Forwarded: [PATCH] KASAN: vmalloc-out-of-bounds Read in rpc_queue_upcall

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Date: Wed Sep 16 2026 - 21:27:24 EST


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Subject: [PATCH] KASAN: vmalloc-out-of-bounds Read in rpc_queue_upcall
Author: jchuang26@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

#syz test: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master

Reported-by: syzbot+d5c77cabf7a3492aa650@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4recover.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4recover.c
index d513971fb..90abdea16 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4recover.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4recover.c
@@ -647,6 +647,7 @@ struct cld_upcall {
struct list_head cu_list;
struct cld_net *cu_net;
struct completion cu_done;
+ struct completion cu_msg_done;
union {
struct cld_msg_hdr cu_hdr;
struct cld_msg cu_msg;
@@ -671,6 +672,13 @@ __cld_pipe_upcall(struct rpc_pipe *pipe, void *cmsg, struct nfsd_net *nn)
}

wait_for_completion(&cup->cu_done);
+ /*
+ * A downcall can be received before userspace reads the upcall. Wait
+ * for cld_pipe_destroy_msg() to signal that @msg has been removed from
+ * the rpc_pipe, so the on-stack message is not left linked in the pipe
+ * after this function returns.
+ */
+ wait_for_completion(&cup->cu_msg_done);

if (msg.errno < 0)
ret = msg.errno;
@@ -839,10 +847,15 @@ cld_pipe_destroy_msg(struct rpc_pipe_msg *msg)
cu_u.cu_msg);

/* errno >= 0 means we got a downcall */
- if (msg->errno >= 0)
- return;
+ if (msg->errno < 0)
+ complete(&cup->cu_done);

- complete(&cup->cu_done);
+ /*
+ * Signal __cld_pipe_upcall() that @msg is no longer queued. This is
+ * needed even when the downcall arrived first, otherwise the caller
+ * could return with the on-stack message still linked in the pipe.
+ */
+ complete(&cup->cu_msg_done);
}

static const struct rpc_pipe_ops cld_upcall_ops = {
@@ -979,6 +992,7 @@ alloc_cld_upcall(struct nfsd_net *nn)
}
}
init_completion(&new->cu_done);
+ init_completion(&new->cu_msg_done);
new->cu_u.cu_msg.cm_vers = nn->client_tracking_ops->version;
put_unaligned(cn->cn_xid++, &new->cu_u.cu_msg.cm_xid);
new->cu_net = cn;