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Christian Brauner
caf16f9b4a
nullfs: don't update the access time
There's no point in updating access times of the nullfs instance. Raise
S_IMMUTABLE.

Fixes: 9d4e752a24 ("namespace: allow creating empty mount namespaces")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v7.1+
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20261002-work-mount-fixes-4-v1-7-dd44b89d44ce@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
2026-10-04 12:31:39 +02:00
Christian Brauner
33aadc7c72
namespace: handle mount locking for automounts correctly
If mounts are propagated across user namespaces, attach_recursive_mnt()
locks every copy of the source mount to protect overmounts from
vanishing and revealing the underlying files or directories.

The user namespace is taken from the caller's mount namespaces since
this is where the mounts end up. Except, that's not always true.
Automounts may legitimately get popped in by tasks located in a
different mount and user namespace during path lookup.

Then check doesn't make sense at that point. The copy in the namespace
of the parent - which may be the host's - is now locked and the host
cannot change the flags of its own mounts anymore.

Here's the reproducer:

- host has debugfs mounted nosuid,nodev,noexec and shared
- tracefs automount below it is not yet active
- hand a child process a directory descriptor on that mount
- child process enters auser and mount namespace
- child process' namespace now holds a locked copy of the host's debugfs
  mount that receives propagation from it
- child process stats "tracing/." through the descriptor
- lookup runs on the host's mount so the automount lands below the host's mount
- propagation puts a copy below the child's copy
- both try to clear the flags on the mount they got, with a bind remount:

    host, on its own automount:            MS_REMOUNT|MS_BIND = EPERM
    child, on the copy in its namespace:   MS_REMOUNT|MS_BIND = 0

So the lock landed on the host's mount instead of the child's copy.
Congrats. So we need to compare with the owner of the namespace the
mount actually gets mounted on. For all regular cases that is the
caller's mount namespace and so nothing changes.

Detached trees in anonymous mount namespaces by be handed over via
SCM_RIGHTS or inherited in other ways on purpose so the attaching task's
mount namespace is authoritative, not the creator of the detached tree.

Fixes: 132c94e31b ("vfs: Carefully propogate mounts across user namespaces")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20261002-work-mount-fixes-4-v1-6-dd44b89d44ce@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
2026-10-04 12:31:39 +02:00
Christian Brauner
ba985ce084
namespace: refuse an automount below a mount that is in no namespace
It's possible to add autmounts even when the parent mount isn't in the
mount namespace of the caller. The only requirement we have is that the
parent mount namespace must not be NULL, i.e., unmounted.

Problem is that clone_private_mount() has MNT_NS_INTERNAL which makes
that trivially true. So that passes the test and attach_recursive_mnt()
accepts that as a mount point and funny enough, count_mounts()
dereferences MNT_NS_INTERNAL. The problem is it is an error pointer...

So we can reach this in userspace via fanotify. A filesystem mark on the
lower filesystem of an overlay reports paths on the layer clone and
reading the event hands out a descriptor on it. For example with debugfs
as the lower layer it goes kaboom:

  openat(evfd, "tracing", O_DIRECTORY)

  Oops: general protection fault
  KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x1d0-0x1d7]
  RIP: 0010:count_mounts+0x35/0x200
   attach_recursive_mnt
   finish_automount

And since that sleeping beauty happens under namespace_sem held for
writing every mount operation on the system blocks from then on.
Congrats.

Use is_mounted() instead which rejects unmounted and internal mounts
alike. The open fails with EINVAL just as it did before
clone_private_mount() used MNT_NS_INTERNAL.

Fixes: df820f8de4 ("ovl: make private mounts longterm")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20261002-work-mount-fixes-4-v1-5-dd44b89d44ce@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
2026-10-04 12:31:39 +02:00
Christian Brauner
66cda7ec9a
selftests/filesystems: check that an immutable inode takes no write hint
Check that an immutable inode takes no write hint.

Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20261002-work-mount-fixes-4-v1-4-dd44b89d44ce@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
2026-10-04 12:31:39 +02:00
Christian Brauner
b0d1022b9b
fcntl: refuse F_SET_RW_HINT on an immutable inode
An immutable inode is never written to so write hints are pointless.
Refuse the hint on an immutable inode the way setattr(), fallocate() and
etxattr() refuse their changes.

Fixes: c75b1d9421 ("fs: add fcntl() interface for setting/getting write life time hints")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20261002-work-mount-fixes-4-v1-3-dd44b89d44ce@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
2026-10-04 12:31:38 +02:00
Christian Brauner
8189ab688f
namei: don't reveal overmounted entries in refwalk
In rcuwalk the dentry is validated before it is accepted. step_into()
step_into() rechecks d_seq and __follow_mount_rcu() rechecks mount_lock.
An entry that gets unlinked in between causes the lookup to retry and
miss.

A refwalk doesn't do this. lookup_fast() takes a reference on the hashed
dentry and simply accepts it. So an unlink that happens after the
reference was taken isn't seen by refwalk. That's fine for a simple
file. We just happened to open it before it was unlinked, no problem.

For a mountpoint and specifically a locked mountpoint it very much
isn't. The unlink detaches all mounts and then removes the name. Any
refwalk that hasn't traversed the mounts yet simply reveals the
underlying entry. It's a very narrow window but it can be hit:

  reads of a covered file in 60 s, 3 walkers, ~15000 unlinks
    no widening            27
    that step + 200 us   3741

See the appended patch for a more reliable reproducer.

So check the entry after step_into(). unlink(), rmdir() and rename()
mark the dentry with dont_mount() before they detach the mounts and
remove the dentry.

So a dentry that is marked with DCACHE_CANT_MOUNT and is unhashed by the
time its mounts were looked at is a name that was unlinked under the
refwalk. DCACHE_CANT_MOUNT is read after the mounts were looked up and
it is set before they are detached by detach_mounts(). A refwalk that
missed the mounts will see DCACHE_CANT_MOUNT.

Plain d_unlinked() is fine. A rename takes the dentry off its hash chain
but ___d_drop() leaves d_hash.pprev set. So only __d_drop() and a rename
over the dentry unhash it. The only move that flips IS_ROOT splices in a
disconnected alias. That doesn't have DCACHE_CANT_MOUNT set.

Add the to step_into_slowpath(). ".." and LOOKUP_DOWN may legitimately
land on an unhashed directory. A refwalk that crossed onto a mount has
path.mnt different from nd->path.mnt. A dentry that a filesystem dropped
on its own (d_invalidate(), d_drop()) doesn't have the flag set and is
treated as before.

  // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
  /*
   * unlink_covered: unlink a file that is a mountpoint in a detached copy of
   * its mount, against walkers that open it through that copy.
   *
   * A is a tmpfs with the file f1 (content SECRET_F) and the plain file
   * MARK_A. A' is an open_tree(OPEN_TREE_CLONE) copy of A with MARK_A bound
   * on A'/f1, held through an O_PATH fd on its root once the tree fd is
   * closed. Walkers open f1 through that fd while the driver unlinks A/f1,
   * where nothing is mounted on it. A walker may read MARK_A or get ENOENT.
   * A read of SECRET_F is a hit: the name was found after its mount was
   * gone. The lockless walks use openat2(RESOLVE_CACHED).
   *
   * usage: unlink_covered [-t seconds] [-w walkers]
   */
  #ifndef _GNU_SOURCE
  #define _GNU_SOURCE
  #endif
  #include <errno.h>
  #include <fcntl.h>
  #include <pthread.h>
  #include <stdatomic.h>
  #include <stdio.h>
  #include <stdlib.h>
  #include <string.h>
  #include <unistd.h>
  #include <sys/mount.h>
  #include <sys/stat.h>
  #include <sys/syscall.h>
  #include <linux/openat2.h>

  #ifndef __NR_open_tree
  #define __NR_open_tree 428
  #endif
  #ifndef __NR_move_mount
  #define __NR_move_mount 429
  #endif
  #ifndef __NR_openat2
  #define __NR_openat2 437
  #endif
  #ifndef OPEN_TREE_CLONE
  #define OPEN_TREE_CLONE 1
  #endif
  #ifndef OPEN_TREE_CLOEXEC
  #define OPEN_TREE_CLOEXEC O_CLOEXEC
  #endif
  #ifndef MOVE_MOUNT_F_EMPTY_PATH
  #define MOVE_MOUNT_F_EMPTY_PATH 0x00000004
  #endif

  #define WORK "/tmp/uc"
  #define ADIR WORK "/A"

  static int duration = 60, nwalkers = 3;
  static atomic_int stop, writer_waiting;
  static pthread_rwlock_t cur_lock = PTHREAD_RWLOCK_INITIALIZER;
  static int cur_fd = -1;		/* the root of A', -1 while there is none */
  static atomic_long n_unlink, n_walk, n_mark, n_enoent, n_other, n_secret,
  		   n_secret_cached;

  static void die(const char *what)
  {
  	fprintf(stderr, "FATAL %s: %s\n", what, strerror(errno));
  	exit(2);
  }

  static void put_file(int dfd, const char *name, const char *content)
  {
  	int fd = openat(dfd, name, O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC | O_CLOEXEC,
  			0644);

  	if (fd < 0 || write(fd, content, strlen(content)) < 0)
  		die(name);
  	close(fd);
  }

  /* "plain/../" @n times, then f1: a longer walk that checks nothing on its way */
  static char *longpath(int n)
  {
  	char *p = malloc(n * 9 + 3), *q = p;

  	for (int i = 0; i < n; i++, q += 9)
  		memcpy(q, "plain/../", 9);
  	strcpy(q, "f1");
  	return p;
  }

  static void try_read(int dfd, const char *path, int cached)
  {
  	struct open_how how = { .flags = O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC,
  				.resolve = RESOLVE_CACHED };
  	char buf[32] = "";
  	long n;
  	int fd;

  	if (cached)
  		fd = syscall(__NR_openat2, dfd, path, &how, sizeof(how));
  	else
  		fd = openat(dfd, path, O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
  	atomic_fetch_add(&n_walk, 1);
  	if (fd < 0) {
  		if (errno == ENOENT)
  			atomic_fetch_add(&n_enoent, 1);
  		else if (!cached || errno != EAGAIN)
  			atomic_fetch_add(&n_other, 1);
  		return;
  	}
  	n = read(fd, buf, sizeof(buf) - 1);
  	close(fd);
  	if (n >= 6 && !strncmp(buf, "SECRET", 6)) {
  		if (cached)
  			atomic_fetch_add(&n_secret_cached, 1);
  		if (!atomic_fetch_add(&n_secret, 1))
  			printf("HIT: read \"%s\" through %s (%s walk)\n", buf,
  			       path, cached ? "lockless" : "any");
  	} else {
  		atomic_fetch_add(&n_mark, 1);
  	}
  }

  static void *walker(void *arg)
  {
  	unsigned int r = (long)arg * 2654435761u;

  	while (!atomic_load(&stop)) {
  		char *p_long, *p_short;
  		int dfd;

  		while (atomic_load(&writer_waiting) && !atomic_load(&stop))
  			usleep(20);
  		pthread_rwlock_rdlock(&cur_lock);
  		dfd = cur_fd;
  		if (dfd < 0) {
  			pthread_rwlock_unlock(&cur_lock);
  			usleep(100);
  			continue;
  		}
  		r = r * 1103515245u + 12345u;
  		p_long = longpath(1 + (r >> 8) % 400);
  		p_short = longpath(0);
  		try_read(dfd, p_long, 0);
  		try_read(dfd, p_short, 0);
  		try_read(dfd, p_long, 1);
  		pthread_rwlock_unlock(&cur_lock);
  		free(p_long);
  		free(p_short);
  	}
  	return NULL;
  }

