[PATCH v3] nfsd: release OPEN-decoded posix ACLs via op_release

From: Jeff Layton

Date: Mon Jun 01 2026 - 11:49:43 EST


nfsd4_decode_createhow4() calls nfsd4_decode_fattr4(), which allocates
refcounted struct posix_acl objects via posix_acl_alloc() and stores
them in open->op_pacl and open->op_dpacl. These pointers must be
released once the OPEN compound finishes.

When nfsd4_decode_open_claim4() returns a non-seqid-mutating error,
the dispatcher short-circuits before op_func runs:

nfsd4_proc_compound()
opdesc->op_func == nfsd4_open_omfg
if (!seqid_mutating_err(ntohl(op->status)))
return op->status; /* nfsd4_open() never runs */
opdesc->op_release(&op->u) /* must still release op_pacl/op_dpacl */

Before this change OP_OPEN had no .op_release in nfsd4_ops[], and the
release pair lived inside nfsd4_open() at its out_err: label. On the
short-circuit path nfsd4_open() is never invoked, so both posix_acl
refs leak on every malformed OPEN compound that carries valid POSIX
ACL createhow4 attributes.

Add nfsd4_open_release() and wire it as .op_release for OP_OPEN.
posix_acl_release() is NULL-safe, so the single release site covers
both the normal path and the nfsd4_open_omfg short-circuit. Remove
the matching posix_acl_release() pair from nfsd4_open()'s out_err:
label to avoid double-releasing.

The compound loop has two encoding branches: nfsd4_encode_operation()
for normal ops, and nfsd4_encode_replay() for v4.0 replayed ops.
op_release was only called from nfsd4_encode_operation(), so resources
attached to op->u leak on the replay path.

Move the op_release() call out of nfsd4_encode_operation() and the
replay branch, placing it after the if-else in nfsd4_proc_compound().
This gives a single call site in a fairly obviously-correct place,
covering both the normal encoding and replay paths.

Fixes: 5fc51dfc2eb1 ("NFSD: Add support for XDR decoding POSIX draft ACLs")
Signed-off-by: Chris Mason <clm@xxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: NeilBrown <neil@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v3:
- Move op_release to a single callsite that accomodates all cases
- Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260531-nfsd-testing-v2-1-e13e6355fc07@xxxxxxxxxx

Changes in v2:
- Ensure that op_release is called in the v4.0 replay case as well
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260531-nfsd-testing-v1-0-7bfa481b0540@xxxxxxxxxx
---
fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c | 13 +++++++++++--
fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c | 3 ---
2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
index 017474cd63b5..9e86f5907f06 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
@@ -681,8 +681,6 @@ nfsd4_open(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct nfsd4_compound_state *cstate,
nfsd4_cleanup_open_state(cstate, open);
nfsd4_bump_seqid(cstate, status);
out_err:
- posix_acl_release(open->op_dpacl);
- posix_acl_release(open->op_pacl);
return status;
}

@@ -704,6 +702,13 @@ static __be32 nfsd4_open_omfg(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct nfsd4_compound_stat
return nfsd4_open(rqstp, cstate, &op->u);
}

+static void
+nfsd4_open_release(union nfsd4_op_u *u)
+{
+ posix_acl_release(u->open.op_dpacl);
+ posix_acl_release(u->open.op_pacl);
+}
+
/*
* filehandle-manipulating ops.
*/
@@ -3219,6 +3224,9 @@ nfsd4_proc_compound(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
status = op->status;
}

+ if (op->opdesc && op->opdesc->op_release)
+ op->opdesc->op_release(&op->u);
+
trace_nfsd_compound_status(args->client_opcnt, resp->opcnt,
status, nfsd4_op_name(op->opnum));

@@ -3718,6 +3726,7 @@ static const struct nfsd4_operation nfsd4_ops[] = {
},
[OP_OPEN] = {
.op_func = nfsd4_open,
+ .op_release = nfsd4_open_release,
.op_flags = OP_HANDLES_WRONGSEC | OP_MODIFIES_SOMETHING,
.op_name = "OP_OPEN",
.op_rsize_bop = nfsd4_open_rsize,
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
index a5cfce95d2d7..487a1f62ce15 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
@@ -6654,9 +6654,6 @@ nfsd4_encode_operation(struct nfsd4_compoundres *resp, struct nfsd4_op *op)
write_bytes_to_xdr_buf(xdr->buf, op_status_offset,
&op->status, XDR_UNIT);
release:
- if (opdesc && opdesc->op_release)
- opdesc->op_release(&op->u);
-
/*
* Account for pages consumed while encoding this operation.
* The xdr_stream primitives don't manage rq_next_page.

---
base-commit: 6c0004650ba248a12937ada16f9ba961b35ce2b5
change-id: 20260531-nfsd-testing-9122bf51ce95

Best regards,
--
Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx>