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Message-ID: <aRCIcSYkYLI4a3Pk@rli9-mobl>
Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2025 20:26:25 +0800
From: Philip Li <philip.li@...el.com>
To: kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
CC: syzbot <syzbot+04c2672c56fbb9401640@...kaller.appspotmail.com>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <syzkaller-bugs@...glegroups.com>,
	<llvm@...ts.linux.dev>, <oe-kbuild-all@...ts.linux.dev>
Subject: Re: Forwarded: [PATCH] fs: fix inode use-after-free in chown_common
 delegation retry

On Sun, Nov 09, 2025 at 07:05:11PM +0800, kernel test robot wrote:
> Hi syzbot,
> 
> kernel test robot noticed the following build warnings:

Sorry, kindly ignore this report.

> 
> [auto build test WARNING on brauner-vfs/vfs.all]
> [also build test WARNING on linus/master v6.18-rc4 next-20251107]
> [If your patch is applied to the wrong git tree, kindly drop us a note.
> And when submitting patch, we suggest to use '--base' as documented in
> https://git-scm.com/docs/git-format-patch#_base_tree_information]
> 
> url:    https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commits/syzbot/Forwarded-PATCH-fs-fix-inode-use-after-free-in-chown_common-delegation-retry/20251109-171000
> base:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git vfs.all
> patch link:    https://lore.kernel.org/r/691059ff.a70a0220.22f260.00a6.GAE%40google.com
> patch subject: Forwarded: [PATCH] fs: fix inode use-after-free in chown_common delegation retry
> config: arm-allnoconfig (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20251109/202511091815.6q5WUuzH-lkp@intel.com/config)
> compiler: clang version 22.0.0git (https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project b9ea93cd5c37fb6d606502fd01208dd48330549d)
> reproduce (this is a W=1 build): (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20251109/202511091815.6q5WUuzH-lkp@intel.com/reproduce)
> 
> If you fix the issue in a separate patch/commit (i.e. not just a new version of
> the same patch/commit), kindly add following tags
> | Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
> | Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202511091815.6q5WUuzH-lkp@intel.com/
> 
> All warnings (new ones prefixed by >>):
> 
> >> fs/open.c:771:9: warning: format specifies type 'void *' but the argument has type 'long' [-Wformat]
>      769 |         printk("DEBUG: [%s] retry_deleg: inode=%p, i_count=%d, i_rwsem.owner=%px\n",
>          |                                                                              ~~
>          |                                                                              %ld
>      770 |                current->comm, inode, atomic_read(&inode->i_count),
>      771 |                atomic_long_read(&inode->i_rwsem.owner));
>          |                ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>    include/linux/printk.h:512:60: note: expanded from macro 'printk'
>      512 | #define printk(fmt, ...) printk_index_wrap(_printk, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
>          |                                                     ~~~    ^~~~~~~~~~~
>    include/linux/printk.h:484:19: note: expanded from macro 'printk_index_wrap'
>      484 |                 _p_func(_fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__);                           \
>          |                         ~~~~    ^~~~~~~~~~~
>    fs/open.c:785:31: warning: format specifies type 'void *' but the argument has type 'long' [-Wformat]
>      784 |         printk("DEBUG: [%s] after inode_lock: inode=%p, i_rwsem.owner=%px (current=%px)\n",
>          |                                                                       ~~
>          |                                                                       %ld
>      785 |                current->comm, inode, atomic_long_read(&inode->i_rwsem.owner), current);
>          |                                      ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>    include/linux/printk.h:512:60: note: expanded from macro 'printk'
>      512 | #define printk(fmt, ...) printk_index_wrap(_printk, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
>          |                                                     ~~~    ^~~~~~~~~~~
>    include/linux/printk.h:484:19: note: expanded from macro 'printk_index_wrap'
>      484 |                 _p_func(_fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__);                           \
>          |                         ~~~~    ^~~~~~~~~~~
>    fs/open.c:798:31: warning: format specifies type 'void *' but the argument has type 'long' [-Wformat]
>      797 |         printk("DEBUG: [%s] before inode_unlock: inode=%p, i_rwsem.owner=%px, delegated_inode=%p\n",
>          |                                                                          ~~
>          |                                                                          %ld
>      798 |                current->comm, inode, atomic_long_read(&inode->i_rwsem.owner), delegated_inode);
