Re: [syzbot] [afs?] BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context in __do_fault
From: syzbot
Date: Mon Mar 31 2025 - 04:07:47 EST
> #syz test: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master
This crash does not have a reproducer. I cannot test it.
>
> commit db7a516159869b19f237c73bd75599bbe0bfcc4d
> Author: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Fri Mar 28 16:46:58 2025 +0000
>
> afs: Fix afs_dynroot_readdir() to not use the RCU read lock
>
> afs_dynroot_readdir() uses the RCU read lock to walk the cell list whilst
> emitting cell automount entries - but dir_emit() may write to a userspace
> buffer, thereby causing a fault to occur and waits to happen.
>
> Fix afs_dynroot_readdir() to get a shared lock on net->cells_lock instead.
>
> Fixes: 1d0b929fc070 ("afs: Change dynroot to create contents on demand")
> Reported-by: syzbot+3b6c5c6a1d0119b687a1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
> cc: Marc Dionne <marc.dionne@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> cc: linux-afs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> cc: linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> diff --git a/fs/afs/dynroot.c b/fs/afs/dynroot.c
> index 691e0ae607a1..8c6130789fde 100644
> --- a/fs/afs/dynroot.c
> +++ b/fs/afs/dynroot.c
> @@ -348,9 +348,9 @@ static int afs_dynroot_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
> }
>
> if ((unsigned long long)ctx->pos <= AFS_MAX_DYNROOT_CELL_INO) {
> - rcu_read_lock();
> + down_read(&net->cells_lock);
> ret = afs_dynroot_readdir_cells(net, ctx);
> - rcu_read_unlock();
> + up_read(&net->cells_lock);
> }
> return ret;
> }
>