dentry->d_parent;
+	old_parent = (old_dentry == mnt_dir.dentry) ? dget(old_dentry) :
+						      dget_parent(old_dentry);
 
 	/* new_dir->dentry is equal to new_dentry->d_parent */
 	allow_parent1 = collect_domain_accesses(dom, mnt_dir.dentry, old_parent,
 						&layer_masks_parent1);
 	allow_parent2 = collect_domain_accesses(
 		dom, mnt_dir.dentry, new_dir->dentry, &layer_masks_parent2);
+	dput(old_parent);
 
 	if (allow_parent1 && allow_parent2)
 		return 0;
-- 
2.53.0