Re: [PATCH v2] rust: file: handle fd table teardown in file descriptor APIs

[Alice Ryhl]

On Tue, Sep 22, 2026 at 10:23:39PM -0400, Georgios Androutsopoulos wrote:
> Several Rust file descriptor APIs rely on `current->files` being
> available. However, `exit_files()` clears it while execution may still
> continue on the same task.
> 
> This affects `LocalFile::fget()` and the
> `FileDescriptorReservation` operations that call
> `get_unused_fd_flags()`, `fd_install()`, and `put_unused_fd()`.
> `FileDescriptorReservation` cannot cross task boundaries, but remaining
> on the same task does not guarantee that `current->files` is still
> available when these operations are performed.
> 
> Guard the affected operations against a missing `current->files`.
> `LocalFile::fget()` returns `EBADF` and
> `FileDescriptorReservation::get_unused_fd_flags()` returns `EMFILE`.
> For `fd_install()`, warn and abandon the reservation when the fd table
> is already gone. In the drop path, skip `put_unused_fd()` after the fd
> table has been torn down.
> 
> This prevents NULL dereferences through these safe Rust APIs after
> `exit_files()`.
> 
> Fixes: 851849824bb5 ("rust: file: add Rust abstraction for `struct file`")
> Fixes: 5da9857b127e ("rust: file: add `FileDescriptorReservation`")
> Closes: https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/issues/1256
> Signed-off-by: Georgios Androutsopoulos <georgeandrout13@xxxxxxxxx>

This looks like it should ideally be on the C side instead.

Alice