Forwarded: [PATCH] configfs: unhash dentry before dropping the item
From: syzbot
Date: Fri Sep 11 2026 - 04:18:16 EST
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Subject: [PATCH] configfs: unhash dentry before dropping the item
Author: jchuang26@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
#syz test: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git a7c1290eef60711c10289c056ad32ed1f2b47b12
Reported-by: syzbot+6b16e3d085833cbf3e25@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
diff --git a/fs/configfs/dir.c b/fs/configfs/dir.c
index 3c88f13f1..b0812432f 100644
--- a/fs/configfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/configfs/dir.c
@@ -1552,12 +1552,14 @@ static int configfs_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
if (sd->s_type & CONFIGFS_USET_DIR) {
configfs_detach_group(dentry);
+ d_drop(dentry);
mutex_lock(&subsys->su_mutex);
client_disconnect_notify(parent_item, item);
unlink_group(to_config_group(item));
} else {
configfs_detach_item(dentry);
+ d_drop(dentry);
mutex_lock(&subsys->su_mutex);
client_disconnect_notify(parent_item, item);