[PATCH v3 3/4] xfs: avoid dereferencing log items after push callbacks

From: Yuto Ohnuki

Date: Sun Mar 08 2026 - 14:30:20 EST


After xfsaild_push_item() calls iop_push(), the log item may have been
freed if the AIL lock was dropped during the push. The tracepoints in
the switch statement dereference the log item after iop_push() returns,
which can result in a use-after-free.

Fix this by capturing the log item type, flags, and LSN before calling
xfsaild_push_item(), and introducing a new xfs_ail_push_class trace
event class that takes these pre-captured values and the ailp pointer
instead of the log item pointer.

Reported-by: syzbot+652af2b3c5569c4ab63c@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=652af2b3c5569c4ab63c
Fixes: 90c60e164012 ("xfs: xfs_iflush() is no longer necessary")
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # v5.9
Signed-off-by: Yuto Ohnuki <ytohnuki@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/xfs/xfs_trace.h | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
fs/xfs/xfs_trans_ail.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++--------
2 files changed, 48 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_trace.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_trace.h
index 813e5a9f57eb..0e994b3f768f 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_trace.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_trace.h
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
#include <linux/tracepoint.h>

struct xfs_agf;
+struct xfs_ail;
struct xfs_alloc_arg;
struct xfs_attr_list_context;
struct xfs_buf_log_item;
@@ -1650,16 +1651,43 @@ TRACE_EVENT(xfs_log_force,
DEFINE_EVENT(xfs_log_item_class, name, \
TP_PROTO(struct xfs_log_item *lip), \
TP_ARGS(lip))
-DEFINE_LOG_ITEM_EVENT(xfs_ail_push);
-DEFINE_LOG_ITEM_EVENT(xfs_ail_pinned);
-DEFINE_LOG_ITEM_EVENT(xfs_ail_locked);
-DEFINE_LOG_ITEM_EVENT(xfs_ail_flushing);
DEFINE_LOG_ITEM_EVENT(xfs_cil_whiteout_mark);
DEFINE_LOG_ITEM_EVENT(xfs_cil_whiteout_skip);
DEFINE_LOG_ITEM_EVENT(xfs_cil_whiteout_unpin);
DEFINE_LOG_ITEM_EVENT(xlog_ail_insert_abort);
DEFINE_LOG_ITEM_EVENT(xfs_trans_free_abort);

+DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS(xfs_ail_push_class,
+ TP_PROTO(struct xfs_ail *ailp, uint type, unsigned long flags, xfs_lsn_t lsn),
+ TP_ARGS(ailp, type, flags, lsn),
+ TP_STRUCT__entry(
+ __field(dev_t, dev)
+ __field(uint, type)
+ __field(unsigned long, flags)
+ __field(xfs_lsn_t, lsn)
+ ),
+ TP_fast_assign(
+ __entry->dev = ailp->ail_log->l_mp->m_super->s_dev;
+ __entry->type = type;
+ __entry->flags = flags;
+ __entry->lsn = lsn;
+ ),
+ TP_printk("dev %d:%d lsn %d/%d type %s flags %s",
+ MAJOR(__entry->dev), MINOR(__entry->dev),
+ CYCLE_LSN(__entry->lsn), BLOCK_LSN(__entry->lsn),
+ __print_symbolic(__entry->type, XFS_LI_TYPE_DESC),
+ __print_flags(__entry->flags, "|", XFS_LI_FLAGS))
+)
+
+#define DEFINE_AIL_PUSH_EVENT(name) \
+DEFINE_EVENT(xfs_ail_push_class, name, \
+ TP_PROTO(struct xfs_ail *ailp, uint type, unsigned long flags, xfs_lsn_t lsn), \
+ TP_ARGS(ailp, type, flags, lsn))
+DEFINE_AIL_PUSH_EVENT(xfs_ail_push);
+DEFINE_AIL_PUSH_EVENT(xfs_ail_pinned);
+DEFINE_AIL_PUSH_EVENT(xfs_ail_locked);
+DEFINE_AIL_PUSH_EVENT(xfs_ail_flushing);
+
DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS(xfs_ail_class,
TP_PROTO(struct xfs_log_item *lip, xfs_lsn_t old_lsn, xfs_lsn_t new_lsn),
TP_ARGS(lip, old_lsn, new_lsn),
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_ail.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_ail.c
index ac747804e1d6..14ffb77b12ea 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_ail.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_ail.c
@@ -365,6 +365,12 @@ xfsaild_resubmit_item(
return XFS_ITEM_SUCCESS;
}

+/*
+ * Push a single log item from the AIL.
+ *
+ * @lip may have been released and freed by the time this function returns,
+ * so callers must not dereference the log item afterwards.
+ */
static inline uint
xfsaild_push_item(
struct xfs_ail *ailp,
@@ -462,11 +468,13 @@ static void
xfsaild_process_logitem(
struct xfs_ail *ailp,
struct xfs_log_item *lip,
- xfs_lsn_t lsn,
int *stuck,
int *flushing)
{
struct xfs_mount *mp = ailp->ail_log->l_mp;
+ uint type = lip->li_type;
+ unsigned long flags = lip->li_flags;
+ xfs_lsn_t item_lsn = lip->li_lsn;
int lock_result;

/*
@@ -478,9 +486,9 @@ xfsaild_process_logitem(
switch (lock_result) {
case XFS_ITEM_SUCCESS:
XFS_STATS_INC(mp, xs_push_ail_success);
- trace_xfs_ail_push(lip);
+ trace_xfs_ail_push(ailp, type, flags, item_lsn);

- ailp->ail_last_pushed_lsn = lsn;
+ ailp->ail_last_pushed_lsn = item_lsn;
break;

case XFS_ITEM_FLUSHING:
@@ -496,22 +504,22 @@ xfsaild_process_logitem(
* AIL is being flushed.
*/
XFS_STATS_INC(mp, xs_push_ail_flushing);
- trace_xfs_ail_flushing(lip);
+ trace_xfs_ail_flushing(ailp, type, flags, item_lsn);

(*flushing)++;
- ailp->ail_last_pushed_lsn = lsn;
+ ailp->ail_last_pushed_lsn = item_lsn;
break;

case XFS_ITEM_PINNED:
XFS_STATS_INC(mp, xs_push_ail_pinned);
- trace_xfs_ail_pinned(lip);
+ trace_xfs_ail_pinned(ailp, type, flags, item_lsn);

(*stuck)++;
ailp->ail_log_flush++;
break;
case XFS_ITEM_LOCKED:
XFS_STATS_INC(mp, xs_push_ail_locked);
- trace_xfs_ail_locked(lip);
+ trace_xfs_ail_locked(ailp, type, flags, item_lsn);

(*stuck)++;
break;
@@ -572,7 +580,7 @@ xfsaild_push(
if (test_bit(XFS_LI_FLUSHING, &lip->li_flags))
goto next_item;

- xfsaild_process_logitem(ailp, lip, lsn, &stuck, &flushing);
+ xfsaild_process_logitem(ailp, lip, &stuck, &flushing);
count++;

/*
--
2.50.1




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