  /* hand the walkers a new A' (or none), close the old one */
  static void publish(int fd)
  {
  	int old;

  	atomic_fetch_add(&writer_waiting, 1);
  	pthread_rwlock_wrlock(&cur_lock);
  	old = cur_fd;
  	cur_fd = fd;
  	pthread_rwlock_unlock(&cur_lock);
  	atomic_fetch_sub(&writer_waiting, 1);
  	if (old >= 0)
  		close(old);
  }

  static void *driver(void *arg __attribute__((unused)))
  {
  	int a;

  	if (mkdir(ADIR, 0755) && errno != EEXIST)
  		die("mkdir A");
  	if (mount("A", ADIR, "tmpfs", 0, "size=4M"))
  		die("mount A");
  	a = open(ADIR, O_PATH | O_DIRECTORY | O_CLOEXEC);
  	if (a < 0 || mkdirat(a, "plain", 0755))
  		die("A/plain");
  	put_file(a, "MARK_A", "MARK_A");
  	while (!atomic_load(&stop)) {
  		int t, m, fd_a;

  		put_file(a, "f1", "SECRET_F");
  		t = syscall(__NR_open_tree, a, "",
  			    OPEN_TREE_CLONE | OPEN_TREE_CLOEXEC | AT_EMPTY_PATH);
  		if (t < 0)
  			die("open_tree A");
  		m = syscall(__NR_open_tree, a, "MARK_A",
  			    OPEN_TREE_CLONE | OPEN_TREE_CLOEXEC);
  		if (m < 0)
  			die("open_tree MARK_A");
  		if (syscall(__NR_move_mount, m, "", t, "f1",
  			    MOVE_MOUNT_F_EMPTY_PATH))
  			die("move_mount");
  		close(m);
  		fd_a = openat(t, ".", O_PATH | O_DIRECTORY | O_CLOEXEC);
  		if (fd_a < 0)
  			die("open A'");
  		publish(fd_a);
  		usleep(200 + rand() % 1000);
  		close(t);			/* A' is unmounted, fd_a holds it */
  		usleep(200 + rand() % 1000);
  		if (unlinkat(a, "f1", 0))	/* through A, a plain file there */
  			die("unlink f1");
  		atomic_fetch_add(&n_unlink, 1);
  		usleep(rand() % 300);
  		publish(-1);
  	}
  	close(a);
  	umount2(ADIR, MNT_DETACH);
  	return NULL;
  }

  int main(int argc, char **argv)
  {
  	pthread_t d, *w;
  	int c, i;

  	setvbuf(stdout, NULL, _IOLBF, 0);
  	while ((c = getopt(argc, argv, "t:w:")) != -1) {
  		switch (c) {
  		case 't':
  			duration = atoi(optarg);
  			break;
  		case 'w':
  			nwalkers = atoi(optarg);
  			break;
  		default:
  			fprintf(stderr, "usage: unlink_covered [-t seconds] [-w walkers]\n");
  			return 2;
  		}
  	}
  	if (unshare(CLONE_NEWNS) ||
  	    mount(NULL, "/", NULL, MS_REC | MS_PRIVATE, NULL))
  		die("unshare");
  	if (mkdir(WORK, 0755) && errno != EEXIST)
  		die("mkdir");
  	w = calloc(nwalkers, sizeof(*w));
  	for (i = 0; i < nwalkers; i++)
  		if (pthread_create(&w[i], NULL, walker, (void *)(long)i))
  			die("pthread_create");
  	if (pthread_create(&d, NULL, driver, NULL))
  		die("pthread_create");
  	sleep(duration);
  	atomic_store(&stop, 1);
  	pthread_join(d, NULL);
  	for (i = 0; i < nwalkers; i++)
  		pthread_join(w[i], NULL);
  	printf("unlink_covered: %d s, %d walkers: unlinks %ld walks %ld mark %ld enoent %ld other %ld SECRET %ld (lockless %ld)\n",
  	       duration, nwalkers, atomic_load(&n_unlink), atomic_load(&n_walk),
  	       atomic_load(&n_mark), atomic_load(&n_enoent),
  	       atomic_load(&n_other), atomic_load(&n_secret),
  	       atomic_load(&n_secret_cached));
  	return atomic_load(&n_secret) ? 1 : 0;
  }

  diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
  --- a/fs/namei.c
  +++ b/fs/namei.c
  @@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
   #include <linux/fcntl.h>
   #include <linux/device_cgroup.h>
   #include <linux/fs_struct.h>
  +#include <linux/delay.h>
   #include <linux/posix_acl.h>
   #include <linux/hash.h>
   #include <linux/bitops.h>
  @@ -1205,9 +1206,26 @@ static int sysctl_protected_symlinks __read_mostly;
   static int sysctl_protected_hardlinks __read_mostly;
   static int sysctl_protected_fifos __read_mostly;
   static int sysctl_protected_regular __read_mostly;
  +/* debug: widen the two windows of the detach_mounts() race */
  +static int sysctl_detach_race_walk_us __read_mostly;
  +static int sysctl_detach_race_unlink_us __read_mostly;

   #ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
   static const struct ctl_table namei_sysctls[] = {
  +	{
  +		.procname	= "detach_race_walk_us",
  +		.data		= &sysctl_detach_race_walk_us,
  +		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
  +		.mode		= 0644,
  +		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
  +	},
  +	{
  +		.procname	= "detach_race_unlink_us",
  +		.data		= &sysctl_detach_race_unlink_us,
  +		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
  +		.mode		= 0644,
  +		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
  +	},
   	{
   		.procname	= "protected_symlinks",
   		.data		= &sysctl_protected_symlinks,
  @@ -1878,6 +1896,10 @@ static struct dentry *lookup_fast(struct nameidata *nd)
   		dentry = __d_lookup(parent, &nd->last);
   		if (unlikely(!dentry))
   			return NULL;
  +		/* debug: between finding a mountpoint and crossing its mounts */
  +		if (unlikely(sysctl_detach_race_walk_us) && d_mountpoint(dentry))
  +			usleep_range(sysctl_detach_race_walk_us,
  +				     sysctl_detach_race_walk_us + 10);
   		status = d_revalidate(nd->inode, &nd->last, dentry, nd->flags);
   	}
   	if (unlikely(status <= 0)) {
  @@ -5693,6 +5715,10 @@ int vfs_unlink(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
   			if (!error) {
   				dont_mount(dentry);
   				detach_mounts(dentry);
  +				/* debug: the mounts are gone, d_delete() is still to come */
  +				if (unlikely(sysctl_detach_race_unlink_us))
  +					usleep_range(sysctl_detach_race_unlink_us,
  +						     sysctl_detach_race_unlink_us + 10);
   			}
   		}
   	}

Fixes: 8ed936b567 ("vfs: Lazily remove mounts on unlinked files and directories.")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20261002-work-mount-fixes-4-v1-2-dd44b89d44ce@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
2026-10-04 12:31:38 +02:00
Christian Brauner
528b383dc3
namespace: unhash a dentry before detaching the mounts on it
unlink(), rmdir() and rename() remove the entry from the filesystem,
call detach_mounts() on the entry with the inode locked and then call
d_delete() once the inode is unlocked.

The thing is that between detach_mounts() and d_delete() the dentry is
still hashed and positive. But after detach_mounts() nothing covers the
dentry anymore. A lookup that finds this dentry in the dcache can
uncover what the mounts hid.

That's a problem when unlinking files or directories that are
mountpoints in other mount namespaces. Everybody who had the underlying
entry covered can race the detach_mount() call until d_delete() has run.

The race window isn't all that small. It encompasses namespace_unlock()
with a full synchronize_rcu_expedited() grace period and the
inode_unlock() of the entry.

In my experiments three walkers that kept trying read an overmounted
file in 11938 of the 16140 unlinks that removed its mountpoint from a
bind mount of the filesystem within a minute.

Fun fact, d_invalidate() has the same ordering problem but gets it
right. It unhashes the dentry first and detaches the mounts afterwards.
Let's do the same in __detach_mounts():

- A lookup that hasn't found the dentry yet misses it in the dcache and
  waits for the directory lock that the caller holds until the name is
  gone for good.

- A lockless lookup that found it already fails the mount_lock check
  while the dentry still counts as a mountpoint and the d_seq check once
  it doesn't, and retries.

This fixes the lockless path. We still need to fix the reference count
lookup in a follow-up patch.

So d_drop() the dentry. The dentry stays positive and held but can't be
found anymore. Then proceed with the detach and unlink.

Reproducer:

The reads were counted with the program below, three walkers for 60 s
in a VM with 4 CPUs. The race window is stretched with the debug patch
pasted here. fs.detach_race_walk_us sleeps in lookup_fast() once it
found a mountpoint dentry and before its mounts are crossed.
fs.detach_race_unlink_us sleeps in vfs_unlink() between detach_mounts()
and d_delete().

  // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
  /*
   * unlink_covered: unlink a file that is a mountpoint in a detached copy of
   * its mount, against lookups that open it through that copy.
   *
   * A is a tmpfs with the file f1 (content SECRET_F) and the plain file
   * MARK_A. A' is an open_tree(OPEN_TREE_CLONE) copy of A with MARK_A bound
   * on A'/f1, held through an O_PATH fd on its root once the tree fd is
   * closed. Walkers open f1 through that fd while the driver unlinks A/f1,
   * where nothing is mounted on it. A walker may read MARK_A or get ENOENT.
   * A read of SECRET_F is a hit: the name was found after its mount was
   * gone. The lockless walks use openat2(RESOLVE_CACHED).
   *
   * usage: unlink_covered [-t seconds] [-w walkers]
   */
  #ifndef _GNU_SOURCE
  #define _GNU_SOURCE
  #endif
  #include <errno.h>
  #include <fcntl.h>
  #include <pthread.h>
  #include <stdatomic.h>
  #include <stdio.h>
  #include <stdlib.h>
  #include <string.h>
  #include <unistd.h>
  #include <sys/mount.h>
  #include <sys/stat.h>
  #include <sys/syscall.h>
  #include <linux/openat2.h>

  #ifndef __NR_open_tree
  #define __NR_open_tree 428
  #endif
  #ifndef __NR_move_mount
  #define __NR_move_mount 429
  #endif
  #ifndef __NR_openat2
  #define __NR_openat2 437
  #endif
  #ifndef OPEN_TREE_CLONE
  #define OPEN_TREE_CLONE 1
  #endif
  #ifndef OPEN_TREE_CLOEXEC
  #define OPEN_TREE_CLOEXEC O_CLOEXEC
  #endif
  #ifndef MOVE_MOUNT_F_EMPTY_PATH
  #define MOVE_MOUNT_F_EMPTY_PATH 0x00000004
  #endif

  #define WORK "/tmp/uc"
  #define ADIR WORK "/A"

  static int duration = 60, nwalkers = 3;
  static atomic_int stop, writer_waiting;
  static pthread_rwlock_t cur_lock = PTHREAD_RWLOCK_INITIALIZER;
  static int cur_fd = -1;		/* the root of A', -1 while there is none */
  static atomic_long n_unlink, n_walk, n_mark, n_enoent, n_other, n_secret,
  		   n_secret_cached;

  static void die(const char *what)
  {
  	fprintf(stderr, "FATAL %s: %s\n", what, strerror(errno));
  	exit(2);
  }

  static void put_file(int dfd, const char *name, const char *content)
  {
  	int fd = openat(dfd, name, O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC | O_CLOEXEC,
  			0644);

  	if (fd < 0 || write(fd, content, strlen(content)) < 0)
  		die(name);
  	close(fd);
  }

  /* "plain/../" @n times, then f1: a longer walk that checks nothing on its way */
  static char *longpath(int n)
  {
  	char *p = malloc(n * 9 + 3), *q = p;

  	for (int i = 0; i < n; i++, q += 9)
  		memcpy(q, "plain/../", 9);
  	strcpy(q, "f1");
  	return p;
  }

  static void try_read(int dfd, const char *path, int cached)
  {
  	struct open_how how = { .flags = O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC,
  				.resolve = RESOLVE_CACHED };
  	char buf[32] = "";
  	long n;
  	int fd;

  	if (cached)
  		fd = syscall(__NR_openat2, dfd, path, &how, sizeof(how));
  	else
  		fd = openat(dfd, path, O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
  	atomic_fetch_add(&n_walk, 1);
  	if (fd < 0) {
  		if (errno == ENOENT)
  			atomic_fetch_add(&n_enoent, 1);
  		else if (!cached || errno != EAGAIN)
  			atomic_fetch_add(&n_other, 1);
  		return;
  	}
  	n = read(fd, buf, sizeof(buf) - 1);
  	close(fd);
  	if (n >= 6 && !strncmp(buf, "SECRET", 6)) {
  		if (cached)
  			atomic_fetch_add(&n_secret_cached, 1);
  		if (!atomic_fetch_add(&n_secret, 1))
  			printf("HIT: read \"%s\" through %s (%s walk)\n", buf,
  			       path, cached ? "lockless" : "any");
  	} else {
  		atomic_fetch_add(&n_mark, 1);
  	}
  }

  static void *walker(void *arg)
  {
  	unsigned int r = (long)arg * 2654435761u;

  	while (!atomic_load(&stop)) {
  		char *p_long, *p_short;
  		int dfd;

  		while (atomic_load(&writer_waiting) && !atomic_load(&stop))
  			usleep(20);
  		pthread_rwlock_rdlock(&cur_lock);
  		dfd = cur_fd;
  		if (dfd < 0) {
  			pthread_rwlock_unlock(&cur_lock);
  			usleep(100);
  			continue;
  		}
  		r = r * 1103515245u + 12345u;
  		p_long = longpath(1 + (r >> 8) % 400);
  		p_short = longpath(0);
  		try_read(dfd, p_long, 0);
  		try_read(dfd, p_short, 0);
  		try_read(dfd, p_long, 1);
  		pthread_rwlock_unlock(&cur_lock);
  		free(p_long);
  		free(p_short);
  	}
  	return NULL;
  }

