[PATCH 5.10.y] loop: Fix use-after-free issues

From: Miguel Gazquez (Schneider Electric)

Date: Mon Oct 05 2026 - 06:05:25 EST


From: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@xxxxxxx>

[ Upstream commit 9b0cb770f5d7b1ff40bea7ca385438ee94570eec ]

do_req_filebacked() calls blk_mq_complete_request() synchronously or
asynchronously when using asynchronous I/O unless memory allocation fails.
Hence, modify loop_handle_cmd() such that it does not dereference 'cmd' nor
'rq' after do_req_filebacked() finished unless we are sure that the request
has not yet been completed. This patch fixes the following kernel crash:

Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000054
Call trace:
css_put.42938+0x1c/0x1ac
loop_process_work+0xc8c/0xfd4
loop_rootcg_workfn+0x24/0x34
process_one_work+0x244/0x558
worker_thread+0x400/0x8fc
kthread+0x16c/0x1e0
ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20

[ Dropped the part fixing c74d40e8b5e2 as this commit isn't included in
5.10. Kept the part fixing bc07c10a3603 ]

Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
Cc: Ming Lei <ming.lei@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dan Schatzberg <schatzberg.dan@xxxxxxxxx>
Fixes: c74d40e8b5e2 ("loop: charge i/o to mem and blk cg")
Fixes: bc07c10a3603 ("block: loop: support DIO & AIO")
Signed-off-by: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@xxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230314182155.80625-1-bvanassche@xxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Miguel Gazquez (Schneider Electric) <miguel.gazquez@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/block/loop.c | 10 +++++++++-
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c
index 3db4dad0d072..dab31049bd4f 100644
--- a/drivers/block/loop.c
+++ b/drivers/block/loop.c
@@ -2032,16 +2032,24 @@ static void loop_handle_cmd(struct loop_cmd *cmd)
const bool write = op_is_write(req_op(rq));
struct loop_device *lo = rq->q->queuedata;
int ret = 0;
+ const bool use_aio = cmd->use_aio;

if (write && (lo->lo_flags & LO_FLAGS_READ_ONLY)) {
ret = -EIO;
goto failed;
}

+ /*
+ * do_req_filebacked() may call blk_mq_complete_request() synchronously
+ * or asynchronously if using aio. Hence, do not touch 'cmd' after
+ * do_req_filebacked() has returned unless we are sure that 'cmd' has
+ * not yet been completed.
+ */
ret = do_req_filebacked(lo, rq);
+
failed:
/* complete non-aio request */
- if (!cmd->use_aio || ret) {
+ if (!use_aio || ret) {
if (ret == -EOPNOTSUPP)
cmd->ret = ret;
else

---
base-commit: 587461ddf5d522bfcb50ebd55078c0dac37be496
change-id: 20261005-cve-2023-53111-8e6aef764812

Best regards,
--
Miguel Gazquez (Schneider Electric) <miguel.gazquez@xxxxxxxxxxx>