[PATCH] nfsd: fix out-of-bounds read of sv_permsocks when starting a thread
From: Deepanshu Kartikey
Date: Sun Oct 18 2026 - 07:34:37 EST
nfsd() derives its struct net from the first entry of
serv->sv_permsocks using list_entry() without checking that the list
is non-empty. If the list is empty, list_entry() returns a bogus
svc_xprt computed from the list head embedded in struct svc_serv, and
the following perm_sock->xpt_net load reads far past the end of the
svc_serv allocation:
BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in nfsd+0x118/0xbc0 fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c:894
Read of size 8 at addr ffff88802d423f50 by task nfsd/5988
The list can be empty because nothing guarantees that a permanent
listener exists while a thread starts. With dynamic thread spawning, a
thread can begin running after the last listener has been closed and
removed.
Take sv_lock, which protects sv_permsocks, and check for an empty list
and read xpt_net in the same critical section. If there is no
permanent socket, report -ENOTCONN through svc_thread_init_status(),
which wakes the creator and exits the thread, instead of dereferencing
a bogus pointer.
Fixes: 88c476661719 ("nfsd: pass proper net to nfsd_destroy() from NFSd kthreads")
Reported-by: syzbot+561b859d032c8bf2fb53@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=561b859d032c8bf2fb53
Tested-by: syzbot+561b859d032c8bf2fb53@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Deepanshu Kartikey <kartikey406@xxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c b/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c
index 2edf716ea022..da6fce79efae 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c
@@ -890,17 +890,31 @@ nfsd(void *vrqstp)
{
struct svc_rqst *rqstp = (struct svc_rqst *) vrqstp;
struct svc_pool *pool = rqstp->rq_pool;
- struct svc_xprt *perm_sock = list_entry(rqstp->rq_server->sv_permsocks.next, typeof(struct svc_xprt), xpt_list);
- struct net *net = perm_sock->xpt_net;
- struct nfsd_net *nn = net_generic(net, nfsd_net_id);
+ struct svc_serv *serv = rqstp->rq_server;
+ struct svc_xprt *perm_sock;
+ struct net *net = NULL;
+ struct nfsd_net *nn = NULL;
struct nfsd_thread_local_info ntli = { };
bool have_mutex = false;
+ int err = 0;
+
+ spin_lock_bh(&serv->sv_lock);
+ if (list_empty(&serv->sv_permsocks)) {
+ err = -ENOTCONN;
+ } else {
+ perm_sock = list_first_entry(&serv->sv_permsocks,
+ struct svc_xprt, xpt_list);
+ net = perm_sock->xpt_net;
+ }
+ spin_unlock_bh(&serv->sv_lock);
+ if (!err)
+ nn = net_generic(net, nfsd_net_id);
/* At this point, the thread shares current->fs
* with the init process. We need to create files with the
* umask as defined by the client instead of init's umask.
*/
- svc_thread_init_status(rqstp, unshare_fs_struct());
+ svc_thread_init_status(rqstp, err ?: unshare_fs_struct());
current->fs->umask = 0;
--
2.43.0