  /* hand the walkers a new A' (or none), close the old one */
  static void publish(int fd)
  {
  	int old;

  	atomic_fetch_add(&writer_waiting, 1);
  	pthread_rwlock_wrlock(&cur_lock);
  	old = cur_fd;
  	cur_fd = fd;
  	pthread_rwlock_unlock(&cur_lock);
  	atomic_fetch_sub(&writer_waiting, 1);
  	if (old >= 0)
  		close(old);
  }

  static void *driver(void *arg __attribute__((unused)))
  {
  	int a;

  	if (mkdir(ADIR, 0755) && errno != EEXIST)
  		die("mkdir A");
  	if (mount("A", ADIR, "tmpfs", 0, "size=4M"))
  		die("mount A");
  	a = open(ADIR, O_PATH | O_DIRECTORY | O_CLOEXEC);
  	if (a < 0 || mkdirat(a, "plain", 0755))
  		die("A/plain");
  	put_file(a, "MARK_A", "MARK_A");
  	while (!atomic_load(&stop)) {
  		int t, m, fd_a;

  		put_file(a, "f1", "SECRET_F");
  		t = syscall(__NR_open_tree, a, "",
  			    OPEN_TREE_CLONE | OPEN_TREE_CLOEXEC | AT_EMPTY_PATH);
  		if (t < 0)
  			die("open_tree A");
  		m = syscall(__NR_open_tree, a, "MARK_A",
  			    OPEN_TREE_CLONE | OPEN_TREE_CLOEXEC);
  		if (m < 0)
  			die("open_tree MARK_A");
  		if (syscall(__NR_move_mount, m, "", t, "f1",
  			    MOVE_MOUNT_F_EMPTY_PATH))
  			die("move_mount");
  		close(m);
  		fd_a = openat(t, ".", O_PATH | O_DIRECTORY | O_CLOEXEC);
  		if (fd_a < 0)
  			die("open A'");
  		publish(fd_a);
  		usleep(200 + rand() % 1000);
  		close(t);			/* A' is unmounted, fd_a holds it */
  		usleep(200 + rand() % 1000);
  		if (unlinkat(a, "f1", 0))	/* through A, a plain file there */
  			die("unlink f1");
  		atomic_fetch_add(&n_unlink, 1);
  		usleep(rand() % 300);
  		publish(-1);
  	}
  	close(a);
  	umount2(ADIR, MNT_DETACH);
  	return NULL;
  }

  int main(int argc, char **argv)
  {
  	pthread_t d, *w;
  	int c, i;

  	setvbuf(stdout, NULL, _IOLBF, 0);
  	while ((c = getopt(argc, argv, "t:w:")) != -1) {
  		switch (c) {
  		case 't':
  			duration = atoi(optarg);
  			break;
  		case 'w':
  			nwalkers = atoi(optarg);
  			break;
  		default:
  			fprintf(stderr, "usage: unlink_covered [-t seconds] [-w walkers]\n");
  			return 2;
  		}
  	}
  	if (unshare(CLONE_NEWNS) ||
  	    mount(NULL, "/", NULL, MS_REC | MS_PRIVATE, NULL))
  		die("unshare");
  	if (mkdir(WORK, 0755) && errno != EEXIST)
  		die("mkdir");
  	w = calloc(nwalkers, sizeof(*w));
  	for (i = 0; i < nwalkers; i++)
  		if (pthread_create(&w[i], NULL, walker, (void *)(long)i))
  			die("pthread_create");
  	if (pthread_create(&d, NULL, driver, NULL))
  		die("pthread_create");
  	sleep(duration);
  	atomic_store(&stop, 1);
  	pthread_join(d, NULL);
  	for (i = 0; i < nwalkers; i++)
  		pthread_join(w[i], NULL);
  	printf("unlink_covered: %d s, %d walkers: unlinks %ld walks %ld mark %ld enoent %ld other %ld SECRET %ld (lockless %ld)\n",
  	       duration, nwalkers, atomic_load(&n_unlink), atomic_load(&n_walk),
  	       atomic_load(&n_mark), atomic_load(&n_enoent),
  	       atomic_load(&n_other), atomic_load(&n_secret),
  	       atomic_load(&n_secret_cached));
  	return atomic_load(&n_secret) ? 1 : 0;
  }

  diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
  --- a/fs/namei.c
  +++ b/fs/namei.c
  @@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
   #include <linux/fcntl.h>
   #include <linux/device_cgroup.h>
   #include <linux/fs_struct.h>
  +#include <linux/delay.h>
   #include <linux/posix_acl.h>
   #include <linux/hash.h>
   #include <linux/bitops.h>
  @@ -1205,9 +1206,26 @@ static int sysctl_protected_symlinks __read_mostly;
   static int sysctl_protected_hardlinks __read_mostly;
   static int sysctl_protected_fifos __read_mostly;
   static int sysctl_protected_regular __read_mostly;
  +/* debug: widen the two windows of the detach_mounts() race */
  +static int sysctl_detach_race_walk_us __read_mostly;
  +static int sysctl_detach_race_unlink_us __read_mostly;

   #ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
   static const struct ctl_table namei_sysctls[] = {
  +	{
  +		.procname	= "detach_race_walk_us",
  +		.data		= &sysctl_detach_race_walk_us,
  +		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
  +		.mode		= 0644,
  +		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
  +	},
  +	{
  +		.procname	= "detach_race_unlink_us",
  +		.data		= &sysctl_detach_race_unlink_us,
  +		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
  +		.mode		= 0644,
  +		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
  +	},
   	{
   		.procname	= "protected_symlinks",
   		.data		= &sysctl_protected_symlinks,
  @@ -1878,6 +1896,10 @@ static struct dentry *lookup_fast(struct nameidata *nd)
   		dentry = __d_lookup(parent, &nd->last);
   		if (unlikely(!dentry))
   			return NULL;
  +		/* debug: between finding a mountpoint and crossing its mounts */
  +		if (unlikely(sysctl_detach_race_walk_us) && d_mountpoint(dentry))
  +			usleep_range(sysctl_detach_race_walk_us,
  +				     sysctl_detach_race_walk_us + 10);
   		status = d_revalidate(nd->inode, &nd->last, dentry, nd->flags);
   	}
   	if (unlikely(status <= 0)) {
  @@ -5693,6 +5715,10 @@ int vfs_unlink(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
   			if (!error) {
   				dont_mount(dentry);
   				detach_mounts(dentry);
  +				/* debug: the mounts are gone, d_delete() is still to come */
  +				if (unlikely(sysctl_detach_race_unlink_us))
  +					usleep_range(sysctl_detach_race_unlink_us,
  +						     sysctl_detach_race_unlink_us + 10);
   			}
   		}
   	}

Fixes: 8ed936b567 ("vfs: Lazily remove mounts on unlinked files and directories.")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20261002-work-mount-fixes-4-v1-1-dd44b89d44ce@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
2026-10-04 12:31:38 +02:00
Christian Brauner
cbade031e2
Merge patch series "mount: more bugfixes, the Oprah edition"
Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org> says:

Yet more bugfixes falling out of my recent work in this area:

- don't let a pseudo dentry become the root of a mount
- don't drop active namespace references that were never taken
- don't put a mountpoint on a dentry that's being removed
- remove the fsnotify marks of a mount namespace in process context
- don't reconfigure internal superblocks via remount and umount
- check the mounts before reading their parents in pivot_root()
- look at the topmost mount for a mount namespace file
- keep covered mounts covered in OPEN_TREE_NAMESPACE
- check a recursive bind mount for mount namespace loops
- check a submount for references right before unmounting it
- queue a mount only once for mount notifications

* patches from https://patch.msgid.link/20260930-work-mount-fixes-3-v1-0-be34c83956ae@kernel.org:
  namespace: don't let a pseudo dentry become the root of a mount
  unshare: don't drop active namespace references that were never taken
  dcache: don't put a mountpoint on a dentry that's being removed
  namespace: remove the fsnotify marks of a mount namespace in process context
  selftests/filesystems: check that the nullfs root can't be reconfigured
  namespace: don't reconfigure internal superblocks via remount and umount
  namespace: check the mounts before reading their parents in pivot_root()
  selftests/filesystems: check that a mount namespace file on top doesn't bury a mount
  namespace: look at the topmost mount for a mount namespace file
  selftests/filesystems: check that OPEN_TREE_NAMESPACE keeps mounts covered
  namespace: keep covered mounts covered in OPEN_TREE_NAMESPACE
  selftests/filesystems: check that a recursive bind mount can't pin the caller's mount namespace
  namespace: check a recursive bind mount for mount namespace loops
  selftests/filesystems: check that a busy submount survives a synchronous umount
  namespace: check a submount for references right before unmounting it
  namespace: queue a mount only once for mount notifications

Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260930-work-mount-fixes-3-v1-0-be34c83956ae@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
2026-10-01 14:20:08 +02:00
Christian Brauner
b138e16fb1
namespace: don't let a pseudo dentry become the root of a mount
d_alloc_pseudo() hands out dentries for pipes, sockets and other files
that are never anyone's child or parent. They carry DCACHE_NORCU and
dentry_free() frees them right away because no lockless path walk can
ever reach them. That holds as long as such a dentry isn't the root of
a mount. But bind mounting /proc/self/fd/<fd> of such a file does
exactly that.

Most callers of alloc_file_pseudo() put their files on kernel-internal
mounts and may_copy_tree() refuses those. bpf_token_create() doesn't. It
places the token file on the bpffs mount the caller handed it and that
mount is in the caller's mount namespace so the clone goes through:

  mount --bind /proc/self/fd/<token> <file>
  open_tree(tokfd, "", AT_EMPTY_PATH | OPEN_TREE_CLONE) + move_mount()

__follow_mount_rcu() then loads ->mnt_root of that mount, reads d_seq
and d_flags of the dentry and only then checks mount_lock. The dentry
can be gone by then. The final mntput() of an unmounted parent unhooks
a child that stayed attached to it under mount_lock alone. When the
child's holder does the final put right after that the root is dput()
and freed immediately while a walker that found the mount hashed still
looks at it.

Refuse to clone a mount with a DCACHE_NORCU dentry as its root. Nothing
sensible can be done with a bind mount of a bpf token anyway.

Fixes: 35f96de041 ("bpf: Introduce BPF token object")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v6.9+
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260930-work-mount-fixes-3-v1-17-be34c83956ae@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
2026-10-01 14:20:08 +02:00
Christian Brauner
0b6f31a3c0
unshare: don't drop active namespace references that were never taken
Active references on the namespaces of an nsproxy are taken when the
nsproxy is installed into a task in switch_task_namespaces() and
copy_namespaces() and dropped again by put_nsproxy() through
deactivate_nsproxy().

But ksys_unshare() calls put_nsproxy() on an nsproxy that was never
installed when set_cred_ucounts() fails. The new namespaces of that
nsproxy go from zero to minus one and the namespaces shared with the
caller lose a reference that belongs to the nsproxy the caller keeps
using:

  WARNING: kernel/nscommon.c:171 at __ns_ref_active_put+0x1cd/0x230
   nsproxy_ns_active_put
   deactivate_nsproxy
   ksys_unshare

Afterwards the namespaces the caller lives in aren't listed by listns()
anymore. set_cred_ucounts() only fails when alloc_ucounts() can't
allocate and it only allocates when the real uid of the caller differs
from its effective uid.

Commit cefd55bd21 ("nsproxy: fix free_nsproxy() and simplify
create_new_namespaces()") separated the two cases on purpose.
nsproxy_free() frees an nsproxy that was prepared but never installed
and that's what a failed setns() uses in put_nsset(). Export it and use
it for a failed unshare() as well.

Fixes: a98621a0f1 ("unshare: fix nsproxy leak in ksys_unshare() on set_cred_ucounts() failure")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v7.1+
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260930-work-mount-fixes-3-v1-16-be34c83956ae@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
2026-10-01 14:20:07 +02:00
Christian Brauner
75f4197f1e
dcache: don't put a mountpoint on a dentry that's being removed
rmdir(), unlink() and rename() call dont_mount() on the victim and then
detach_mounts() with the victim's inode locked. do_lock_mount() takes
the inode lock of the mountpoint and checks cant_mount() so a mount
can't show up after detach_mounts().

But attach_recursive_mnt() makes a second mountpoint for the root of the
source mount so that the mounts already located at the destination can
be put on top of it. No inode is locked for that one and d_set_mounted()
only refuses a dentry that is unlinked. Between detach_mounts() and
d_delete() the victim is still hashed:

  rmrace: b passed dont_mount() and detach_mounts(), sleeping
  T2: move_mount(S, /tmp/plcant/x, BENEATH) = 0 errno 0 ()
  T1: rmdir(/tmp/plcant/d/b) = 0 errno 0
      109 107 0:61 /d/b//deleted /tmp/plcant/x rw,relatime - tmpfs tmpfs rw
      108 109 0:63 / /tmp/plcant/x rw,relatime - tmpfs T rw

A bind mount of the directory that's being removed is moved beneath an
existing mount while the rmdir() is located between the two calls. The
mount ends up on the removed directory and nothing will ever detach it.

