[PATCH] ecryptfs: hold msg ctx list lock when cleaning daemon queue
From: Yichong Chen
Date: Sat Jun 27 2026 - 23:38:57 EST
ecryptfs_exorcise_daemon() drops queued messages from a dying daemon
without holding ecryptfs_msg_ctx_lists_mux, but
ecryptfs_msg_ctx_alloc_to_free() requires that lock.
Take the list lock while moving the queued contexts back to the free
list to avoid racing with other global msg ctx list users.
Fixes: f66e883eb618 ("eCryptfs: integrate eCryptfs device handle into the module.")
Signed-off-by: Yichong Chen <chenyichong@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/ecryptfs/messaging.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/messaging.c b/fs/ecryptfs/messaging.c
index 03c60f0850ca..ecdfd965b87e 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/messaging.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/messaging.c
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ int ecryptfs_exorcise_daemon(struct ecryptfs_daemon *daemon)
mutex_unlock(&daemon->mux);
goto out;
}
+ mutex_lock(&ecryptfs_msg_ctx_lists_mux);
list_for_each_entry_safe(msg_ctx, msg_ctx_tmp,
&daemon->msg_ctx_out_queue, daemon_out_list) {
list_del(&msg_ctx->daemon_out_list);
@@ -174,6 +175,7 @@ int ecryptfs_exorcise_daemon(struct ecryptfs_daemon *daemon)
"the out queue of a dying daemon\n", __func__);
ecryptfs_msg_ctx_alloc_to_free(msg_ctx);
}
+ mutex_unlock(&ecryptfs_msg_ctx_lists_mux);
hlist_del(&daemon->euid_chain);
mutex_unlock(&daemon->mux);
kfree_sensitive(daemon);
--
2.48.1