From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Paulo Alcantara <pc@manguebit.org>,
	syzbot+5003556314abc915a71f@syzkaller.appspotmail.com,
	Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@kernel.org>,
	David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>,
	Shyam Prasad N <sprasad@microsoft.com>,
	Ronnie Sahlberg <ronniesahlberg@gmail.com>,
	Tom Talpey <tom@talpey.com>,
	Bharath SM <bharathsm@microsoft.com>,
	Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 5.15.y 2/2] smb: client: cancel reconnect work in clean_demultiplex_info()
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2026 17:23:27 -0400
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From: Paulo Alcantara <pc@manguebit.org>

[ Upstream commit c65eae6f61d1778ff7a82e4aae4080e26f486af1 ]

clean_demultiplex_info() cancels server->echo delayed work but not
server->reconnect, which can cause a use-after-free when the
demultiplex thread exits while a reconnect work is still queued:

  cifs_demultiplex_thread()
    cifs_readv_from_socket()
      cifs_reconnect()
        __cifs_reconnect()
          cifs_queue_server_reconn()
            mod_delayed_work(cifsiod_wq, &server->reconnect, 0)
    clean_demultiplex_info()
      cancel_delayed_work_sync(&server->echo)   // echo canceled
                                                 // reconnect NOT canceled
      kfree_sensitive(server)                    // server freed

  ...later, on cifsiod_wq:

  smb2_reconnect_server()
    server->srv_count  // UAF read of freed server

Fix this by canceling server->reconnect delayed work in
clean_demultiplex_info() before the server is freed, the same way
cifs_put_tcp_session() already does.

Reported-by: syzbot+5003556314abc915a71f@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/r/6aa4a12d.f81106d8.2ab401.0023.GAE@google.com
Fixes: 53e0e11efe92 ("CIFS: Fix a possible memory corruption during reconnect")
Reviewed-by: Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Paulo Alcantara <pc@manguebit.org>
Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Cc: Shyam Prasad N <sprasad@microsoft.com>
Cc: Ronnie Sahlberg <ronniesahlberg@gmail.com>
Cc: Tom Talpey <tom@talpey.com>
Cc: Bharath SM <bharathsm@microsoft.com>
Cc: Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@kernel.org>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
 fs/cifs/connect.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/fs/cifs/connect.c b/fs/cifs/connect.c
index 424cc901fb27a..19d4ea7359da4 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/connect.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/connect.c
@@ -725,6 +725,7 @@ static void clean_demultiplex_info(struct TCP_Server_Info *server)
 	spin_unlock(&cifs_tcp_ses_lock);
 
 	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&server->echo);
+	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&server->reconnect);
 
 	spin_lock(&GlobalMid_Lock);
 	server->tcpStatus = CifsExiting;
-- 
2.53.0