[PATCH] jfs: fix use-after-free in lbmIODone by waiting for in-flight I/O

From: Tristan Madani

Date: Fri Apr 17 2026 - 10:19:45 EST


lbmLogShutdown() frees all log buffer heads from the freelist, but does
not wait for outstanding block I/O completions. When a log buffer write
is submitted via lbmStartIO() and the filesystem is unmounted before the
bio completes, lbmIODone() runs against a freed lbuf, causing a
use-after-free read.

Add an atomic I/O counter (io_count) to struct jfs_log. Increment it
in lbmStartIO() before submit_bio(), decrement it in lbmIODone() after
processing. In lbmLogShutdown(), wait for io_count to reach zero before
freeing buffer heads, ensuring no in-flight I/O references freed memory.

Reported-by: syzbot+ecf51a7ccb6b1394e90c@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=ecf51a7ccb6b1394e90c
Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Tristan Madani <tristan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/jfs/jfs_logmgr.c | 15 ++++++++++++++-
fs/jfs/jfs_logmgr.h | 3 +++
2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/jfs/jfs_logmgr.c b/fs/jfs/jfs_logmgr.c
index 306165e61..e309e1bbb 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/jfs_logmgr.c
+++ b/fs/jfs/jfs_logmgr.c
@@ -1805,6 +1805,9 @@ static int lbmLogInit(struct jfs_log * log)
*/
init_waitqueue_head(&log->free_wait);

+ atomic_set(&log->io_count, 0);
+ init_waitqueue_head(&log->io_wait);
+
log->lbuf_free = NULL;

for (i = 0; i < LOGPAGES;) {
@@ -1855,6 +1858,8 @@ static void lbmLogShutdown(struct jfs_log * log)

jfs_info("lbmLogShutdown: log:0x%p", log);

+ wait_event(log->io_wait, atomic_read(&log->io_count) == 0);
+
lbuf = log->lbuf_free;
while (lbuf) {
struct lbuf *next = lbuf->l_freelist;
@@ -2128,6 +2133,7 @@ static void lbmStartIO(struct lbuf * bp)
bio->bi_iter.bi_size = 0;
lbmIODone(bio);
} else {
+ atomic_inc(&log->io_count);
submit_bio(bio);
INCREMENT(lmStat.submitted);
}
@@ -2170,12 +2176,16 @@ static void lbmIODone(struct bio *bio)
struct lbuf *nextbp, *tail;
struct jfs_log *log;
unsigned long flags;
+ int is_write;

/*
* get back jfs buffer bound to the i/o buffer
*/
jfs_info("lbmIODone: bp:0x%p flag:0x%x", bp, bp->l_flag);

+ log = bp->l_log;
+ is_write = !(bp->l_flag & lbmREAD);
+
LCACHE_LOCK(flags); /* disable+lock */

if (bio->bi_status) {
@@ -2214,7 +2224,6 @@ static void lbmIODone(struct bio *bio)
INCREMENT(lmStat.pagedone);

/* update committed lsn */
- log = bp->l_log;
log->clsn = (bp->l_pn << L2LOGPSIZE) + bp->l_ceor;

if (bp->l_flag & lbmDIRECT) {
@@ -2299,6 +2308,10 @@ static void lbmIODone(struct bio *bio)
out:
bp->l_flag |= lbmDONE;
LCACHE_UNLOCK(flags);
+
+ if (is_write && !log->no_integrity)
+ if (atomic_dec_and_test(&log->io_count))
+ wake_up(&log->io_wait);
}

int jfsIOWait(void *arg)
diff --git a/fs/jfs/jfs_logmgr.h b/fs/jfs/jfs_logmgr.h
index 09e0ef6ae..50388562b 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/jfs_logmgr.h
+++ b/fs/jfs/jfs_logmgr.h
@@ -400,6 +400,9 @@ struct jfs_log {
uuid_t uuid; /* 16: 128-bit uuid of log device */

int no_integrity; /* 3: flag to disable journaling to disk */
+
+ atomic_t io_count; /* outstanding I/O count */
+ wait_queue_head_t io_wait; /* wait for all I/O to complete */
};

/*
--
2.47.3