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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2026-10-10 00:01:12 +0200
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2026-10-10 00:01:12 +0200
commitfc1c25014ff8e416d75e8a5ba3b9c0ba5eb8e877 (patch)
tree310c6faafceb48f403d54f97831dcb1ac0796c06 /fs
parentf99005fbed4e8071110faa350cc5fa453afa1455 (diff)
parente58c3805ed325fe2d4ae2dd467c0486cc860b733 (diff)
Merge tag 'fsverity-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/fs/fsverity/linuxHEADmaster
Pull fsverity fix from Eric Biggers: "Fix a regression from commit f77f281b6118 ("fsverity: use a hashtable to find the fsverity_info")" * tag 'fsverity-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/fs/fsverity/linux: fsverity: RCU-delay the freeing of struct fsverity_info
Diffstat (limited to 'fs')
-rw-r--r--fs/verity/fsverity_private.h15
-rw-r--r--fs/verity/open.c13
2 files changed, 26 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/fs/verity/fsverity_private.h b/fs/verity/fsverity_private.h
index 881d46f25e08..6f85f63861aa 100644
--- a/fs/verity/fsverity_private.h
+++ b/fs/verity/fsverity_private.h
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
#define pr_fmt(fmt) "fs-verity: " fmt
#include <linux/fsverity.h>
+#include <linux/rcupdate.h>
#include <linux/rhashtable.h>
/*
@@ -76,7 +77,19 @@ struct merkle_tree_params {
struct fsverity_info {
struct rhash_head rhash_head;
struct merkle_tree_params tree_params;
- u8 root_hash[FS_VERITY_MAX_DIGEST_SIZE];
+ union {
+ u8 root_hash[FS_VERITY_MAX_DIGEST_SIZE];
+
+ /*
+ * Used for final freeing of the struct, in which case root_hash
+ * is no longer needed. Specifically, the only fields needed
+ * besides the rcu_head are those needed by fsverity_free_info()
+ * itself, and those that can be accessed by fsverity_get_info()
+ * (rhash_head and inode) during the RCU-protected rhashtable
+ * chain search trying to find another inode's fsverity_info.
+ */
+ struct rcu_head rcu_head;
+ };
u8 file_digest[FS_VERITY_MAX_DIGEST_SIZE];
struct inode *inode;
unsigned long *hash_block_verified;
diff --git a/fs/verity/open.c b/fs/verity/open.c
index d0c56a7faa3b..52c8cd014921 100644
--- a/fs/verity/open.c
+++ b/fs/verity/open.c
@@ -399,11 +399,22 @@ void fsverity_free_info(struct fsverity_info *vi)
kmem_cache_free(fsverity_info_cachep, vi);
}
+static void fsverity_free_info_rcu(struct rcu_head *head)
+{
+ fsverity_free_info(container_of(head, struct fsverity_info, rcu_head));
+}
+
void fsverity_remove_info(struct fsverity_info *vi)
{
rhashtable_remove_fast(&fsverity_info_hash, &vi->rhash_head,
fsverity_info_hash_params);
- fsverity_free_info(vi);
+ /*
+ * The freeing must be RCU-delayed because __fsverity_get_info() for a
+ * *different* inode's fsverity_info in the same rhashtable hash chain
+ * can still be accessing *this* fsverity_info's rhash_head and inode
+ * fields as part of the RCU-protected hash chain search.
+ */
+ call_rcu(&vi->rcu_head, fsverity_free_info_rcu);
}
void fsverity_cleanup_inode(struct inode *inode)