[PATCH 2/2] ceph: fix UAF in check_new_map() on session freed during unlock
From: Xiubo Li via B4 Relay
Date: Tue Jul 14 2026 - 04:13:58 EST
From: Xiubo Li <xiubo.li@xxxxxxxxx>
check_new_map() iterates mdsc->sessions[] and for each active session
drops mdsc->mutex to perform per-session operations. The forced-close
path (rank removed from map) correctly takes a reference on s via
ceph_get_mds_session() before releasing mdsc->mutex, but three other
paths do not:
Path A (address changed): mutex_unlock → mutex_lock(&s->s_mutex)
Path B (reconnect): mutex_unlock → send_mds_reconnect(mdsc, s)
Path C (active transition): mutex_unlock → mutex_lock(&s->s_mutex)
Without the extra reference, another thread can acquire mdsc->mutex
during the unlock window, call __unregister_session() which drops the
last reference on s, and free it. The original thread then accesses
freed memory via s->s_mutex.
Fix by adding ceph_get_mds_session(s) before each mutex_unlock and
ceph_put_mds_session(s) after the corresponding mutex_lock, matching
the pattern already used in the forced-close path.
Race timeline (Path A):
Thread A (check_new_map) Thread B (another map update
holds mdsc->mutex or session teardown)
-------------------------- --------------------------
s = mdsc->sessions[i]
(refcount == 1, held only by
sessions[] array)
mutex_unlock(&mdsc->mutex)
---> acquires mdsc->mutex
__unregister_session(mdsc, s)
sessions[i] = NULL
ceph_put_mds_session(s)
refcount: 1 -> 0
kfree(s) <--- freed!
mutex_lock(&s->s_mutex)
UAF on freed s->s_mutex
Signed-off-by: Xiubo Li <xiubo.li@xxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/ceph/mds_client.c | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
index 18be36c2e9e8..00a401f9f73b 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
@@ -5827,9 +5827,11 @@ static void check_new_map(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc,
ceph_mdsmap_get_addr(newmap, i),
sizeof(struct ceph_entity_addr))) {
/* just close it */
+ ceph_get_mds_session(s);
mutex_unlock(&mdsc->mutex);
mutex_lock(&s->s_mutex);
mutex_lock(&mdsc->mutex);
+ ceph_put_mds_session(s);
ceph_con_close(&s->s_con);
mutex_unlock(&s->s_mutex);
s->s_state = CEPH_MDS_SESSION_RESTARTING;
@@ -5844,6 +5846,7 @@ static void check_new_map(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc,
newstate >= CEPH_MDS_STATE_RECONNECT) {
int rc;
+ ceph_get_mds_session(s);
mutex_unlock(&mdsc->mutex);
clear_bit(i, targets);
rc = send_mds_reconnect(mdsc, s);
@@ -5852,6 +5855,7 @@ static void check_new_map(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc,
"mds%d reconnect failed: %d\n",
i, rc);
mutex_lock(&mdsc->mutex);
+ ceph_put_mds_session(s);
}
/*
@@ -5864,9 +5868,11 @@ static void check_new_map(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc,
pr_info_client(cl, "mds%d recovery completed\n",
s->s_mds);
kick_requests(mdsc, i);
+ ceph_get_mds_session(s);
mutex_unlock(&mdsc->mutex);
mutex_lock(&s->s_mutex);
mutex_lock(&mdsc->mutex);
+ ceph_put_mds_session(s);
ceph_kick_flushing_caps(mdsc, s);
mutex_unlock(&s->s_mutex);
wake_up_session_caps(s, RECONNECT);
--
2.53.0