[PATCH] nfsd: Fix id-to-name cache entry leak in idtoname_parse()

From: Wentao Liang

Date: Thu Sep 17 2026 - 13:55:05 EST


idtoname_lookup() returns the id-to-name cache entry with a new
reference. The name is parsed between the lookup and the update call,
and when the parsed name is malformed (negative length or longer than
IDMAP_NAMESZ), idtoname_parse() jumps to the error label without
dropping the reference returned by idtoname_lookup(), leaking the cache
entry.

Release the reference with cache_put() before taking the error exit.

Fixes: f9ecc921b5b5 ("[PATCH] knfsd: Use new cache code for name/id lookup caches")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Wentao Liang <vulab@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/nfsd/nfs4idmap.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4idmap.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4idmap.c
index ba06d3d3e6dd..e0f1bebdf660 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4idmap.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4idmap.c
@@ -252,8 +252,10 @@ idtoname_parse(struct cache_detail *cd, char *buf, int buflen)
/* Name */
error = -EINVAL;
len = qword_get(&buf, buf1, PAGE_SIZE);
- if (len < 0 || len >= IDMAP_NAMESZ)
+ if (len < 0 || len >= IDMAP_NAMESZ) {
+ cache_put(&res->h, cd);
goto out;
+ }
if (len == 0)
set_bit(CACHE_NEGATIVE, &ent.h.flags);
else
--
2.34.1