Forwarded: [PATCH] KASAN: vmalloc-out-of-bounds Read in rpc_queue_upcall

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Date: Mon Sep 14 2026 - 21:43:34 EST


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Subject: [PATCH] KASAN: vmalloc-out-of-bounds Read in rpc_queue_upcall
Author: jchuang26@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

#syz test: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master

Reported-by: syzbot+d5c77cabf7a3492aa650@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4recover.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4recover.c
index d513971fb..90d356e1f 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4recover.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4recover.c
@@ -647,6 +647,7 @@ struct cld_upcall {
struct list_head cu_list;
struct cld_net *cu_net;
struct completion cu_done;
+ struct rpc_pipe_msg cu_msg;
union {
struct cld_msg_hdr cu_hdr;
struct cld_msg cu_msg;
@@ -658,22 +659,22 @@ static int
__cld_pipe_upcall(struct rpc_pipe *pipe, void *cmsg, struct nfsd_net *nn)
{
int ret;
- struct rpc_pipe_msg msg;
struct cld_upcall *cup = container_of(cmsg, struct cld_upcall, cu_u);
+ struct rpc_pipe_msg *msg = &cup->cu_msg;

- memset(&msg, 0, sizeof(msg));
- msg.data = cmsg;
- msg.len = nn->client_tracking_ops->msglen;
+ memset(msg, 0, sizeof(*msg));
+ msg->data = cmsg;
+ msg->len = nn->client_tracking_ops->msglen;

- ret = rpc_queue_upcall(pipe, &msg);
+ ret = rpc_queue_upcall(pipe, msg);
if (ret < 0) {
goto out;
}

wait_for_completion(&cup->cu_done);

- if (msg.errno < 0)
- ret = msg.errno;
+ if (msg->errno < 0)
+ ret = msg->errno;
out:
return ret;
}
@@ -806,7 +807,14 @@ cld_pipe_downcall(struct file *filp, const char __user *src, size_t mlen)
cup = NULL;
spin_lock(&cn->cn_lock);
list_for_each_entry(tmp, &cn->cn_list, cu_list) {
- if (get_unaligned(&tmp->cu_u.cu_hdr.cm_xid) == xid) {
+ /*
+ * Only match upcalls that userspace has already read.
+ * Otherwise the upcall's rpc_pipe_msg would still be queued
+ * when the caller resumes and frees it, leaving a dangling
+ * list entry that corrupts the next upcall queued here.
+ */
+ if (get_unaligned(&tmp->cu_u.cu_hdr.cm_xid) == xid &&
+ rpc_msg_is_inflight(&tmp->cu_msg)) {
cup = tmp;
if (status != -EINPROGRESS)
list_del_init(&cup->cu_list);
@@ -834,9 +842,7 @@ cld_pipe_downcall(struct file *filp, const char __user *src, size_t mlen)
static void
cld_pipe_destroy_msg(struct rpc_pipe_msg *msg)
{
- struct cld_msg *cmsg = msg->data;
- struct cld_upcall *cup = container_of(cmsg, struct cld_upcall,
- cu_u.cu_msg);
+ struct cld_upcall *cup = container_of(msg, struct cld_upcall, cu_msg);

/* errno >= 0 means we got a downcall */
if (msg->errno >= 0)