[PATCH] ocfs2/cluster: remove zero-address nodes from IP tree on teardown

From: Cen Zhang

Date: Tue Oct 20 2026 - 09:28:18 EST


o2nm_node_ipv4_address_store() accepts 0.0.0.0. It sets
O2NM_NODE_ATTR_ADDRESS and links nd_ip_node into cl_node_ip_tree under
cl_nodes_lock, but o2nm_node_group_drop_item() uses nd_ipv4_address as a
membership test. A zero address therefore leaves the rbtree node linked
when config_item_put() releases and frees struct o2nm_node. A later
address store or IP lookup can then walk the stale node and dereference
freed memory.

During teardown, drop_item takes cl_nodes_lock, skips rb_erase()
for the zero key, and then calls config_item_put(). A later
o2nm_node_ipv4_address_store() duplicate check or o2nm_get_node_by_ip()
lookup takes the same lock and walks the stale cl_node_ip_tree entry. Use
O2NM_NODE_ATTR_ADDRESS for teardown so every published nd_ip_node is
erased before configfs can release the node, without rejecting 0.0.0.0
or changing lookup semantics.

Fixes: 0c83ed8eeb28 ("[PATCH] OCFS2: The Second Oracle Cluster Filesystem")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Cen Zhang <zzzccc427@xxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/ocfs2/cluster/nodemanager.c | 7 +++++--
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/nodemanager.c b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/nodemanager.c
index e08850a5d736..be184c5ad54d 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/nodemanager.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/nodemanager.c
@@ -626,8 +626,11 @@ static void o2nm_node_group_drop_item(struct config_group *group,

write_lock(&cluster->cl_nodes_lock);

- /* XXX sloppy */
- if (node->nd_ipv4_address)
+ /*
+ * 0.0.0.0 is a valid configured address, so nd_ipv4_address does
+ * not tell us whether nd_ip_node was published in the IP tree.
+ */
+ if (test_bit(O2NM_NODE_ATTR_ADDRESS, &node->nd_set_attributes))
rb_erase(&node->nd_ip_node, &cluster->cl_node_ip_tree);

/* nd_num might be 0 if the node number hasn't been set.. */