Check cant_mount() in d_set_mounted() as well. dont_mount() raises the
flag under d_lock before detach_mounts() runs so either the mountpoint
is set first and detach_mounts() finds the mount or the flag is seen and
the mount is refused.

Fixes: 1064f874ab ("mnt: Tuck mounts under others instead of creating shadow/side mounts.")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260930-work-mount-fixes-3-v1-15-be34c83956ae@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
2026-10-01 14:20:07 +02:00
Christian Brauner
1a116222ac
namespace: remove the fsnotify marks of a mount namespace in process context
mnt_ns_release() drops the last passive reference of a mount namespace
and removes its fanotify marks via fsnotify_mntns_delete(). That takes
the mutex of every group with a mark on the namespace and the spinlock
of the connector. Fine from process context. But mnt_ns_tree_remove()
hands the reference the namespace was allocated with to call_rcu() and
so the marks are removed from the RCU softirq:

  BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at kernel/locking/mutex.c:623
  in_atomic(): 1, irqs_disabled(): 0, non_block: 0, pid: 0, name: swapper/3
   __mutex_lock+0x113/0x24b0
   fsnotify_destroy_marks+0x11b/0x3d0
   mnt_ns_release_rcu+0x57/0xa0
   rcu_core+0x6b6/0x1e40

and lockdep complains about the connector lock being taken from softirq
context. A fanotify group with a FAN_MARK_MNTNS mark on the mount
namespace of another task is all that's needed. Root in a user
namespace can do that for a mount namespace it owns. The task exits and
the namespace is freed with the mark still on it.

Remove the marks in free_mnt_ns() before the namespace is handed to RCU.
That runs in process context once the last active reference is gone. A
mark is added through a file descriptor to the namespace which holds an
active reference so no mark can show up after that.

Fixes: bf630c4016 ("vfs: add notifications for mount attach and detach")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v6.15+
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260930-work-mount-fixes-3-v1-13-be34c83956ae@kernel.org
Reviewed-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
2026-10-01 14:20:07 +02:00
Christian Brauner
5e83e3a38b
selftests/filesystems: check that the nullfs root can't be reconfigured
Add a test for the root of an empty mount namespace:

- fspick() of the root fails with EINVAL
- mount(MS_REMOUNT) of the root fails with EINVAL
- umount() of the root fails and doesn't remount it read-only

Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260930-work-mount-fixes-3-v1-12-be34c83956ae@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
2026-10-01 14:20:07 +02:00
Christian Brauner
d791606bb9
namespace: don't reconfigure internal superblocks via remount and umount
Commit 02587a4af8 ("fs: refuse fspick() on internal superblocks")
blocked fspick() on SB_NOUSER superblocks. But that's not the only way
to reconfigure_super(). mount(MS_REMOUNT) and umount() of the caller's
root without MNT_DETACH. The root of an empty mount namespace is a
nullfs mount and all mount namespaces share that superblock:

  nullfs: fspick: FAIL errno=22 (Invalid argument)
  nullfs: mount(MS_REMOUNT|MS_RDONLY): ok(0)
  nullfs after remount: statfs(/): magic=0x4e554c4c flags=0x21 RDONLY
  nullfs: umount2("/", 0): ok(0)

Refuse both like fspick() does. Only root in the initial user namespace
can do this and nullfs is empty and immutable so the flags don't buy
anything. But they show up in statfs() for the root of every mount
namespace on the host.

Fixes: 9d4e752a24 ("namespace: allow creating empty mount namespaces")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v7.1+
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260930-work-mount-fixes-3-v1-11-be34c83956ae@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
2026-10-01 14:20:07 +02:00
Christian Brauner
6b7c001eb5
namespace: check the mounts before reading their parents in pivot_root()
path_pivot_root() reads the parents of new_root and of the caller's root
and checks whether they are shared before it checks that either mount is
in the caller's mount namespace. Only namespace_sem is held. That's fine
for a mount that is in the caller's mount namespace.

But new_root can be a file descriptor to a mount that has been unmounted
and that only the file descriptor keeps alive. If that mount stayed
attached to its parent when it was unmounted nothing pins the parent for
it. The final mntput() of the parent unhooks the children under
mount_lock alone and frees the parent afterwards:

  pivot_root()                     close(fd), last ref on the parent
  ------------                     ---------------------------------
  ex_parent = new_mnt->mnt_parent
                                   mntput_no_expire_slowpath()
                                     __umount_mnt(new_mnt)
                                   cleanup_mnt()
                                     call_rcu()
  IS_MNT_SHARED(ex_parent)

  BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in path_pivot_root+0xf1a/0x1840
  Read of size 4 at addr ffff8881047382f8 by task pivot_widen/157
   path_pivot_root+0xf1a/0x1840
   __x64_sys_pivot_root+0x165/0x190

The same goes for the caller's root via chroot(). Both outcomes of the
check end in EINVAL so nothing but the read itself goes wrong. It's the
same thing commit bb46094057 ("statmount: read the parent of an
unmounted mount under mount_lock") fixed for statmount().

Check that both mounts are in the caller's namespace before their
parents are read. Every path returns EINVAL either way.

Fixes: e0c9c0afd2 ("mnt: Update detach_mounts to leave mounts connected")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260930-work-mount-fixes-3-v1-10-be34c83956ae@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
2026-10-01 14:20:06 +02:00
Christian Brauner
c518a195f6
selftests/filesystems: check that a mount namespace file on top doesn't bury a mount
Add a test for moving a mount with a mount namespace file on top of it:

- S, a bind mount of a file, with a newer mount namespace's file on top
- A shared with a slave B that has Q on B/file
- S moved onto A/file, its copy lands on B/file below Q

B/file keeps reading Q and once Q is unmounted it reads the copy.

Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260930-work-mount-fixes-3-v1-9-be34c83956ae@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
2026-10-01 14:20:06 +02:00
Christian Brauner
8714b44ada
namespace: look at the topmost mount for a mount namespace file
attach_recursive_mnt() preallocates a mountpoint for the root of the
topmost mount of the source so that a mount that already sits at the
destination can be put on top of the source or on top of one of its
propagated copies.

The copies are made without CL_COPY_MNT_NS_FILE so their chain of
overmounts is shorter than the source's. It ends below the first bind
mount of a mount namespace file. So while the loop walks up the chain of
the source it remembers the mountpoint of that mount in "shorter" and
the existing mount is put there for the copies.

But the loop ends at the topmost mount without ever looking at it. If
the topmost mount is the only mount namespace file in the chain
"shorter" stays NULL and mnt_change_mountpoint() attaches the existing
mount of the copy below the root of the mount namespace file. That's a
dentry of nsfs. No path walk in the copy's mount namespace ever gets
there. The mount is gone until its parent goes and the copy that took
its place can't be unmounted synchronously because it has a child:

  S      bind mount of a file
  N      bind mount of a mount namespace file on top of S
  A      shared mount, B a slave of A, Q mounted on B/file

  move_mount(S, A/file)
  cat B/file          -> the content of S instead of Q
  umount B/file       -> EBUSY

Look at every mount of the chain including the topmost one.

Fixes: 96f5d2e051 ("attach_recursive_mnt(): unify the mnt_change_mountpoint() logics")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v6.17+
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260930-work-mount-fixes-3-v1-8-be34c83956ae@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
2026-10-01 14:20:06 +02:00
Christian Brauner
fe187cbb48
selftests/filesystems: check that OPEN_TREE_NAMESPACE keeps mounts covered
Add a test for open_tree(OPEN_TREE_NAMESPACE) from a user namespace that
doesn't own the mount namespace it copies from:

- a file covered by a private or an unbindable tmpfs mount
- the non-recursive copy of the parent mount fails with EINVAL
- the recursive copy keeps the file covered in the new mount namespace
- the owner of the mount namespace keeps the bind mount semantics

Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260930-work-mount-fixes-3-v1-7-be34c83956ae@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
2026-10-01 14:20:05 +02:00
Christian Brauner
0febe278ec
namespace: keep covered mounts covered in OPEN_TREE_NAMESPACE
open_tree(OPEN_TREE_NAMESPACE) creates a new mount namespace from a
copy of the tree at the given path. The caller needs to be privileged
over its current user namespace because the new mount namespace will be
owned by it. It doesn't need to be privileged over the mount namespace
the tree is copied from. An unprivileged user just needs to create a
user namespace first.

The copy follows the rules of a detached bind mount. Without
AT_RECURSIVE only the mount itself is cloned and its children are left
out. With AT_RECURSIVE unbindable mounts are skipped. Both is fine when
the caller has privileges over the source mount namespace because it
could unmount those mounts anyway. Not so for an unprivileged user in
that mount namespace. For them a mount namespace copy is what unshare()
does. copy_mnt_ns() copies everything including unbindable mounts and
lock_mnt_tree() makes sure nothing can be unmounted in the copy. Nothing
that was covered gets revealed.

create_new_namespace() only does the locking and so the covered content
is right there in the new mount namespace:

  # mount -t tmpfs none /tmp/otn; mkdir /tmp/otn/covered
  # echo hidden > /tmp/otn/covered/under.txt
  # mount -t tmpfs none /tmp/otn/covered

  uid 1000, after unshare(CLONE_NEWUSER):
  fd = open_tree(AT_FDCWD, "/tmp/otn", OPEN_TREE_NAMESPACE);
  setns(fd, CLONE_NEWNS);
  open("/covered/under.txt", O_RDONLY)  -> "hidden"

Covering paths with mounts is how container runtimes mask parts of
/proc and /sys and how admins hide things.

When the caller's user namespace doesn't own the source mount namespace
copy the way unshare() does and refuse a non-recursive copy of a mount
that has anything mounted below the requested directory and copy
unbindable mounts in a recursive copy. A caller that is privileged over
the source mount namespace sees no change.

Fixes: 9b8a0ba682 ("mount: add OPEN_TREE_NAMESPACE")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v7.0+
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260930-work-mount-fixes-3-v1-6-be34c83956ae@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
2026-10-01 14:20:05 +02:00
Christian Brauner
7c07b18300
selftests/filesystems: check that a recursive bind mount can't pin the caller's mount namespace
Add a test for a recursive bind mount of a namespace file in another mount
namespace:

- a bind mount of the network namespace file, held through a descriptor
- the caller's own mount namespace file stacked on top of it there
- the recursive bind mount through the descriptor fails with EINVAL
- a plain bind mount of the file still works

The copy would pin the namespace it is put in otherwise.

Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260930-work-mount-fixes-3-v1-5-be34c83956ae@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
2026-10-01 14:20:05 +02:00
Christian Brauner
c640a01a78
namespace: check a recursive bind mount for mount namespace loops
do_loopback() refuses to bind mount the file of a mount namespace that
is as old as the caller's or older because a mount namespace that holds
a mount of its own file, or of an ancestor's, would cause a cycle. But
it only checks the dentry the bind mount starts from. With MS_REC
everything below it is copied and do_loopback() passes
CL_COPY_MNT_NS_FILE so mount namespace files below the source are
copied.

That's fine for a source in the caller's own mount namespace. Every
mount namespace file in there passed the same check when it was
bind-mounted. It isn't fine for a source in another mount namespace.
may_copy_tree() accepts a bind mount of any nsfs or pidfs file no matter
what mount namespace it lives in so that /proc/<pid>/ns/<ns> and pidfds
can be bind mounted. If we create a bind-mount stack of mount namespaces
file descriptors the kernel will copy them irrespective of their
ancestoral relationship to the mount namespace in question:

  151 146 0:7 net:[4026531833] /tmp/nrc/y rw - nsfs nsfs rw
  152 151 0:7 mnt:[4026532293] /tmp/nrc/y rw - nsfs nsfs rw

Mount 152 is a mount of the mount namespace file of mount namespace
4026532293 inside mount namespace 4026532293. That namespace and every
mount in it are leaked... All it takes is a process in an older mount
namespace that stacks the file and repeating it leaks without limit:

  after control: Shmem:               380 kB
  child: mount(/proc/self/fd/6, MS_BIND|MS_REC): ok
  after cycle: Shmem:             65916 kB

do_move_mount() runs check_for_nsfs_mounts() over a detached tree for
exactly that reason. Do the same for the copy before it is grafted.

Fixes: e149ed2b80 ("take the targets of /proc/*/ns/* symlinks to separate fs")
Fixes: ef4144ac2d ("pidfs: allow bind-mounts")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260930-work-mount-fixes-3-v1-4-be34c83956ae@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
2026-10-01 14:20:05 +02:00
Christian Brauner
520b5a15fc
selftests/filesystems: check that a busy submount survives a synchronous umount
Add a test for the shrinkable submounts of a synchronous umount:

- P shared, P1 a slave that is shared in turn, P2 its peer
- B on P/options with copies on P1 and P2, R on top of the copy in P2
- P with B moved below P1, R is the working directory
- umount(P1) slides R to where the copy of B is looked up

The umount fails with EBUSY and R stays mounted. Needs the tracefs
automount below debugfs for the shrinkable mounts.

Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260930-work-mount-fixes-3-v1-3-be34c83956ae@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
2026-10-01 14:20:04 +02:00
Christian Brauner
32bf924166
namespace: check a submount for references right before unmounting it
shrink_submounts() and mark_mounts_for_expiry() first collect all the
mounts they are allowed to unmount and then unmount them.

Whether a mount is busy is decided by propagate_mount_busy() on the
tree. But unmounting the first mount changes the tree that the second
one propagates into. propagate_umount()
moves a surviving overmount off a copy it unmounts and mounts it where
the copy was mounted. If that's where the propagated copy of the second
victim is looked up the overmount becomes a candidate of the second
umount_tree(). It's childless and so trim_one() commits it without
looking at its reference count.

So a synchronous umount pulls out a busy mount that is in use somewhere
else and marks it MNT_SYNC_UMOUNT while it has users:

  umount2(/tmp/plshrink/p1, 0) = 0 errno 0
  cwd is (unreachable)

The same two umounts requested one after the other fail with EBUSY.
This needs a mount with MNT_SHRINKABLE, i.e., automounted submounts of
NFS, AFS and CIFS or the tracefs mount below debugfs. Bind mounts
inherit the flag.

Check each mount right before it is unmounted under the same hold of
namespace_sem and mount_lock as the umount itself. Make sure that the
algorithm stays linear.

Fixes: 1064f874ab ("mnt: Tuck mounts under others instead of creating shadow/side mounts.")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260930-work-mount-fixes-3-v1-2-be34c83956ae@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
2026-10-01 14:18:27 +02:00
Christian Brauner
bd2feb7796
namespace: queue a mount only once for mount notifications
mnt_notify_add() puts a mount on notify_list. It doesn't check whether
the mount is on the list already. That's fine as long as every mount is
queued at most once per namespace_sem hold. It isn't.

propagate_umount() moves a surviving overmount off a stack of mounts
that are going away and queues it as moved. shrink_submounts() and
mark_mounts_for_expiry() call umount_tree() for several mounts under a
single namespace_sem hold. So the second umount_tree() can take down
exactly the mount the first one reparented, reparent it once more and so
end up queueing it a second time.

The second list_add_tail() cuts the mounts queued in between out of the
list while the head still points at the last of them. notify_mnt_list()
then only visits that one mount and the others are freed after the grace
period with notify_list still pointing at them. Every later mount
operation on the host walks freed memory:

  BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in __list_add_valid_or_report
  Read of size 8 at addr ffff8881003d57e0 by task notify_dq/162
   __list_add_valid_or_report+0x15c/0x1a0
   mnt_add_to_ns+0x322/0x890
   attach_recursive_mnt.isra.0+0xf2a/0x1a00
   path_mount+0x139c/0x1d40

This needs a mount with MNT_SHRINKABLE to bind from. That's what
finish_automount() creates (submounts of NFS, AFS and CIFS and the
tracefs mount below debugfs). Bind mounts inherit the flag. A mount
namespace with a FAN_MARK_MNTNS mark does the rest and root in a user
namespace can have both.

Initialize to_notify in alloc_vfsmnt() and leave a mount alone that is
queued already. mnt_notify() looks at the state the mount has when the
list is drained so a single entry per mount is enough. The move event
for a mount that is unmounted under the same hold is lost. That's fine.
The detach is what matters.

Fixes: bf630c4016 ("vfs: add notifications for mount attach and detach")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v6.15+
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260930-work-mount-fixes-3-v1-1-be34c83956ae@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
2026-10-01 14:18:24 +02:00
Christian Brauner
b4698e50d4
Merge patch series "mount: a few additional bugfixes"
Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org> says:

Here's a set of additional mount fixes that fell out of my recent look
at the mount code:

- Fix a UAF in mnt_change_mountpoint().
- Fix a UAF in statmount().
- FIX a UAF and various associated bugs in clone_mnt()
- Prevent copying an unmounted mount tree.
- Avoid pointless work in mount_setattr().
- Refuse fspick() on kernel internal superblocks.
- Simplify dissolve_on_fput() and unshare().

* patches from https://patch.msgid.link/20260926-work-mount-fixes-2-v1-0-f357abf3d17b@kernel.org:
  selftests/filesystems: check that a dead mount's overmount isn't followed
  selftests/filesystems: check that an unmounted mount tree isn't walked
  namespace: drop the file's reference first in dissolve_on_fput()
  fs: put the old fs_struct before the old namespaces in unshare()
  fs: refuse fspick() on internal superblocks
  namespace: check the target before walking it in do_mount_setattr()
  namespace: don't copy an unmounted mount tree
  namespace: don't inherit MNT_UMOUNT in clone_mnt()
  statmount: read the parent of an unmounted mount under mount_lock
  namespace: reset the old parent's ->overmount in mnt_change_mountpoint()

Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260926-work-mount-fixes-2-v1-0-f357abf3d17b@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
2026-09-26 15:47:54 +02:00
Christian Brauner
7fbcc793f7
selftests/filesystems: check that a dead mount's overmount isn't followed
Add overmount_reparent_test:

- a mount that a file descriptor keeps alive after propagate_umount()
  reparented its overmount and unmounted it must not be walked into the
  freed overmount by move_mount(MOVE_MOUNT_BENEATH)

Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260926-work-mount-fixes-2-v1-10-f357abf3d17b@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
2026-09-26 15:47:42 +02:00
Christian Brauner
07617913d0
selftests/filesystems: check that an unmounted mount tree isn't walked
Add unmounted_tree_test:

- a detached nsfs or pidfs bind mount that a file descriptor keeps
  alive can't be copied recursively, a copy of the mount itself and
  a copy of a mounted one still work
- a detached tree with a child that was vacated behind it can't be
  copied recursively either
- a copy of a detached bind mount is an ordinary mount: unlinking its
  mountpoint from another mount namespace unmounts it
- mount_setattr() refuses to change the propagation of a detached
  tree and still allows it for the root of an anonymous mount
  namespace

Every case runs in a user and mount namespace of its own.

Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260926-work-mount-fixes-2-v1-9-f357abf3d17b@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
2026-09-26 15:47:41 +02:00
Christian Brauner
7253a6ff64
namespace: drop the file's reference first in dissolve_on_fput()
A detached mount tree is held alive by a file. dissolve_on_fput()
unmounts the detached tree attached to that file.

Currently dissolve_on_fput() leaves the file's reference to the root of
the tree to the caller. So either __fput(), open_detached_copy(), or
fsmount() drop the mount.

That's backwards. The reference keeps the tree around and is dropped
when the tree is already gone. Instead, let dissolve_on_fput() the mount
and drop it after umount_tree() with namespace_sem still held. After
umount_tree() the mntput() is never the last reference and so the root
gets unmounted before its children.

Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260926-work-mount-fixes-2-v1-8-f357abf3d17b@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
2026-09-26 15:47:41 +02:00
Christian Brauner
57088a37b2
fs: put the old fs_struct before the old namespaces in unshare()
unshare(CLONE_NEWNS) always copies the fs_struct and copy_mnt_ns()
points root and pwd of that copy into the new mount namespace. The old
fs_struct pins the old root and pwd until ksys_unshare() frees it at the
end and switch_task_namespaces() will already put the old mount
namespace before.

This causes pointless work in user namespaces because the copied mounts
are locked and stay connected. Switch and free the fs_struct before
switching the namespaces. The old root and pwd are wasted while their
mount namespace is still alive which also keeps both puts on the
mntput() fast path.

setns() already does this right as it updates root and pwd before the
namespaces are switched.

Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260926-work-mount-fixes-2-v1-7-f357abf3d17b@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
2026-09-26 15:47:41 +02:00
Christian Brauner
02587a4af8
fs: refuse fspick() on internal superblocks
There's a few instances where a internal superblock is reachable by
fspick(). Block that. graft_tree() and fsmount() already refuse them.
fanotify refuses mount and superblock marks on them for the same reason.

Fixes: cf3cba4a42 ("vfs: syscall: Add fspick() to select a superblock for reconfiguration")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v5.2+
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260926-work-mount-fixes-2-v1-6-f357abf3d17b@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
2026-09-26 15:47:41 +02:00
Christian Brauner
08f4288a37
namespace: check the target before walking it in do_mount_setattr()
When mount_setattr() changes the propagation type to MS_SHARED
do_mount_setattr() takes namespace_sem and calls invent_group_ids()
which walks the whole target tree with next_mnt() and allocates a peer
group id for every mount that doesn't have one.

Whether the caller may touch the target at all is only checked
afterwards under mount_lock. If it may not, cleanup_group_ids() walks
the tree a second time on the way out to free the ids again.

A detached tree that a file descriptor keeps alive, a mount in another
mount namespace or a mount below the root of an anonymous mount
namespace does a bunch of allocation work that is completely useless
because it will fail and revert right after.

Do the right thing and check the target right after taking namespace_sem
instead. A mount leaves its namespace only under namespace_sem so the
mount stays stable. The check under mount_lock stays for the case where
no propagation change is requested and namespace_sem isn't taken.
Callers get the same EINVAL as before.

Fixes: 2a1867219c ("fs: add mount_setattr()")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260926-work-mount-fixes-2-v1-5-f357abf3d17b@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
2026-09-26 15:47:41 +02:00
Christian Brauner
8bacbf6be9
namespace: don't copy an unmounted mount tree
may_copy_tree() accepts a mount whose root is an nsfs or pidfs file
before it checks whether that mount is mounted. This exception exists
for nsfs and pidfs mounts. They are part of no mount namespace so
neither check_mnt() nor is_mounted() would let them through and
bind-mounting a nsfsfd or a pidfd wouldn't work.

Problem is that exception also admits a bind mount of such a file when
it was lazily unmounted and is only kept alive by a file descriptor:

  mount --bind /proc/self/ns/net /tmp/x
  exec 3< /tmp/x
  umount -l /tmp/x
  mount --rbind /proc/self/fd/3 /tmp/y

With MS_REC or AT_RECURSIVE copy_tree() doesn't stop at the unmounted
mount. It copies every mount that stayed attached to it as well. So if
you have a bunch of overmounts over the nsfsfd or the pidfd the whole
unmounted stack is copied. That's a bug.

So refuse to walk an unmounted tree. Copying its root alone stays
possible. So a bind mount of a namespace that is gone can still be
recreated from a file descriptor on the old one. The file descriptor
pins that mount and its root and __has_locked_children() only reads the
direct children which don't leave the parent's list without
namespace_sem. The internal mounts carry MNT_NS_INTERNAL instead of NULL
and are still walked. Copying an unmounted tree recursively fails with
EINVAL.

Fixes: e149ed2b80 ("take the targets of /proc/*/ns/* symlinks to separate fs")
Fixes: ef4144ac2d ("pidfs: allow bind-mounts")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260926-work-mount-fixes-2-v1-4-f357abf3d17b@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
2026-09-26 15:47:41 +02:00
Christian Brauner
e2c6d32621
namespace: don't inherit MNT_UMOUNT in clone_mnt()
MNT_UMOUNT gets raised on a mount that umount_tree() or umount_one() has
taken out of its namespace. It's never cleared. __detach_mounts()
unhooks a mount that carries it instead of unmounting it.

disconnect_mount() lets an unmounted child stay attached only if its
parent carries it. propagate_umount() takes it as the sign that a mount
is going to be unmounted when it decides what else can be unmounted,
where a chain of locked mounts ends and where a for reparenting an
overmount.

clone_mnt() copies the flags of the source and only masks
MNT_INTERNAL_FLAGS which doesn't include MNT_UMOUNT. A mount that was
lazily unmounted but is kept alive by a file descriptor can still be
copied when its root is an nsfs or pidfs file because may_copy_tree()
accepts those before checking whether the source is mounted at all:

  mount --bind /proc/self/ns/net /tmp/x
  exec 3< /tmp/x
  umount -l /tmp/x
  mount --bind /proc/self/fd/3 /tmp/y

The mount on /tmp/y is attached to the caller's namespace with
MNT_UMOUNT already set and every copy of it inherits the flag again.

That causes a number of bugs:

- Unlink its mountpoint from a mount namespace where it isn't one.
  __detach_mounts() takes it for a mount that was unmounted earlier,
  unhooks it from its parent and drops the reference the namespace
  holds on it. It stays in the namespace with one reference too few
  and as its own parent, so it can't be unmounted through the file
  descriptor anymore and the namespace never finds it again. When the
  namespace goes away it's leaked and points to a freed struct
  mnt_namespace that may_change_propagation() and anon_ns_root() read
  on the next propagation change or mount_setattr() through the file
  descriptor.

- Make it shared and unmount a peer. trace_transfers() follows the
  flag from the peer into it and strips it from its peer group.

