Re: [PATCH] RDMA/rtrs: Fix use-after-free in path files cleanup

[Haris Iqbal]

On Tue, Apr 28, 2026 at 12:57 PM Guangshuo Li <lgs201920130244@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Once kobject_put() is called on srv_path->kobj, the release callback may
> be triggered and srv_path may be freed. Therefore, srv_path must not be
> dereferenced after kobject_put(&srv_path->kobj).
>
> However, both rtrs_srv_create_path_files() and
> rtrs_srv_destroy_path_files() call
> rtrs_srv_destroy_once_sysfs_root_folders() after
> kobject_put(&srv_path->kobj). The helper dereferences srv_path to get
> srv_path->srv, which can lead to a use-after-free.
>
> Fix this by calling the sysfs root folder cleanup helper before
> kobject_put(&srv_path->kobj), so srv_path is still valid when the helper
> accesses it.
>
> This issue was found by a static analysis tool I am developing.
>
> Fixes: ae4c81644e91 ("RDMA/rtrs-srv: Rename rtrs_srv_sess to rtrs_srv_path")
> Signed-off-by: Guangshuo Li <lgs201920130244@xxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Md Haris Iqbal <haris.iqbal@xxxxxxxxx>

> ---
>  drivers/infiniband/ulp/rtrs/rtrs-srv-sysfs.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/rtrs/rtrs-srv-sysfs.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/rtrs/rtrs-srv-sysfs.c
> index 51727c7d710c..c9ba9d2d0eb3 100644
> --- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/rtrs/rtrs-srv-sysfs.c
> +++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/rtrs/rtrs-srv-sysfs.c
> @@ -295,8 +295,8 @@ int rtrs_srv_create_path_files(struct rtrs_srv_path *srv_path)
>  put_kobj:
>         kobject_del(&srv_path->kobj);
>  destroy_root:
> -       kobject_put(&srv_path->kobj);
>         rtrs_srv_destroy_once_sysfs_root_folders(srv_path);
> +       kobject_put(&srv_path->kobj);
>
>         return err;
>  }
> @@ -312,8 +312,8 @@ void rtrs_srv_destroy_path_files(struct rtrs_srv_path *srv_path)
>
>         if (srv_path->kobj.state_in_sysfs) {
>                 sysfs_remove_group(&srv_path->kobj, &rtrs_srv_path_attr_group);
> -               kobject_put(&srv_path->kobj);
>                 rtrs_srv_destroy_once_sysfs_root_folders(srv_path);
> +               kobject_put(&srv_path->kobj);
>         }
>
>  }
> --
> 2.43.0
>