[PATCH] jfs: Extend the done of the window period

From: Edward Adam Davis

Date: Mon Dec 15 2025 - 22:23:28 EST


In lbmRead(), the I/O event waited for by wait_event() finishes before
it goes to sleep, and the lbmIODone() prematurely sets the flag to
lbmDONE, thus ending the wait. This causes wait_event() to return before
lbmREAD is cleared (because lbmDONE was set first), the premature return
of wait_event() leads to the release of lbuf before lbmIODone() returns,
thus triggering the use-after-free vulnerability reported in [1].

Moving the operation of setting the lbmDONE flag to after clearing lbmREAD
in lbmIODone() avoids the use-after-free vulnerability reported in [1].

[1]
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in rt_spin_lock+0x88/0x3e0 kernel/locking/spinlock_rt.c:56
Call Trace:
blk_update_request+0x57e/0xe60 block/blk-mq.c:1007
blk_mq_end_request+0x3e/0x70 block/blk-mq.c:1169
blk_complete_reqs block/blk-mq.c:1244 [inline]
blk_done_softirq+0x10a/0x160 block/blk-mq.c:1249

Allocated by task 6101:
lbmLogInit fs/jfs/jfs_logmgr.c:1821 [inline]
lmLogInit+0x3d0/0x19e0 fs/jfs/jfs_logmgr.c:1269
open_inline_log fs/jfs/jfs_logmgr.c:1175 [inline]
lmLogOpen+0x4e1/0xfa0 fs/jfs/jfs_logmgr.c:1069
jfs_mount_rw+0xe9/0x670 fs/jfs/jfs_mount.c:257
jfs_fill_super+0x754/0xd80 fs/jfs/super.c:532

Freed by task 6101:
kfree+0x1bd/0x900 mm/slub.c:6876
lbmLogShutdown fs/jfs/jfs_logmgr.c:1864 [inline]
lmLogInit+0x1137/0x19e0 fs/jfs/jfs_logmgr.c:1415
open_inline_log fs/jfs/jfs_logmgr.c:1175 [inline]
lmLogOpen+0x4e1/0xfa0 fs/jfs/jfs_logmgr.c:1069
jfs_mount_rw+0xe9/0x670 fs/jfs/jfs_mount.c:257
jfs_fill_super+0x754/0xd80 fs/jfs/super.c:532

Reported-by: syzbot+1d38eedcb25a3b5686a7@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=1d38eedcb25a3b5686a7
Signed-off-by: Edward Adam Davis <eadavis@xxxxxx>
---
fs/jfs/jfs_logmgr.c | 18 ++++++------------
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/jfs/jfs_logmgr.c b/fs/jfs/jfs_logmgr.c
index b343c5ea1159..dda9ffa8eaf5 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/jfs_logmgr.c
+++ b/fs/jfs/jfs_logmgr.c
@@ -2180,8 +2180,6 @@ static void lbmIODone(struct bio *bio)

LCACHE_LOCK(flags); /* disable+lock */

- bp->l_flag |= lbmDONE;
-
if (bio->bi_status) {
bp->l_flag |= lbmERROR;

@@ -2196,12 +2194,10 @@ static void lbmIODone(struct bio *bio)
if (bp->l_flag & lbmREAD) {
bp->l_flag &= ~lbmREAD;

- LCACHE_UNLOCK(flags); /* unlock+enable */
-
/* wakeup I/O initiator */
LCACHE_WAKEUP(&bp->l_ioevent);

- return;
+ goto out;
}

/*
@@ -2225,8 +2221,7 @@ static void lbmIODone(struct bio *bio)

if (bp->l_flag & lbmDIRECT) {
LCACHE_WAKEUP(&bp->l_ioevent);
- LCACHE_UNLOCK(flags);
- return;
+ goto out;
}

tail = log->wqueue;
@@ -2278,8 +2273,6 @@ static void lbmIODone(struct bio *bio)
* leave buffer for i/o initiator to dispose
*/
if (bp->l_flag & lbmSYNC) {
- LCACHE_UNLOCK(flags); /* unlock+enable */
-
/* wakeup I/O initiator */
LCACHE_WAKEUP(&bp->l_ioevent);
}
@@ -2288,7 +2281,6 @@ static void lbmIODone(struct bio *bio)
* Group Commit pageout:
*/
else if (bp->l_flag & lbmGC) {
- LCACHE_UNLOCK(flags);
lmPostGC(bp);
}

@@ -2302,9 +2294,11 @@ static void lbmIODone(struct bio *bio)
assert(bp->l_flag & lbmRELEASE);
assert(bp->l_flag & lbmFREE);
lbmfree(bp);
-
- LCACHE_UNLOCK(flags); /* unlock+enable */
}
+
+out:
+ bp->l_flag |= lbmDONE;
+ LCACHE_UNLOCK(flags);
}

int jfsIOWait(void *arg)
--
2.43.0