[PATCH 2/3] nfsd: fix NULL deref / UAF of sc_export in setup_notify_fhandle
From: Jeff Layton
Date: Wed Jun 17 2026 - 14:13:51 EST
setup_notify_fhandle() read dp->dl_stid.sc_export locklessly and
dereferenced it unconditionally in the subtree-check branch:
if (!(exp->ex_flags & NFSEXP_NOSUBTREECHECK) && ...
The later NFSEXP_SIGN_FH test already guards with "if (exp && ...)",
acknowledging that exp can be NULL here.
CB_NOTIFY callbacks run asynchronously, holding only an sc_count
reference on the delegation. That keeps the stid (and, on the normal
teardown path, its export) alive, because nfs4_put_stid() only releases
sc_export once sc_count reaches zero. drop_stid_export(), however, runs
on admin revocation (revoke_one_stid() for SC_TYPE_DELEG) and clears
sc_export and drops its reference independently of sc_count, under
cl_lock. A concurrent revocation can therefore make the lockless read
return NULL (NULL deref in the subtree-check branch) or a pointer that
exp_put() frees mid-encode (use-after-free).
Grab a reference to the export under cl_lock, mirroring the locking in
drop_stid_export(), and guard every use of exp with a NULL check. This
closes both the NULL deref and the use-after-free, and leaves the normal
(non-revoked) path unchanged.
Fixes: 121c372b2c55 ("nfsd: add the filehandle to returned attributes in CB_NOTIFY")
Reported-by: Sashiko AI <https://sashiko.dev>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
index dfb2cf9239bf..c93eea36a5ea 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
@@ -4203,12 +4203,26 @@ setup_notify_fhandle(struct dentry *dentry, struct nfs4_delegation *dp,
struct nfsd_file *nf, struct nfsd4_fattr_args *args)
{
struct nfs4_file *fi = dp->dl_stid.sc_file;
- struct svc_export *exp = dp->dl_stid.sc_export;
+ struct nfs4_client *clp = dp->dl_stid.sc_client;
int fileid_type, fsid_len, maxsize, flags = 0;
struct knfsd_fh *fhp = &args->fhandle;
struct inode *inode = d_inode(dentry);
struct inode *parent = NULL;
+ struct svc_export *exp;
struct fid *fid;
+ bool ret = false;
+
+ /*
+ * drop_stid_export() can clear sc_export and drop its reference
+ * locklessly when the delegation is admin-revoked, concurrently with
+ * this callback. Grab our own reference under cl_lock so the export
+ * can be neither NULL-raced nor freed while we encode.
+ */
+ spin_lock(&clp->cl_lock);
+ exp = dp->dl_stid.sc_export;
+ if (exp)
+ exp_get(exp);
+ spin_unlock(&clp->cl_lock);
fsid_len = key_len(fi->fi_fhandle.fh_fsid_type);
fhp->fh_size = 4 + fsid_len;
@@ -4225,23 +4239,28 @@ setup_notify_fhandle(struct dentry *dentry, struct nfs4_delegation *dp,
* delegation's export rather than the shared nfs4_file, which may
* have been initialized under a different export.
*/
- if (!(exp->ex_flags & NFSEXP_NOSUBTREECHECK) && !S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode)) {
+ if (exp && !(exp->ex_flags & NFSEXP_NOSUBTREECHECK) &&
+ !S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode)) {
parent = d_inode(nf->nf_file->f_path.dentry);
flags = EXPORT_FH_CONNECTABLE;
}
fileid_type = exportfs_encode_inode_fh(inode, fid, &maxsize, parent, flags);
if (fileid_type < 0 || fileid_type == FILEID_INVALID)
- return false;
+ goto out;
fhp->fh_fileid_type = fileid_type;
fhp->fh_size += maxsize * 4;
if (exp && (exp->ex_flags & NFSEXP_SIGN_FH))
if (!fh_append_mac(fhp, NFS4_FHSIZE, exp->cd->net))
- return false;
+ goto out;
- return true;
+ ret = true;
+out:
+ if (exp)
+ exp_put(exp);
+ return ret;
}
#define CB_NOTIFY_STATX_REQUEST_MASK (STATX_BASIC_STATS | \
--
2.54.0