>          |                                      ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>    include/linux/printk.h:512:60: note: expanded from macro 'printk'
>      512 | #define printk(fmt, ...) printk_index_wrap(_printk, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
>          |                                                     ~~~    ^~~~~~~~~~~
>    include/linux/printk.h:484:19: note: expanded from macro 'printk_index_wrap'
>      484 |                 _p_func(_fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__);                           \
>          |                         ~~~~    ^~~~~~~~~~~
>    fs/open.c:801:31: warning: format specifies type 'void *' but the argument has type 'long' [-Wformat]
>      800 |         printk("DEBUG: [%s] after inode_unlock: inode=%p, i_rwsem.owner=%px\n",
>          |                                                                         ~~
>          |                                                                         %ld
>      801 |                current->comm, inode, atomic_long_read(&inode->i_rwsem.owner));
>          |                                      ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>    include/linux/printk.h:512:60: note: expanded from macro 'printk'
>      512 | #define printk(fmt, ...) printk_index_wrap(_printk, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
>          |                                                     ~~~    ^~~~~~~~~~~
>    include/linux/printk.h:484:19: note: expanded from macro 'printk_index_wrap'
>      484 |                 _p_func(_fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__);                           \
>          |                         ~~~~    ^~~~~~~~~~~
>    4 warnings generated.
> 
> 
> vim +771 fs/open.c
> 
>    750	
>    751	int chown_common(const struct path *path, uid_t user, gid_t group)
>    752	{
>    753		struct mnt_idmap *idmap;
>    754		struct user_namespace *fs_userns;
>    755		struct inode *inode = path->dentry->d_inode;
>    756		struct inode *delegated_inode = NULL;
>    757		int error;
>    758		struct iattr newattrs;
>    759		kuid_t uid;
>    760		kgid_t gid;
>    761	
>    762		uid = make_kuid(current_user_ns(), user);
>    763		gid = make_kgid(current_user_ns(), group);
>    764	
>    765		idmap = mnt_idmap(path->mnt);
>    766		fs_userns = i_user_ns(inode);
>    767	
>    768	retry_deleg:
>    769		printk("DEBUG: [%s] retry_deleg: inode=%p, i_count=%d, i_rwsem.owner=%px\n",
>    770		       current->comm, inode, atomic_read(&inode->i_count),
>  > 771		       atomic_long_read(&inode->i_rwsem.owner));
>    772		newattrs.ia_vfsuid = INVALID_VFSUID;
>    773		newattrs.ia_vfsgid = INVALID_VFSGID;
>    774		newattrs.ia_valid =  ATTR_CTIME;
>    775		if ((user != (uid_t)-1) && !setattr_vfsuid(&newattrs, uid))
>    776			return -EINVAL;
>    777		if ((group != (gid_t)-1) && !setattr_vfsgid(&newattrs, gid))
>    778			return -EINVAL;
>    779		printk("DEBUG: [%s] before inode_lock: inode=%p, i_count=%d\n",
>    780		       current->comm, inode, atomic_read(&inode->i_count));
>    781		error = inode_lock_killable(inode);
>    782		if (error)
>    783			return error;
>    784		printk("DEBUG: [%s] after inode_lock: inode=%p, i_rwsem.owner=%px (current=%px)\n",
>    785		       current->comm, inode, atomic_long_read(&inode->i_rwsem.owner), current);
>    786		if (!S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
>    787			newattrs.ia_valid |= ATTR_KILL_SUID | ATTR_KILL_PRIV |
>    788					     setattr_should_drop_sgid(idmap, inode);
>    789		/* Continue to send actual fs values, not the mount values. */
>    790		error = security_path_chown(
>    791			path,
>    792			from_vfsuid(idmap, fs_userns, newattrs.ia_vfsuid),
>    793			from_vfsgid(idmap, fs_userns, newattrs.ia_vfsgid));
>    794		if (!error)
>    795			error = notify_change(idmap, path->dentry, &newattrs,
>    796					      &delegated_inode);
>    797		printk("DEBUG: [%s] before inode_unlock: inode=%p, i_rwsem.owner=%px, delegated_inode=%p\n",
>    798		       current->comm, inode, atomic_long_read(&inode->i_rwsem.owner), delegated_inode);
>    799		inode_unlock(inode);
>    800		printk("DEBUG: [%s] after inode_unlock: inode=%p, i_rwsem.owner=%px\n",
>    801		       current->comm, inode, atomic_long_read(&inode->i_rwsem.owner));
>    802		if (delegated_inode) {
>    803			printk("DEBUG: [%s] calling break_deleg_wait: inode=%p, i_count=%d, delegated_inode=%p\n",
>    804			       current->comm, inode, atomic_read(&inode->i_count), delegated_inode);
>    805			error = break_deleg_wait(&delegated_inode);
>    806			printk("DEBUG: [%s] after break_deleg_wait: inode=%p, i_count=%d, error=%d\n",
>    807			       current->comm, inode, atomic_read(&inode->i_count), error);
>    808			if (!error)
>    809				goto retry_deleg;
>    810		}
>    811		return error;
>    812	}
>    813	
> 
> -- 
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> 

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