- Let a propagated umount reach it. gather_candidates() marks it with
  T_UMOUNT_CANDIDATE but never puts it on the candidate list, so the
  mark is never cleared and every later propagated umount skips it. If
  it's the parent of a locked mount handle_locked() takes it as the
  cutoff and commits the locked child that should have stayed and
  disconnect_mount() leaves that child attached to it, unmounted under
  a mounted parent, which is what disconnect_mount() exists to
  prevent. When the namespace goes away umount_tree() visits the child
  a second time. And once __detach_mounts() has made it its own parent
  reparent() never finds the end of the chain of unmounted parents.

A clone is a new mount that has never been unmounted. Add MNT_UMOUNT
to MNT_INTERNAL_FLAGS so clone_mnt() never copies it. And warn when
umount_tree() reaches a mount that already has it set.

Fixes: 590ce4bcbf ("mnt: Add MNT_UMOUNT flag")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260926-work-mount-fixes-2-v1-3-f357abf3d17b@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
2026-09-26 15:47:41 +02:00
Christian Brauner
bb46094057
statmount: read the parent of an unmounted mount under mount_lock
statmount_mnt_basic() reads the ids of the parent through m->mnt_parent
with namespace_sem held for reading. That's fine for a mount that is
in a namespace. Everything above it is pinned by that namespace.

STATMOUNT_BY_FD also accepts a file descriptor on a mount that has
been unmounted on purpose and that only the file descriptor keeps alive.
If that mount stayed attached to its parent when it was unmounted the
parent is unmounted as well and nothing pins it for the child.

The final mntput() unmounts the children under mount_lock alone and
frees the parent afterwards. Concurrently, statmount_mnt_basic() reads
m->mnt_parent twice while that can happen and can easily dereference a
mount that's already gone.

Read the parent of an unmounted mount under mount_lock. The parent
can't be put while it is held and both ids come from the same mount. A
mounted mount's parent is pinned by the namespace and a mount can't
leave its namespace while namespace_sem is held, so the common case
takes no global lock.

Fixes: 0e5032237e ("statmount: accept fd as a parameter")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v7.0+
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260926-work-mount-fixes-2-v1-2-f357abf3d17b@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
2026-09-26 15:47:40 +02:00
Christian Brauner
476ef286a7
namespace: reset the old parent's ->overmount in mnt_change_mountpoint()
__umount_mnt() resets ->overmount of the parent when it unmounts the
mount that overmounts it. mnt_change_mountpoint() doesn't. It moves the
mount to its new parent and leaves the old one pointing at it.

For a mount that is moved beneath in attach_recursive_mnt() that doesn't
matter. The new mount has already reset ->overmount of the old parent by
the time the old top mount is moved onto it.

It matters for reparent() though. propagate_umount() moves a surviving
overmount onto the first ancestor that isn't going to be unmounted. The
mount it was taken from is unmounted immediately afterwards. If a file
descriptor keeps that unmounted mount alive ->overmount points at the
moved mount. That's a dangling pointer and UAF as the moved mount is
unmounted and freed.

do_lock_mount() follows ->overmount from the target path under
mount_lock. With a file descriptor on such a mount as the target of a
mount beneath topmost_overmount() walks into the freed mount and
do_lock_mount() takes references on whatever it finds there.

So reset ->overmount of the old parent in mnt_change_mountpoint() the
same way __umount_mnt() does. A mount's ->overmount is then always a
mount that is attached to it.

Fixes: ffdc52fbbd ("prevent mount hash conflicts")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v6.17+
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260926-work-mount-fixes-2-v1-1-f357abf3d17b@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
2026-09-26 15:47:40 +02:00
Christian Brauner
762a6411a5
Merge patch series "mount: a few gnarly fixes"
Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org> says:

A short while ago I received a bug report about problematic behavior in
the mount code and that let me to review and model a few corner cases
including reference counting. The result is the following set of fixes:

- Ensure that copies of unbindable mounts remain unbindable
- Ensure that MOVE_MOUNT_SET_GROUP doesn't operate on unbindable mounts
  so we don't create an undefined state where a mount is both unbindable
  and a slave mount.
- Ensure that we don't silently unmount busy mounts. This is nasty
  because it's an old bug from v4.13 where calculation of whether a
  synchronous (non-MNT_DETACH) umount would succeed drifted apart from
  the actual codepath that did the unmount.
- Ensure that we don't silently unmount busy mounts. Same class,
  different mechanism. There's a race between the reference count check
  in propagate_mount_busy() (summing up per-cpu counters) and mntget().

Fixes and test for all. No test for the mntget() race because that needs
aritifical delays.

And fwiw, I think I another vomitorious series in the pipes.

* patches from https://patch.msgid.link/20260923-work-mount-fixes-v1-0-f424cf8d3242@kernel.org:
  docs: update the unmount propagation rule
  fs: don't let a migrating task hide its reference from do_umount()
  selftests/filesystems: check that a busy propagated copy blocks a synchronous umount
  fs: don't silently unmount busy mounts
  selftests/move_mount_set_group: check that an unbindable target is refused
  mount: refuse MOVE_MOUNT_SET_GROUP on an unbindable mount
  selftests/filesystems: check that a copied mount namespace keeps unbindable
  mount: keep a copied mount unbindable

Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260923-work-mount-fixes-v1-0-f424cf8d3242@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
2026-09-25 17:20:36 +02:00
Christian Brauner
3f5dc09141
docs: update the unmount propagation rule
Section 5f still describes the rule propagate_umount() used before
commit f0d0ba1998 ("Rewrite of propagate_umount()"). It states that a
mount that receives the unmount by propagation is left alone as soon as
it has any submount. That's not true anymore.

A propagated unmount unmounts a mount with sub-mounts as long as every
sub-mount gets unmounted together with it. This is the case when the
sub-mounts are unmounted by the same propagation. Only a sub-mount that
cannot be unmounted keeps its parent mounted.

The section also only describes a single mount without sub-mounts. But
lazy unmounts take a tree and every mount of the tree propagates its
unmount from its parent mount.

Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260923-work-mount-fixes-v1-8-f424cf8d3242@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
2026-09-25 17:20:33 +02:00
Christian Brauner
7eb84d54fa
fs: don't let a migrating task hide its reference from do_umount()
propagate_mount_busy() uses mnt_get_count() via do_refcount_check() to
figure out whether a synchronous umount may proceed or not by summing
the per-CPU mnt_count counter under mount_lock.

The fastpath for mntget() and mntput() doesn't require that lock. A task
that already holds a reference and takes another one on a cpu the loop
has summed can get migrated and drops that reference again on another
cpu. The loop might not have reached that cpu yet. That ends up
undercounting. The original reference of the task is missed and umount()
ends up succeeding with the file still open. The mount is destroyed
later when the task mntput()s so it degrades to a lazy umount.

That's basically the umount(2) variant of commit 9ea0a46ca2 ("fix
mntput/mntput race") closed for the final mntput(). The same
cpu-migration caused a UAF.

Luckily this isn't a UAF. It's just a hidden reference pinning the
mount but it's wrong nonetheless.

Like the other race it's a narrow window but I can reproduce it reliably
with some patching. The debug patch below prints the sum the loop
computed next to an immediate re-sum of the same counters. It reports
who drops the last reference to that mount later:

  --- a/fs/namespace.c
  +++ b/fs/namespace.c
  @@ -34,6 +34,8 @@
   #include <linux/mnt_idmapping.h>
   #include <linux/pidfs.h>
   #include <linux/nstree.h>
  +#include <linux/debugfs.h>
  +#include <linux/delay.h>

   #include "pnode.h"
   #include "internal.h"
  @@ -263,17 +265,48 @@
   #endif
   }

  +static u32 mnt_get_count_delay_ms;
  +static int mnt_get_count_debug_id;
  +
  +static int __init mnt_get_count_debug_init(void)
  +{
  +	debugfs_create_u32("mnt_get_count_delay_ms", 0600, NULL,
  +			   &mnt_get_count_delay_ms);
  +	return 0;
  +}
  +late_initcall(mnt_get_count_debug_init);
  +
   /*
    * vfsmount lock must be held for write
    */
   int mnt_get_count(struct mount *mnt)
   {
   #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
  -	int count = 0;
  +	static int seen[NR_CPUS];
  +	bool slow = mnt_get_count_delay_ms &&
  +		    !(mnt->mnt.mnt_flags & MNT_UMOUNT);
  +	int count = 0, again = 0;
   	int cpu;

   	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
  -		count += per_cpu_ptr(mnt->mnt_pcp, cpu)->mnt_count;
  +		seen[cpu] = per_cpu_ptr(mnt->mnt_pcp, cpu)->mnt_count;
  +		count += seen[cpu];
  +		if (slow)
  +			mdelay(mnt_get_count_delay_ms);
  +	}
  +	if (slow) {
  +		for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
  +			int now;
  +
  +			now = per_cpu_ptr(mnt->mnt_pcp, cpu)->mnt_count;
  +			again += now;
  +			pr_err("mount %d: cpu%d read %d, now %d\n",
  +			       mnt->mnt_id, cpu, seen[cpu], now);
  +		}
  +		mnt_get_count_debug_id = mnt->mnt_id;
  +		pr_err("mount %d: sum %d, re-sum %d, %ps\n",
  +		       mnt->mnt_id, count, again,
  +		       __builtin_return_address(0));
   	}

   	return count;
  @@ -1350,6 +1383,9 @@
   	smp_mb();
   	mnt_add_count(mnt, -1);
   	count = mnt_get_count(mnt);
  +	if (count == 0 && mnt->mnt_id == mnt_get_count_debug_id)
  +		pr_err("mount %d: last put by %s (%d)\n", mnt->mnt_id,
  +		       current->comm, task_pid_nr(current));
   	if (count != 0) {
   		WARN_ON(count < 0);
   		rcu_read_unlock();

A task holds open a directory fd on a tmpfs. A synchronous rumount() of
the tmpfs sums up. Concurrently a task calls fchdir() on that fd on
CPU 0 and fchdir()s back to / on CPU 3. This will cause a path_get() and
a path_put() with a migration in between without mount_lock held.

Adding a delay per CPU makes the count loop miss the get in a cpu it
already visited but count the put in one it hasn't.

The reproducer, run as root with debugfs mounted:

  /*
   * gcc -static -o umount-torn umount-torn.c
   */
  #define _GNU_SOURCE
  #include <errno.h>
  #include <fcntl.h>
  #include <sched.h>
  #include <stdio.h>
  #include <string.h>
  #include <unistd.h>
  #include <sys/mount.h>
  #include <sys/stat.h>
  #include <sys/wait.h>

  #define KNOB "/sys/kernel/debug/mnt_get_count_delay_ms"
  #define MNT "/mnt/x"

  static int kmsg;

  static void pin(int cpu)
  {
  	cpu_set_t s;

  	CPU_ZERO(&s);
  	CPU_SET(cpu, &s);
  	sched_setaffinity(0, sizeof(s), &s);
  }

  static void knob(const char *v)
  {
  	int fd = open(KNOB, O_WRONLY);

  	write(fd, v, strlen(v));
  	close(fd);
  }

  int main(void)
  {
  	int last = sysconf(_SC_NPROCESSORS_ONLN) - 1;
  	int p[2], fd, ret;
  	pid_t pid;
  	char c;

  	kmsg = open("/dev/kmsg", O_WRONLY);
  	mkdir(MNT, 0755);
  	mount("none", MNT, "tmpfs", 0, NULL);
  	fd = open(MNT "/f", O_WRONLY | O_CREAT, 0644);
  	write(fd, "still here\n", 11);
  	close(fd);

  	pipe(p);
  	pid = fork();
  	if (pid == 0) {
  		int dirfd = open(MNT, O_RDONLY | O_DIRECTORY);
  		int rootfd = open("/", O_RDONLY | O_DIRECTORY);
  		struct stat st;
  		char buf[16];

  		/* one get/put pair while the umount is summing */
  		usleep(150000);
  		pin(0);
  		fchdir(dirfd);		/* mntget() */
  		dprintf(kmsg, "holder %d: get on cpu %d\n", getpid(),
  			sched_getcpu());
  		pin(last);
  		fchdir(rootfd);		/* mntput() */
  		dprintf(kmsg, "holder %d: put on cpu %d\n", getpid(),
  			sched_getcpu());

  		/* the umount has returned, is the fd still good? */
  		read(p[0], &c, 1);
  		fd = openat(dirfd, "f", O_RDONLY);
  		ret = read(fd, buf, sizeof(buf));
  		dprintf(kmsg, "holder %d: fstat %d openat %d read %d\n",
  			getpid(), fstat(dirfd, &st), fd, ret);
  		_exit(0);
  	}

  	pin(1);
  	knob("100");
  	ret = umount2(MNT, 0);
  	knob("0");
  	if (ret)
  		dprintf(kmsg, "umount: %s\n", strerror(errno));
  	else
  		dprintf(kmsg, "umount: 0\n");
  	write(p[1], "x", 1);
  	waitpid(pid, NULL, 0);
  	return 0;
  }

The log shows the busy check summing 2 and when read right after it
reads 3. The loop read CPU 0 before the get landed there and CPU 3
after the put did. The umount succeeds while there's still someone
with an fd. The mount is then dropped when the fd goes:

  [    2.511944] holder 90: get on cpu 0
  [    2.512023] holder 90: put on cpu 3
  [    2.671388] mount 28: cpu0 read 1, now 2
  [    2.671398] mount 28: cpu1 read 2, now 2
  [    2.671401] mount 28: cpu2 read 0, now 0
  [    2.671404] mount 28: cpu3 read -1, now -1
  [    2.671407] mount 28: sum 2, re-sum 3, propagate_mount_busy
  [    2.671773] umount: 0
  [    2.672963] holder 90: fstat 0 openat 8 read 11
  [    2.673663] mount 28: last put by umount-torn (90)

Easy fix would be to order mntget() against the loop that sums up. But
that's a full barrier and a flag test in mntget() afaict. No bueno...
That would cost every path_get().

