Forwarded: [PATCH] xfs: add guard before freeing buffer log item
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Date: Fri Jul 31 2026 - 01:22:22 EST
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Subject: [PATCH] xfs: add guard before freeing buffer log item
Author: marcelomspessoto@xxxxxxxxx
#syz test: https://github.com/torvalds/linux.git master
A buffer's write completion can race with the CIL walking the same
checkpoint's item list during a forced shutdown's simulated commit
callbacks. Whichever side reaches the item last should be the one to
free it; right now completion frees it unconditionally, so the CIL
walk can end up touching memory that's already gone.
Fixes: d2fe5c4c8d25 ("xfs: rearrange code in xfs_buf_item.c")
Signed-off-by: Marcelo Mendes Spessoto Junior <marcelomspessoto@xxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item.c
index f4c5be67826e..c86c4387f52b 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item.c
@@ -1072,6 +1072,9 @@ void
xfs_buf_item_done(
struct xfs_buf *bp)
{
+ if (atomic_read(&bp->b_log_item->bli_refcount) != 0)
+ return;
+
/*
* If we are forcibly shutting down, this may well be off the AIL
* already. That's because we simulate the log-committed callbacks to
--
2.55.0