[PATCH] fuse: reject a duplicate fd= mount option

From: Baokun Li

Date: Tue Aug 11 2026 - 00:54:30 EST


fuse_opt_fd() stored the fuse device in ctx->fud and bumped its refcount
unconditionally:

ctx->fud = fuse_dev_grab(file);

If fd= is given twice (two fsconfig FSCONFIG_SET_FD calls), the second
call overwrites ctx->fud and grabs the new device, while the reference
taken on the first device is never released - a permanent refcount leak
that pins the first fuse_dev until reboot.

Reject a second fd= outright. ctx is zeroed on allocation, so a non-NULL
ctx->fud reliably means the option was already processed.

Fixes: d42eb23b2ef9 ("fuse: don't require /dev/fuse fd to be kept open during mount")
Signed-off-by: Baokun Li <libaokun@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/fuse/inode.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/fuse/inode.c b/fs/fuse/inode.c
index 455c7feba057..2372e6ed333f 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/inode.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/inode.c
@@ -791,6 +791,9 @@ static int fuse_opt_fd(struct fs_context *fsc, struct file *file)
{
struct fuse_fs_context *ctx = fsc->fs_private;

+ if (ctx->fud)
+ return invalfc(fsc, "Multiple fd specified");
+
if (file->f_op != &fuse_dev_operations)
return invalfc(fsc, "fd is not a fuse device");
/*
--
2.43.7