[PATCH 2/2] f2fs: free the quota file name that remount drops

From: Zhan Xusheng

Date: Fri Oct 30 2026 - 03:25:02 EST


From: Zhan Xusheng <zhanxusheng@xxxxxxxxxx>

Remounting with an empty journalled quota option such as "usrjquota="
clears the name, but f2fs_apply_quota_options() overwrites the old
string without freeing it, so every such remount leaks it.

Free it after a grace period, as f2fs_show_options() may still be
reading it.

Fixes: d18535132523 ("f2fs: separate the options parsing and options checking")
Reported-by: syzbot+6c000dea1a93b4f5905c@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=6c000dea1a93b4f5905c
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Zhan Xusheng <zhanxusheng@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Tested in QEMU with KASAN and kmemleak, remounting with "usrjquota="
and "usrjquota=f2fs" in a loop while reading /proc/mounts: nothing is
reported. A plain kfree() here trips KASAN in f2fs_show_options().

fs/f2fs/super.c | 7 +++++--
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/f2fs/super.c b/fs/f2fs/super.c
index 510df7998c18..d86ab25fbcc5 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/super.c
@@ -1646,7 +1646,7 @@ static void f2fs_apply_quota_options(struct fs_context *fc,
struct f2fs_fs_context *ctx = fc->fs_private;
struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi = F2FS_SB(sb);
bool quota_feature = f2fs_sb_has_quota_ino(sbi);
- char *qname;
+ char *qname, *old;
int i;

if (quota_feature)
@@ -1662,7 +1662,10 @@ static void f2fs_apply_quota_options(struct fs_context *fc,
GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOFAIL);
set_opt(sbi, QUOTA);
}
- F2FS_OPTION(sbi).s_qf_names[i] = qname;
+ old = F2FS_OPTION(sbi).s_qf_names[i];
+ /* Pairs with READ_ONCE() in f2fs_show_quota_options() */
+ smp_store_release(&F2FS_OPTION(sbi).s_qf_names[i], qname);
+ kfree_rcu_mightsleep(old);
}

if (ctx->spec_mask & F2FS_SPEC_jqfmt)
--
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