[PATCH v2] ksmbd: fix use-after-free and NULL deref in smb_grant_oplock()
From: Werner Kasselman
Date: Tue Mar 17 2026 - 02:35:42 EST
smb_grant_oplock() has two issues in the oplock publication sequence:
1) opinfo is linked into ci->m_op_list (via opinfo_add) before
add_lease_global_list() is called. If add_lease_global_list()
fails (kmalloc returns NULL), the error path frees the opinfo
via __free_opinfo() while it is still linked in ci->m_op_list.
Concurrent m_op_list readers (opinfo_get_list, or direct iteration
in smb_break_all_levII_oplock) dereference the freed node.
2) opinfo->o_fp is assigned after add_lease_global_list() publishes
the opinfo on the global lease list. A concurrent
find_same_lease_key() can walk the lease list and dereference
opinfo->o_fp->f_ci while o_fp is still NULL.
Fix by restructuring the publication sequence to eliminate post-publish
failure:
- Set opinfo->o_fp before any list publication (fixes NULL deref).
- Preallocate lease_table via alloc_lease_table() before opinfo_add()
so add_lease_global_list() becomes infallible after publication.
- Keep the original m_op_list publication order (opinfo_add before
lease list) so concurrent opens via same_client_has_lease() and
opinfo_get_list() still see the in-flight grant.
- Use opinfo_put() instead of __free_opinfo() on err_out so that
the RCU-deferred free path is used.
This also requires splitting add_lease_global_list() to take a
preallocated lease_table and changing its return type from int to void,
since it can no longer fail.
Fixes: e2f34481b24d ("cifsd: add server-side procedures for SMB3")
Fixes: 1dfd062caa16 ("ksmbd: fix use-after-free by using call_rcu() for oplock_info")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Werner Kasselman <werner@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/smb/server/oplock.c | 17 ++++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/smb/server/oplock.c b/fs/smb/server/oplock.c
index 393a4ae47cc1..4bc7737f7aa8 100644
--- a/fs/smb/server/oplock.c
+++ b/fs/smb/server/oplock.c
@@ -1291,8 +1291,17 @@ int smb_grant_oplock(struct ksmbd_work *work, int req_op_level, u64 pid,
set_oplock_level(opinfo, req_op_level, lctx);
out:
- opinfo_count_inc(fp);
- opinfo_add(opinfo, fp);
+ /*
+ * Set o_fp before any publication so that concurrent readers
+ * (e.g. find_same_lease_key() on the lease list) that
+ * dereference opinfo->o_fp don't hit a NULL pointer.
+ *
+ * Add to lease global list before publishing on the inode
+ * op list. add_lease_global_list() can fail on allocation
+ * and we must not leave a freed opinfo linked in ci->m_op_list
+ * where concurrent opinfo_get_list() readers could find it.
+ */
+ opinfo->o_fp = fp;
if (opinfo->is_lease) {
err = add_lease_global_list(opinfo);
@@ -1300,8 +1309,10 @@ int smb_grant_oplock(struct ksmbd_work *work, int req_op_level, u64 pid,
goto err_out;
}
+ opinfo_count_inc(fp);
+ opinfo_add(opinfo, fp);
+
rcu_assign_pointer(fp->f_opinfo, opinfo);
- opinfo->o_fp = fp;
return 0;
err_out:
--
2.43.0