From: Will Rosenberg Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2025 06:01:07 +0000 (-0700) Subject: fs/kernfs: null-ptr deref in simple_xattrs_free() X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=2b742094582db365fe07021b0a9c5405f85049f9;p=thirdparty%2Flinux.git fs/kernfs: null-ptr deref in simple_xattrs_free() There exists a null pointer dereference in simple_xattrs_free() as part of the __kernfs_new_node() routine. Within __kernfs_new_node(), err_out4 calls simple_xattr_free(), but kn->iattr may be NULL if __kernfs_setattr() was never called. As a result, the first argument to simple_xattrs_free() may be NULL + 0x38, and no NULL check is done internally, causing an incorrect pointer dereference. Add a check to ensure kn->iattr is not NULL, meaning __kernfs_setattr() has been called and kn->iattr is allocated. Note that struct kernfs_node kn is allocated with kmem_cache_zalloc, so we can assume kn->iattr will be NULL if not allocated. An alternative fix could be to not call simple_xattrs_free() at all. As was previously discussed during the initial patch, simple_xattrs_free() is not strictly needed and is included to be consistent with kernfs_free_rcu(), which also helps the function maintain correctness if changes are made in __kernfs_new_node(). Reported-by: syzbot+6aaf7f48ae034ab0ea97@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=6aaf7f48ae034ab0ea97 Fixes: 382b1e8f30f7 ("kernfs: fix memory leak of kernfs_iattrs in __kernfs_new_node") Signed-off-by: Will Rosenberg Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251217060107.4171558-1-whrosenb@asu.edu Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- diff --git a/fs/kernfs/dir.c b/fs/kernfs/dir.c index 5c0efd6b239f6..29baeeb978713 100644 --- a/fs/kernfs/dir.c +++ b/fs/kernfs/dir.c @@ -681,8 +681,10 @@ static struct kernfs_node *__kernfs_new_node(struct kernfs_root *root, return kn; err_out4: - simple_xattrs_free(&kn->iattr->xattrs, NULL); - kmem_cache_free(kernfs_iattrs_cache, kn->iattr); + if (kn->iattr) { + simple_xattrs_free(&kn->iattr->xattrs, NULL); + kmem_cache_free(kernfs_iattrs_cache, kn->iattr); + } err_out3: spin_lock(&root->kernfs_idr_lock); idr_remove(&root->ino_idr, (u32)kernfs_ino(kn));