[PATCH] xfs: do not release buf log item prematurely in xfs_buf_item_done

From: Igor Putko

Date: Sun Oct 18 2026 - 13:16:00 EST


When a buffer with an active log item is written synchronously to disk
via xfs_bwrite() (for example, in xfs_sync_sb_buf() during
FS_IOC_SETFSLABEL), I/O completion invokes xfs_buf_item_done().

Currently, xfs_buf_item_done() unconditionally calls
xfs_buf_item_relse(), which frees the xfs_buf_log_item even if it still
has active references (e.g. bli_refcount > 0 while the item is pinned in
a CIL context and queued on cilpcp->log_items). When xlog_cil_push_work()
subsequently runs on another CPU, xlog_cil_push_pcp_aggregate() accesses
the freed log item while splicing cilpcp->log_items, triggering a
slab-use-after-free:

BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in xlog_cil_push_pcp_aggregate
Write of size 8 at addr ffff888036db9c40 by task kworker/u8:7/300
Call Trace:
<TASK>
__list_splice include/linux/list.h:577 [inline]
list_splice_init include/linux/list.h:619 [inline]
xlog_cil_push_pcp_aggregate fs/xfs/xfs_log_cil.c:137 [inline]
xlog_cil_push_work+0x986/0x2a90 fs/xfs/xfs_log_cil.c:1417

Fix this by checking if the buf log item still has active references
in xfs_buf_item_done(). If bli_refcount is elevated, the item is still
owned by an ongoing transaction or the CIL and must not be torn down.

Fixes: d2fe5c4c8d25 ("xfs: rearrange code in xfs_buf_item.c")
Reported-by: syzbot+c32fff62cf4913d345d0c@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=c32ff62cf4913d345d0c
Signed-off-by: Igor Putko <igorpetindev@xxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item.c | 12 ++++++++++--
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item.c
index 1a4ef34af8d5..6b32061bac53 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item.c
@@ -1067,6 +1067,14 @@ xfs_buf_item_done(
struct xfs_buf *bp)
{
struct xfs_buf_log_item *bip = bp->b_log_item;
+ struct xfs_log_item *lip = &bip->bli_item;
+
+ /*
+ * If the log item still has active references (e.g. pinned by the CIL
+ * or held by an ongoing transaction), we cannot tear it down here.
+ */
+ if (atomic_read(&bip->bli_refcount) > 0)
+ return;

/*
* If we are forcibly shutting down, this may well be off the AIL
@@ -1080,8 +1088,8 @@ xfs_buf_item_done(
* Note that log recovery writes might have buffer items that are not on
* the AIL even when the file system is not shut down.
*/
- xfs_trans_ail_delete(&bip->bli_item,
- xlog_in_recovery(bip->bli_item.li_log) ?
+ xfs_trans_ail_delete(lip,
+ xlog_in_recovery(lip->li_log) ?
0 : SHUTDOWN_CORRUPT_INCORE);
xfs_buf_item_relse(bip);
}
--
2.47.3