From: Conor Kotwasinski Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2026 13:43:15 +0000 (-0400) Subject: kernfs: fix suspicious RCU usage in kernfs_put() X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=0fdde3f2aeadcf8d090ee3edee0aad73fb91f690;p=thirdparty%2Fkernel%2Flinux.git kernfs: fix suspicious RCU usage in kernfs_put() Commit 741c10b096bc ("kernfs: Use RCU to access kernfs_node::name.") converted the WARN_ONCE() in kernfs_put() to read kn->name and parent->name via rcu_dereference(), but kernfs_put() has callers that hold neither kernfs_rwsem nor the RCU read lock. The inode eviction path driven by memory reclaim is one such case: kernfs_put+0x53/0x60 fs/kernfs/dir.c:602 evict+0x3c2/0xad0 fs/inode.c:846 iput_final fs/inode.c:1966 [inline] iput.part.0+0x605/0xf50 fs/inode.c:2015 iput+0x35/0x40 fs/inode.c:1981 dentry_unlink_inode+0x2a1/0x490 fs/dcache.c:467 __dentry_kill+0x1d0/0x600 fs/dcache.c:670 shrink_dentry_list+0x180/0x5e0 fs/dcache.c:1174 prune_dcache_sb+0xea/0x150 fs/dcache.c:1256 super_cache_scan+0x328/0x550 fs/super.c:223 ... kswapd+0x556/0xba0 mm/vmscan.c:7343 lockdep complains with "suspicious RCU usage" whenever the WARN fires from such a context. Wrap the rcu_dereference() calls in an RCU read-side critical section. Gate on the active-ref check so the lock is only taken when the WARN is about to fire. Note that this does not address the underlying imbalance in kn->active that triggers the WARN. Fixes: 741c10b096bc ("kernfs: Use RCU to access kernfs_node::name.") Reported-by: syzbot+0dfe499ea713e0a15bec@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=0dfe499ea713e0a15bec Signed-off-by: Conor Kotwasinski Acked-by: Tejun Heo Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260416134315.1474726-1-conorkotwasinski2024@u.northwestern.edu Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- diff --git a/fs/kernfs/dir.c b/fs/kernfs/dir.c index 4f9ade82b08ab..e88b71607f1e5 100644 --- a/fs/kernfs/dir.c +++ b/fs/kernfs/dir.c @@ -597,10 +597,13 @@ void kernfs_put(struct kernfs_node *kn) */ parent = kernfs_parent(kn); - WARN_ONCE(atomic_read(&kn->active) != KN_DEACTIVATED_BIAS, - "kernfs_put: %s/%s: released with incorrect active_ref %d\n", - parent ? rcu_dereference(parent->name) : "", - rcu_dereference(kn->name), atomic_read(&kn->active)); + if (atomic_read(&kn->active) != KN_DEACTIVATED_BIAS) { + guard(rcu)(); + WARN_ONCE(1, + "kernfs_put: %s/%s: released with incorrect active_ref %d\n", + parent ? rcu_dereference(parent->name) : "", + rcu_dereference(kn->name), atomic_read(&kn->active)); + } if (kernfs_type(kn) == KERNFS_LINK) kernfs_put(kn->symlink.target_kn);