From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	patches@lists.linux.dev,
	syzbot+6b16e3d085833cbf3e25@syzkaller.appspotmail.com,
	Vasileios Almpanis <vasilisalmpanis@gmail.com>,
	Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>,
	Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 6.18 1191/1250] configfs: unhash the dentry before dropping the item in rmdir
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2026 16:16:26 +0100
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6.18-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Vasileios Almpanis <vasilisalmpanis@gmail.com>

[ Upstream commit f06c2d26d1999d37e93299db0ecead04ca7d0b9f ]

configfs_get_config_item() treats a hashed dentry as proof that
sd->s_element is a live config_item.  configfs_rmdir() breaks that:
simple_rmdir() leaves the dentry hashed, the last reference to the item is
dropped right after, and the dentry is only unhashed by d_delete() once
->rmdir() has returned.  configfs_symlink() resolves its target holding no
lock on it, so get_target() can land in that window:

  BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in config_item_get+0x26/0x90
   get_target fs/configfs/symlink.c:128 [inline]
   configfs_symlink+0x4ab/0x1030 fs/configfs/symlink.c:185

Unhash in configfs_remove_dir(), while the item is still guaranteed to be
there.  A reference obtained just before that stays harmless, as
create_link() rechecks CONFIGFS_USET_DROPPING, already set by
configfs_detach_prep().  Both configfs_unregister_subsystem() paths
d_drop() after detaching, so this only makes rmdir match them.

Reported-by: syzbot+6b16e3d085833cbf3e25@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=6b16e3d085833cbf3e25
Fixes: 7063fbf22611 ("[PATCH] configfs: User-driven configuration filesystem")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Vasileios Almpanis <vasilisalmpanis@gmail.com>
Tested-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
Reviewed-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260730093435.195441-3-vasilisalmpanis@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
[ adapted the configfs_remove_dir() change to the older remove_dir() helper. ]
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
---
 fs/configfs/dir.c |   13 +++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/fs/configfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/configfs/dir.c
@@ -401,8 +401,17 @@ static void remove_dir(struct dentry * d
 
 	configfs_remove_dirent(d);
 
-	if (d_really_is_positive(d))
-		simple_rmdir(d_inode(parent),d);
+	if (d_really_is_positive(d)) {
+		if (!simple_rmdir(d_inode(parent), d))
+			/*
+			 * configfs_get_config_item() takes a hashed dentry as
+			 * proof that ->s_element is still alive.  Our caller
+			 * is about to drop the last reference to the item and
+			 * the VFS will not unhash until after we return, so
+			 * unhash it here.
+			 */
+			d_drop(d);
+	}
 
 	pr_debug(" o %pd removing done (%d)\n", d, d_count(d));