linux-kernel - [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.14 427/642] kernfs: Acquire kernfs_rwsem in kernfs_notify

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Message-Id: <20250505221419.2672473-427-sashal@kernel.org>
Date: Mon,  5 May 2025 18:10:43 -0400
From: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	stable@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>,
	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.14 427/642] kernfs: Acquire kernfs_rwsem in kernfs_notify_workfn().

From: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>

[ Upstream commit 400188ae361a9d9a72a47a6cedaf2d2efcc84aa8 ]

kernfs_notify_workfn() dereferences kernfs_node::name and passes it
later to fsnotify(). If the node is renamed then the previously observed
name pointer becomes invalid.

Acquire kernfs_root::kernfs_rwsem to block renames of the node.

Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250213145023.2820193-2-bigeasy@linutronix.de
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
---
 fs/kernfs/file.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/kernfs/file.c b/fs/kernfs/file.c
index 0eb320617d7b1..c4ffa8dc89ebc 100644
--- a/fs/kernfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/kernfs/file.c
@@ -911,6 +911,7 @@ static void kernfs_notify_workfn(struct work_struct *work)
 	/* kick fsnotify */
 
 	down_read(&root->kernfs_supers_rwsem);
+	down_read(&root->kernfs_rwsem);
 	list_for_each_entry(info, &kernfs_root(kn)->supers, node) {
 		struct kernfs_node *parent;
 		struct inode *p_inode = NULL;
@@ -947,6 +948,7 @@ static void kernfs_notify_workfn(struct work_struct *work)
 		iput(inode);
 	}
 
+	up_read(&root->kernfs_rwsem);
 	up_read(&root->kernfs_supers_rwsem);
 	kernfs_put(kn);
 	goto repeat;
-- 
2.39.5