[PATCH 1/2] lockd: fix NULL pointer dereference in nlmclnt_locks_release_private
From: Ran Hongyun
Date: Wed Aug 19 2026 - 03:53:19 EST
nlmclnt_locks_init_private() unconditionally sets fl->fl_ops even when
nlmclnt_find_lockowner() returns NULL due to allocation failure. When
locks_release_private() later sees a non-NULL fl_ops, it calls
fl_release_private, which dereferences fl->fl_u.nfs_fl.owner.
nlmclnt_proc()
nlmclnt_locks_init_private <----set fl->fl_ops unconditionally
if (!fl->fl_u.nfs_fl.owner) <----forget to clear fl->fl_ops
locks_release_private()
if (fl->fl_ops) <----fl->fl_ops is not NULL but owner is NULL
fl->fl_ops->fl_release_private()
nlmclnt_locks_release_private() <----NULL ptr dereference
Fix it by inlining nlmclnt_locks_init_private() into its single
caller nlmclnt_proc(), so that fl_ops is only set after
nlmclnt_find_lockowner() succeeds
Fixes: bf8848918d75 ("lockd: handle lockowner allocation failure in nlmclnt_proc()")
Signed-off-by: Ran Hongyun <ranhongyun1@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/lockd/clntproc.c | 17 ++++++-----------
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/lockd/clntproc.c b/fs/lockd/clntproc.c
index f06faf577cea..dc0519ac0172 100644
--- a/fs/lockd/clntproc.c
+++ b/fs/lockd/clntproc.c
@@ -31,11 +31,11 @@ static int nlmclnt_test(struct nlm_rqst *, struct file_lock *);
static int nlmclnt_lock(struct nlm_rqst *, struct file_lock *);
static int nlmclnt_unlock(struct nlm_rqst *, struct file_lock *);
static int nlm_stat_to_errno(__be32 stat);
-static void nlmclnt_locks_init_private(struct file_lock *fl, struct nlm_host *host);
static int nlmclnt_cancel(struct nlm_host *, int , struct file_lock *);
static const struct rpc_call_ops nlmclnt_unlock_ops;
static const struct rpc_call_ops nlmclnt_cancel_ops;
+static const struct file_lock_operations nlmclnt_lock_ops;
/*
* Cookie counter for NLM requests
@@ -172,12 +172,16 @@ int nlmclnt_proc(struct nlm_host *host, int cmd, struct file_lock *fl, void *dat
if (nlmclnt_ops && nlmclnt_ops->nlmclnt_alloc_call)
nlmclnt_ops->nlmclnt_alloc_call(data);
- nlmclnt_locks_init_private(fl, host);
+ fl->fl_u.nfs_fl.state = 0;
+ fl->fl_u.nfs_fl.owner = nlmclnt_find_lockowner(host, fl->c.flc_owner);
if (!fl->fl_u.nfs_fl.owner) {
/* lockowner allocation has failed */
nlmclnt_release_call(call);
return -ENOMEM;
}
+ INIT_LIST_HEAD(&fl->fl_u.nfs_fl.list);
+ fl->fl_ops = &nlmclnt_lock_ops;
+
/* Set up the argument struct */
nlmclnt_setlockargs(call, fl);
call->a_callback_data = data;
@@ -484,15 +488,6 @@ static const struct file_lock_operations nlmclnt_lock_ops = {
.fl_release_private = nlmclnt_locks_release_private,
};
-static void nlmclnt_locks_init_private(struct file_lock *fl, struct nlm_host *host)
-{
- fl->fl_u.nfs_fl.state = 0;
- fl->fl_u.nfs_fl.owner = nlmclnt_find_lockowner(host,
- fl->c.flc_owner);
- INIT_LIST_HEAD(&fl->fl_u.nfs_fl.list);
- fl->fl_ops = &nlmclnt_lock_ops;
-}
-
static int do_vfs_lock(struct file_lock *fl)
{
return locks_lock_file_wait(fl->c.flc_file, fl);
--
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