So learn from SRCU. Keep gets and puts in separate per-cpu counters and
make mnt_get_count() sum all puts first and all gets second with a full
barrier in between.

A put is always after its own get (hopefully...) independent of the cpu
the task is on. So a put the first pass counted must have its get
visible to the second pass. Ergo, we can't undercount.

This is the two pass sum srcu_readers_active_idx_check() does for
srcu_locks and srcu_unlocks. mntget() keeps a single
this_cpu_inc(). mntput() gains an smp_wmb() before its increment, a
compiler barrier on x86 and a store fence on the weakly ordered
architectures, since the two counters are two words and a put stored
after a get could otherwise become visible before it. The counters
are unsigned so the difference stays right after they wrap.

The count can still come out high when a get is counted whose put
the first pass did not see. We don't care. A task can only take a new
reference if:

(1) it holds one already
(2) through __legitimize_mnt() which the seqcount orders
    against the write side

So a get in this window means someone has a reference and -EBUSY is
correct. The final mntput() is unchanged. Once ->mnt_ns is NULL every
put takes the slow path under mount_lock and so no put is in flight
while it counts. Here's an attempted proof for that crap:

(i) A put never becomes visible before its get. Within one task the
    smp_wmb() in mntput_no_expire() orders every earlier store before the
    increment of the puts.

    Any task that migrated in between had its stores flushed by the
    scheduler. When that reference is handed to another task that's
    trivially true.

(ii) The double count in mnt_get_count() is ordered via smp_mb(). That
     keeps every read of the puts counter before every read of the gets
     counter.

(iii) We never undercount by (ii).

(iv) There are no spurious counts/differences. A get is counted only if
     it happened and a put is left out only if it hasn't happened when
     the counter was read. With (iii) this means it's equivalent to the
     old count whenever nothing is taken or dropped during the loop.

(v) do_umount() holds a reference and mount_lock hence. New references
    come from: (v.a) __legitimize_mnt() managed by the seqcount. Either
    it's smp_mb() made the get visible to the loop or it takes the lock
    and waits for the loop. By (iii) a mount with a additional
    references is refused. By (iv) refusing the umount just means that
    any additional reference existed, same as the old counter.

(vi) mntput_no_expire_slowpath() runs with ->mnt_ns already NULL. Hence,
     every other put must take the slowpath as well and hangs on mount_lock.

    The grace period in namespace_unlock() will make every fast path do
    a put that still saw ->mnt_ns.

    No put is in flight during the loop.

    A get that is in flight comes from a task holding another reference.
    That must be included by the count or from __legitimize_mnt() as in
    (v).

    Ergo, zero means the last reference and non-zero means a reference
    is live.

(vii) may_umount() uses propagate_mount_busy() as well and
      may_umount_tree() sums mnt_get_count() itself.

With this patch the race is dead:

  [    3.066786] mount 28: sum 3, re-sum 3, propagate_mount_busy
  [    3.105867] umount: Device or resource busy
  [    3.106047] holder 90: fstat 0 openat 8 read 11

Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260923-work-mount-fixes-v1-7-f424cf8d3242@kernel.org
Fixes: b3e19d924b ("fs: scale mntget/mntput")
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
2026-09-25 17:20:33 +02:00
Christian Brauner
bba9960c07
selftests/filesystems: check that a busy propagated copy blocks a synchronous umount
A slave namespace moves an open_tree() copy of the shared tree beneath
the propagated copy of the victim and keeps the descriptor. Check that:

- umount(2) of the victim fails with EBUSY while the descriptor is open

- the moved tree is still attached in the slave namespace afterwards

- the umount succeeds once the descriptor is closed

The test needs CAP_SYS_ADMIN and skips otherwise.

Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260923-work-mount-fixes-v1-6-f424cf8d3242@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
2026-09-25 17:20:33 +02:00
Christian Brauner
6857e20901
fs: don't silently unmount busy mounts
The propagate_mount_busy() helper exists to decide whether a synchronous
can suceed. It does that by looking at the copies of the victims in the
mounts its parent propagates to. One of those functions from propagation
hell.

It skips a copy that has child mounts except for the case of a single
child mount covering the copy's root. That algorithm used to be exact.
It isn't anymore.

Originally only childless copies were unmounted during propagation.
And 1064f874ab ("mnt: Tuck mounts under others instead of creating
shadow/side mounts.") ended up adding covered mounts to both sides in
one go.

Along came 99b19d1647 ("mnt: In propgate_umount handle visiting mounts
in any order") and that started to unmount more than before:

[1]: A copy of a mount is unmounted when each of its children is either
     its overmount or a copy of the victim itself. In the former case
     the overmount gets reparented. In the latter case the copy of the
     victim will end up being unmounted.

So propagate_umount() ended up being rewritten without adjusting
propagate_mount_busy(). And currently propagate_mount_busy() doesn't
look at copies of the victim that have two or more children nor a single
child that is not the overmount.

So any such copy in [1] is not checked for
references. The result is that a synchronous unmount succeeds, pulling
out a mount that is still in use.

A container can run into this with its own mounts. The host shares a
tree with the container and the host has a mount in that tree:

  mount -t tmpfs none /mnt
  mount --make-shared /mnt
  mount -t tmpfs none /mnt/a

The container's /mnt is a slave copy of the host mount. The container
now takes a detached copy of the tree and mounts that copy beneath its
propagated copy of /mnt/a and keeps the file descriptor to the tree
open:

  unshare -m --propagation unchanged
  mount --make-rslave /
  fd = open_tree(AT_FDCWD, "/mnt", OPEN_TREE_CLONE | AT_RECURSIVE)
  move_mount(fd, "", AT_FDCWD, "/mnt/a", MOVE_MOUNT_BENEATH)

  grep /mnt /proc/self/mountinfo
  775 355 ... /mnt ...     master:646
  777 775 ... /mnt/a ...   master:646
  776 777 ... /mnt/a ...   master:647
  778 777 ... /mnt/a/a ... master:647

The now attached tree (777) is now mounted beneath the container's copy
of /mnt/a. That's also where the host mount sits (as seen from the host
mount namespace). So the propagated copy (776) of the host's mount is on
top of its root and the copy of that (778) is inside it. Now the host
runs:

  umount /mnt/a

and it succeeds. The moved tree tree and the copy inside of it are gone
from the container. Now only the propagated copy is left and it got
reparented to where it was before:

  grep /mnt /proc/self/mountinfo
  775 355 ... /mnt ... master:646
  776 775 ... /mnt/a ...

But the file descriptor still refers to the moved tree. So a synchronous
umount detached a mount that is still in use.

Teach propagate_mount_busy() the same checks that propagate_umount()
does. It now checks for a single victim mount without children
for which it can assume that MNT_LOCKED is cleared on every copy like
propagate_umount() does. The copies form chains. IOW, when a copy itself
receives propagation from the victim's parent then the mount at the same
mountpoint inside that copy is a copy as well. Whether a mount receives
propagation from the victim's can simply be checked by walking its
masters. Walk each chain once from its top so we are sure that nested
copies stay linear. Check every reference once of every copy that gets
unmounted.

Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260923-work-mount-fixes-v1-5-f424cf8d3242@kernel.org
Fixes: 99b19d1647 ("mnt: In propgate_umount handle visiting mounts in any order")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
2026-09-25 17:20:33 +02:00
Christian Brauner
7541865c26
selftests/move_mount_set_group: check that an unbindable target is refused
MOVE_MOUNT_SET_GROUP must not accept an unbindable mount as the target.
Cover both sources:

- a slave, which used to leave the target unbindable and a slave at once

- a shared mount, which used to silently drop the unbindable flag

Check that the target is untouched after the refused call.

Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260923-work-mount-fixes-v1-4-f424cf8d3242@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
2026-09-25 17:20:32 +02:00
Christian Brauner
a2b42babc9
mount: refuse MOVE_MOUNT_SET_GROUP on an unbindable mount
do_set_group() only accepts mounts as targets that are neither shared
nor a slave. That encompasses undindable mounts.

If the source mount is a slave mount the target mount will end up with
source's master as its master. It keeps T_UNBINDABLE. That means we get
a mount that is both unbindable and a slave:

  mount --bind /tmp/src /tmp/src
  mount --make-shared /tmp/src
  mount --bind /tmp/src /tmp/b
  mount --make-slave /tmp/b
  mount --bind /tmp/src /tmp/c
  mount --make-unbindable /tmp/c
  move_mount(b, "", c, "", MOVE_MOUNT_SET_GROUP)
  grep /tmp/c /proc/self/mountinfo
  ... /tmp/c ... master:646 unbindable ...

This property cannot be produced any other way. change_mnt_propagation()
drops the master when it makes a mount unbindable (iow, it becomes
private) and doesn't touch an unbindable mount when it is supposed to
turned into a slave mount.

End-result is that the unbindable-slave mount receives everything
propagated from its master's peer group while it can't be bind mounted
itself. Not sure what that's supposed to do.

On the other side: if the source mount is shared, the target mount drops
T_UNBINDABLE because because set_mnt_shared() clears T_SHARED_MASK.

So teach do_set_group() to refuse an unbindable target mount the same
way a shared or slave target mount is refused.

The main user of MOVE_MOUNT_SET_GROUP is CRIU which restores sharing
first and applies MS_UNBINDABLE afterwards. It never hits this.

Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260923-work-mount-fixes-v1-3-f424cf8d3242@kernel.org
Fixes: 9ffb14ef61 ("move_mount: allow to add a mount into an existing group")
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
2026-09-25 17:20:32 +02:00
Christian Brauner
0bab6b6d77
selftests/filesystems: check that a copied mount namespace keeps unbindable
Make a tmpfs unbindable, copy the mount namespace and check from the
copy that:

- a bind of the mount fails with EINVAL

- a recursive bind fails as well

- open_tree(OPEN_TREE_CLONE) of it fails

- mountinfo still shows it as unbindable

- a copy of the copy refuses the bind too

The first case runs in the original namespace so the fixture stays
honest about what it set up.

Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260923-work-mount-fixes-v1-2-f424cf8d3242@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
2026-09-25 17:20:32 +02:00
Christian Brauner
1ab8904ae6
mount: keep a copied mount unbindable
It's groundhog day.

MNT_UNBINDABLE used to be set in in mnt->mnt.mnt_flags and was not part
of MNT_INTERNAL_FLAGS. clone_mnt() copied it with all the other flags to
the new mount. This guaranteed that the copy of an unbindable mount
became unbindable as well. Unbindable copies that ended up as shared
lost the unbindable property.

But then commit 406fea7999 ("mount: separate the flags accessed only
under namespace_sem") moved MNT_UNBINDABLE from mnt->mnt.mnt_flags into
mnt->mnt_t_flags as T_UNBINDABLE.

clone_mnt() doesn't copy from mnt_t_flags and specifically doesn't copy
T_UNBINDABLE. The only place a mount gets marked unbindable is in
change_mnt_propagation() for MS_UNBINDABLE.

This reintroduced an earlier bug we had already fixed. It resurfaces in
copy_mnt_ns() which clones unbindable mounts via CL_COPY_UNBINDABLE. So
since v6.17 a mount namespace created via clone(CLONE_NEWNS) or
unshare(CLONE_NEWNS) contain private and bindable copies of every
unbindable mount. The following snippet:

  mount --make-unbindable /mnt
  unshare -m --propagation unchanged
  mount --bind /mnt /tmp/x

succeeds. This used to fail with EINVAL. This also applies to
recursively binding a tree that contains an unbindable the mount. Such
subtrees used to be pruned when they were moved onto a shared mount.

And Documentation/filesystems/sharedsubtree.rst still says that the copy
of an unbindable mount is unbindable.

So once again let's fix this. Copy T_UNBINDABLE in clone_mnt(). Let
set_mnt_shared() mask it off whenever a mount is made shared.
This restores what the old MNT_INTERNAL_FLAGS mask did.

Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260923-work-mount-fixes-v1-1-f424cf8d3242@kernel.org
Fixes: 406fea7999 ("mount: separate the flags accessed only under namespace_sem")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v6.17+
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
2026-09-25 17:20:32 +02:00
Hui Peng
aa5e44b29f
autofs: fix sbi->pipe file reference leak in autofs_kill_sb()
When autofs_fill_super() fails before clearing AUTOFS_SBI_CATATONIC (for
example, when find_get_pid() fails on an invalid pgrp mount option, or
when an fs_context is closed before mounting), deactivate_locked_super()
invokes autofs_kill_sb() -> autofs_catatonic_mode(sbi).

Because AUTOFS_SBI_CATATONIC is still set in sbi->flags,
autofs_catatonic_mode() returns early without calling fput(sbi->pipe),
permanently leaking the pipe struct file reference.

Explicitly release sbi->pipe in autofs_kill_sb() if it is still non-NULL
after autofs_catatonic_mode().

Fixes: ebc921ca9b ("autofs: copy autofs4 to autofs")
Signed-off-by: Hui Peng <benquike@gmail.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260919204808.2812930-1-benquike@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
2026-09-25 16:51:46 +02:00
Drif Abdelmalek Mohamed Said
76d8e69724
dcache: unpoison the inline name buffer in __d_alloc()
syzbot reported:

    BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in dentry_string_cmp fs/dcache.c:291 [inline]
    BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in dentry_cmp fs/dcache.c:322 [inline]
    BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in __d_lookup_rcu+0x37d/0x5e0 fs/dcache.c:2522

     dentry_string_cmp fs/dcache.c:291 [inline]
     dentry_cmp fs/dcache.c:322 [inline]
     __d_lookup_rcu+0x37d/0x5e0 fs/dcache.c:2522
     lookup_fast+0x194/0xa40 fs/namei.c:1854
     lookup_fast_for_open fs/namei.c:4545 [inline]
     open_last_lookups fs/namei.c:4579 [inline]
     path_openat+0x9ef/0x6540 fs/namei.c:4856
     do_file_open+0x2aa/0x680 fs/namei.c:4888
     do_sys_openat2+0x17c/0x390 fs/open.c:1395
     do_sys_open fs/open.c:1401 [inline]
     __do_sys_openat fs/open.c:1417 [inline]
     __se_sys_openat fs/open.c:1412 [inline]
     __x64_sys_openat+0x240/0x300 fs/open.c:1412
     x64_sys_call+0x2445/0x3ea0 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:258
     do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
     do_syscall_64+0x15d/0x3c0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
     entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

Uninit was stored to memory at:
     copy_name fs/dcache.c:3031 [inline]
     __d_move+0xd29/0x21f0 fs/dcache.c:3099
     d_move+0x71/0xf0 fs/dcache.c:3147
     vfs_rename+0x2619/0x2770 fs/namei.c:6085
     filename_renameat2+0xa59/0x1230 fs/namei.c:6188
     __do_sys_rename fs/namei.c:6232 [inline]
     __se_sys_rename+0xc5/0x5c0 fs/namei.c:6228
     __x64_sys_rename+0x78/0xb0 fs/namei.c:6228
     x64_sys_call+0x329/0x3ea0 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:83
     do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63
     do_syscall_64+0x15d/0x3c0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
     entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

Uninit was created at:
     slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4617 [inline]
     slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4939 [inline]
     kmem_cache_alloc_lru_noprof+0x376/0x1230 mm/s
     __d_alloc+0x52/0x9f0 fs/dcache.c:1902
     d_alloc+0x57/0x300 fs/dcache.c:1981
     lookup_one_qstr_excl+0x19d/0x7a0 fs/namei.c:1806
     __start_renaming+0x341/0x850 fs/namei.c:3888
     filename_renameat2+0x625/0x1230 fs/namei.c:6163
     __do_sys_rename fs/namei.c:6232 [inline]
     __se_sys_rename+0xc5/0x5c0 fs/namei.c:6228
     __x64_sys_rename+0x78/0xb0 fs/namei.c:6228
     x64_sys_call+0x329/0x3ea0 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:83
     do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63
     do_syscall_64+0x15d/0x3c0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
     entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

The race is between a concurrent open() and rename() of the same path.

__d_alloc() only stores the name itself and its terminating NUL, so the
rest of the inline buffer (d_shortname, DNAME_INLINE_LEN bytes) is left
uninitialized.  copy_name(), called from rename(), copies that buffer as a
whole, so the uninitialized tail is propagated into the dentry that is
being moved.  Meanwhile __d_lookup_rcu(), called from open(), is an
optimistic lockless lookup: it checks d_name.hash_len first and leaves the
seqcount retry to its caller, so it can end up comparing against a dentry
whose name a rename is rewriting in place, using a stale (longer) length.
The comparison then runs past the terminating NUL and reads bytes of the
uninitialized tail, which KMSAN reports.

The read is harmless by design: it stays inside the buffer, the name is
still NUL-terminated, and the result is thrown away by the seqcount retry.
It is not specific to KMSAN either - with CONFIG_DCACHE_WORD_ACCESS
enabled the very same bytes are read by read_word_at_a_time(), which is
__no_sanitize_or_inline and therefore invisible to KMSAN.  KMSAN builds
only see the instrumented byte-at-a-time dentry_string_cmp() because
CONFIG_DCACHE_WORD_ACCESS is disabled when KMSAN is enabled on x86:

commit 7cf8f44a5a ("x86: fs: kmsan: disable CONFIG_DCACHE_WORD_ACCESS")

Zeroing the inline buffer would hide the report, but it would add a
memset() to a hot allocation path just to initialize bytes that are never
used as part of a name.  Instead, tell KMSAN the inline buffer is
initialized: kmsan_unpoison_memory() compiles to nothing unless
CONFIG_KMSAN is set, and doing it at allocation time is enough for every
dentry, because copy_name() and swap_names() copy the whole buffer and
thus propagate its shadow.

Reported-by: syzbot+7ff3adde89dd795ad4c4@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=7ff3adde89dd795ad4c4
Signed-off-by: Drif Abdelmalek Mohamed Said <drifabdelmalekmohamedsaid@gmail.com>

Changes in v3:
- Annotate for KMSAN instead of zeroing, as suggested in review: the read
  is harmless, so unpoison the inline buffer in __d_alloc() with
  kmsan_unpoison_memory() (a no-op unless CONFIG_KMSAN) rather than adding
  a memset() to the dentry allocation path.
- Document why only KMSAN builds report this at all: with
  CONFIG_DCACHE_WORD_ACCESS the same read goes through
  read_word_at_a_time(), which KMSAN does not instrument.
- Rewrite the commit message; the previous one had several truncated
  lines.

Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260918224204.3056-1-drifabdelmalekmohamedsaid@gmail.com
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
2026-09-25 15:54:23 +02:00
Amir Goldstein
ae146bc1ab
ovl: fix UAF in ovl_do_mkdir() debug print
ovl_do_mkdir() prints the input dentry with %pd after vfs_mkdir().
Since commit fe497f0759 ("VFS: change vfs_mkdir() to unlock on
failure."), vfs_mkdir() calls end_creating() on the input dentry on
failure and may replace it on success, so the post-call %pd can
use-after-free the dentry when CONFIG_OVERLAY_FS_DEBUG is enabled.

Print the dentry before the call and only the result afterward.

Reported-by: syzbot+ced26b784bf977d223dd@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=ced26b784bf977d223dd
Fixes: fe497f0759 ("VFS: change vfs_mkdir() to unlock on failure.")
Signed-off-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260921104013.40475-1-amir73il@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
2026-09-25 15:52:26 +02:00
Christian Brauner
2d2a2d7aa9
super: make iterate_supers_type() deletion-safe
iterate_supers_type() drops sb_lock while invoking the callback and keeps
only a passive reference to the current superblock. That reference keeps
the object allocated, but does not keep its s_instances node linked.

After the iterator releases s_umount, final teardown can unlink the current
s_instances node. The iterator then advances through a reinitialized node.
With the current hlist it stops without visiting the remaining superblocks.
The unlink moved from generic_shutdown_super() to kill_super_notify(), but
the cursor lifetime has been unsafe since the helper was introduced.

The CIFS DFS lookup can consequently miss a matching superblock and return
-EINVAL.

Move removal from fs_supers to put_super(), alongside removal from
super_blocks, so a passive reference keeps both list nodes linked. Keep
the filesystem module reference until then, since unlinking s_instances
may touch type->fs_supers.

Make sget_fc() skip SB_DEAD superblocks before invoking test(), and set
SB_DEAD under sb_lock to serialize with those callbacks. This allows
kernfs to free its private information after kill_anon_super() returns.
Keep matching SB_DYING superblocks until SB_DEAD is set so concurrent
mounts still wait for teardown before retrying.

Fixes: 43e15cdbef ("new helper: iterate_supers_type()")
Reported-by: Karl Mehltretter <kmehltretter@gmail.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260903013336.92081-1-kmehltretter@gmail.com
Suggested-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Tested-by: Karl Mehltretter <kmehltretter@gmail.com>
[kmehltretter: supplied the commit message]
Signed-off-by: Karl Mehltretter <kmehltretter@gmail.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260909193034.7467-1-kmehltretter@gmail.com
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
2026-09-23 09:26:46 +02:00
Christian Brauner
fabd324212
Merge patch series "Revert "put_mnt_ns(): leave mounts connected""
Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org> says:

Keeping every mount of a dying namespace attached to its parent changes
who owns it. An attached but unmounted mount is owned by its parent: the
parent's final mntput() is what drops the child's reference and takes
its superblock down. Before that commit only the namespace root was in
that position and every other mount dropped its own reference in
namespace_unlock().

That ownership rule turns any reference from a child's superblock back
to one of its ancestors into a cycle. The obvious case is a loop device:

    unshare -m sh -c 'mount -o loop /var/tmp/img /var/tmp/mp'

mount(8) opens the image from inside the new namespace, so the loop
device's backing file pins that namespace's copy of the root mount.
When the namespace dies the loop mount stays attached to that copy and
is owned by it. The copy can't reach zero because the backing file
holds it. The backing file is only put once the ext4 superblock
releases the block device and autoclear runs, and that needs the loop
mount to go first. Nothing breaks the cycle. The superblock, the loop
device and, since the root copy keeps all of its children.

systemd-sysext sets up its loop devices in a private mount namespace and
relies on autoclear when that namespace goes away, which is how this was
found. Anything that holds a file on an ancestor from a mounted
filesystem has the same problem. That includes ecryptfs lower paths,
erofs file-backed mounts, fuse passthrough backing files.

That's a bigger fix and not an -rc change. Revert.

* patches from https://patch.msgid.link/20260917-work-put_mnt_ns-revert-v1-0-34d9b8679e68@kernel.org:
  Revert "put_mnt_ns(): leave mounts connected"
  Revert "selftests/filesystems: add mntns cleanup test"

Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260917-work-put_mnt_ns-revert-v1-0-34d9b8679e68@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
2026-09-23 09:05:56 +02:00
Christian Brauner
2e2142a35d Revert "put_mnt_ns(): leave mounts connected"
This reverts commit 0342482a4d.

Keeping every mount of a dying namespace attached to its parent changes
who owns it. An attached but unmounted mount is owned by its parent: the
parent's final mntput() is what drops the child's reference and takes
its superblock down. Before that commit only the namespace root was in
that position and every other mount dropped its own reference in
namespace_unlock().

That ownership rule turns any reference from a child's superblock back
to one of its ancestors into a cycle. The obvious case is a loop device:

    unshare -m sh -c 'mount -o loop /var/tmp/img /var/tmp/mp'

mount(8) opens the image from inside the new namespace, so the loop
device's backing file pins that namespace's copy of the root mount.
When the namespace dies the loop mount stays attached to that copy and
is owned by it. The copy can't reach zero because the backing file
holds it. The backing file is only put once the ext4 superblock
releases the block device and autoclear runs, and that needs the loop
mount to go first. Nothing breaks the cycle. The superblock, the loop
device and, since the root copy keeps all of its children.

systemd-sysext sets up its loop devices in a private mount namespace and
relies on autoclear when that namespace goes away, which is how this was
found. Anything that holds a file on an ancestor from a mounted
filesystem has the same problem. That includes ecryptfs lower paths,
erofs file-backed mounts, fuse passthrough backing files.

That's a bigger fix and not an -rc change. Revert.

Fixes: 0342482a4d ("put_mnt_ns(): leave mounts connected")
Reported-by: Michael Vogt <michael@amutable.com>
Link: https://gist.github.com/mvo5/63ef46482349f3b1c3957d463a0c9c6f
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260917-work-put_mnt_ns-revert-v1-2-34d9b8679e68@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
2026-09-23 09:03:18 +02:00