Forwarded: [PATCH] fs/namespace: fix double hlist_del_init of mnt_mp_list in get_detached_copy()

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Date: Sat Mar 21 2026 - 01:53:14 EST


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Subject: [PATCH] fs/namespace: fix double hlist_del_init of mnt_mp_list in get_detached_copy()
Author: kartikey406@xxxxxxxxx

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


get_detached_copy() builds a new anonymous mount namespace for
open_tree(OPEN_TREE_CLONE) by iterating all mounts in the cloned tree
and calling mnt_add_to_ns() for each. However, child mounts in the
cloned tree have their mnt_mp_list linked into the original mountpoint's
m_list via mnt_set_mountpoint(). mnt_add_to_ns() only updates the
namespace RB tree and never removes mnt_mp_list from that list.

When both the original and new anonymous namespaces are torn down on
process exit, put_mnt_ns() -> umount_tree() -> __umount_mnt() calls
hlist_del_init() on mnt_mp_list for each mount. Since the same mount
belongs to two namespaces, hlist_del_init() is called twice on the same
node, corrupting the list and causing a general protection fault.

Fix this by calling hlist_del_init() on mnt_mp_list and clearing mnt_mp
for each mount inside the loop in get_detached_copy(). This detaches
them from the original mountpoint's m_list. Clearing mnt_mp also
prevents __umount_mnt() from passing a stale pointer to
maybe_free_mountpoint() during teardown.

Reported-by: syzbot+e4470cc28308f2081ec8@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=e4470cc28308f2081ec8
Signed-off-by: Deepanshu kartikey <Kartikey406@xxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/namespace.c | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
index 854f4fc66469..04e7ffd7fcf5 100644
--- a/fs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -3063,6 +3063,10 @@ static struct mnt_namespace *get_detached_copy(const struct path *path, unsigned

for (p = mnt; p; p = next_mnt(p, mnt)) {
mnt_add_to_ns(ns, p);
+ if (p->mnt_mp) {
+ hlist_del_init(&p->mnt_mp_list);
+ p->mnt_mp = NULL;
+ }
ns->nr_mounts++;
}
ns->root = mnt;
--
2.43.0