Forwarded: [PATCH v2] nfsd: store net in svc_serv instead of deriving it from sv_permsocks

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Date: Tue Oct 20 2026 - 04:20:39 EST


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Subject: [PATCH v2] nfsd: store net in svc_serv instead of deriving it from sv_permsocks
Author: kartikey406@xxxxxxxxx

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


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 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

Rather than guarding the list walk, store the net in the svc_serv when
it is created. svc_create_pooled() is only used by nfsd, so add a
struct net argument to it and record it in a new sv_net field, then
use that in nfsd().

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
Suggested-by: NeilBrown <neil@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Deepanshu Kartikey <kartikey406@xxxxxxxxx>
---
v2: store the net in svc_serv via svc_create_pooled() instead of
walking sv_permsocks under sv_lock (Jeff, Neil)
---
fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c | 5 ++---
include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h | 2 ++
net/sunrpc/svc.c | 3 +++
3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c b/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c
index 2edf716ea022..06a756d5636c 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ int nfsd_create_serv(struct net *net)
nfsd_max_blksize = nfsd_get_default_max_blksize();
nfsd_reset_versions(nn);
serv = svc_create_pooled(nfsd_programs, ARRAY_SIZE(nfsd_programs),
- &nn->nfsd_svcstats,
+ &nn->nfsd_svcstats, net,
nfsd_max_blksize, nfsd);
if (serv == NULL) {
percpu_ref_exit(&nn->nfsd_net_ref);
@@ -890,8 +890,7 @@ 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 net *net = rqstp->rq_server->sv_net;
struct nfsd_net *nn = net_generic(net, nfsd_net_id);
struct nfsd_thread_local_info ntli = { };
bool have_mutex = false;
diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h
index 2db1b9ec5658..49a5052b2670 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ enum {
struct svc_serv {
struct svc_program * sv_programs; /* RPC programs */
struct svc_stat * sv_stats; /* RPC statistics */
+ struct net * sv_net; /* only set for pooled (nfsd) services */
spinlock_t sv_lock;
unsigned int sv_nprogs; /* Number of sv_programs */
unsigned int sv_nrthreads; /* # of running server threads */
@@ -461,6 +462,7 @@ void svc_exit_thread(struct svc_rqst *);
struct svc_serv * svc_create_pooled(struct svc_program *prog,
unsigned int nprog,
struct svc_stat *stats,
+ struct net *net,
unsigned int bufsize,
int (*threadfn)(void *data));
int svc_set_pool_threads(struct svc_serv *serv, struct svc_pool *pool,
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svc.c b/net/sunrpc/svc.c
index 8297bad2b177..810c2db27fe3 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svc.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svc.c
@@ -481,6 +481,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(svc_create);
* @prog: Array of RPC programs the new service will handle
* @nprogs: Number of programs in the array
* @stats: the stats struct if desired
+ * @net: network namespace the service belongs to
* @bufsize: maximum message size for @prog
* @threadfn: a function to service RPC requests for @prog
*
@@ -489,6 +490,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(svc_create);
struct svc_serv *svc_create_pooled(struct svc_program *prog,
unsigned int nprogs,
struct svc_stat *stats,
+ struct net *net,
unsigned int bufsize,
int (*threadfn)(void *data))
{
@@ -502,6 +504,7 @@ struct svc_serv *svc_create_pooled(struct svc_program *prog,
if (!serv)
goto out_err;
serv->sv_is_pooled = true;
+ serv->sv_net = net;
return serv;
out_err:
svc_pool_map_put();
--
2.43.0