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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2026-03-04 15:03:16 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2026-03-04 15:03:16 -0800
commit0b3bb205808195159be633a8cefb602670e856fb (patch)
treeabab1f7bc9fec3f1ad29abf04a8fcaf026f54e42 /kernel
parentecc64d2dc9ff9738d2a896beb68e02c2feaf9a02 (diff)
parentd320f160aa5ff36cdf83c645cca52b615e866e32 (diff)
Merge tag 'vfs-7.0-rc3.fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs
Pull vfs fixes from Christian Brauner: - kthread: consolidate kthread exit paths to prevent use-after-free - iomap: - don't mark folio uptodate if read IO has bytes pending - don't report direct-io retries to fserror - reject delalloc mappings during writeback - ns: tighten visibility checks - netfs: Fix unbuffered/DIO writes to dispatch subrequests in strict sequence * tag 'vfs-7.0-rc3.fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs: iomap: reject delalloc mappings during writeback iomap: don't mark folio uptodate if read IO has bytes pending selftests: fix mntns iteration selftests nstree: tighten permission checks for listing nsfs: tighten permission checks for handle opening nsfs: tighten permission checks for ns iteration ioctls netfs: Fix unbuffered/DIO writes to dispatch subrequests in strict sequence kthread: consolidate kthread exit paths to prevent use-after-free iomap: don't report direct-io retries to fserror
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
-rw-r--r--kernel/exit.c6
-rw-r--r--kernel/kthread.c41
-rw-r--r--kernel/nscommon.c6
-rw-r--r--kernel/nstree.c29
4 files changed, 21 insertions, 61 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
index 8a87021211ae..ede3117fa7d4 100644
--- a/kernel/exit.c
+++ b/kernel/exit.c
@@ -896,11 +896,16 @@ static void synchronize_group_exit(struct task_struct *tsk, long code)
void __noreturn do_exit(long code)
{
struct task_struct *tsk = current;
+ struct kthread *kthread;
int group_dead;
WARN_ON(irqs_disabled());
WARN_ON(tsk->plug);
+ kthread = tsk_is_kthread(tsk);
+ if (unlikely(kthread))
+ kthread_do_exit(kthread, code);
+
kcov_task_exit(tsk);
kmsan_task_exit(tsk);
@@ -1013,6 +1018,7 @@ void __noreturn do_exit(long code)
lockdep_free_task(tsk);
do_task_dead();
}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(do_exit);
void __noreturn make_task_dead(int signr)
{
diff --git a/kernel/kthread.c b/kernel/kthread.c
index 20451b624b67..791210daf8b4 100644
--- a/kernel/kthread.c
+++ b/kernel/kthread.c
@@ -85,24 +85,6 @@ static inline struct kthread *to_kthread(struct task_struct *k)
return k->worker_private;
}
-/*
- * Variant of to_kthread() that doesn't assume @p is a kthread.
- *
- * When "(p->flags & PF_KTHREAD)" is set the task is a kthread and will
- * always remain a kthread. For kthreads p->worker_private always
- * points to a struct kthread. For tasks that are not kthreads
- * p->worker_private is used to point to other things.
- *
- * Return NULL for any task that is not a kthread.
- */
-static inline struct kthread *__to_kthread(struct task_struct *p)
-{
- void *kthread = p->worker_private;
- if (kthread && !(p->flags & PF_KTHREAD))
- kthread = NULL;
- return kthread;
-}
-
void get_kthread_comm(char *buf, size_t buf_size, struct task_struct *tsk)
{
struct kthread *kthread = to_kthread(tsk);
@@ -193,7 +175,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kthread_should_park);
bool kthread_should_stop_or_park(void)
{
- struct kthread *kthread = __to_kthread(current);
+ struct kthread *kthread = tsk_is_kthread(current);
if (!kthread)
return false;
@@ -234,7 +216,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kthread_freezable_should_stop);
*/
void *kthread_func(struct task_struct *task)
{
- struct kthread *kthread = __to_kthread(task);
+ struct kthread *kthread = tsk_is_kthread(task);
if (kthread)
return kthread->threadfn;
return NULL;
@@ -266,7 +248,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kthread_data);
*/
void *kthread_probe_data(struct task_struct *task)
{
- struct kthread *kthread = __to_kthread(task);
+ struct kthread *kthread = tsk_is_kthread(task);
void *data = NULL;
if (kthread)
@@ -309,19 +291,8 @@ void kthread_parkme(void)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kthread_parkme);
-/**
- * kthread_exit - Cause the current kthread return @result to kthread_stop().
- * @result: The integer value to return to kthread_stop().
- *
- * While kthread_exit can be called directly, it exists so that
- * functions which do some additional work in non-modular code such as
- * module_put_and_kthread_exit can be implemented.
- *
- * Does not return.
- */
-void __noreturn kthread_exit(long result)
+void kthread_do_exit(struct kthread *kthread, long result)
{
- struct kthread *kthread = to_kthread(current);
kthread->result = result;
if (!list_empty(&kthread->affinity_node)) {
mutex_lock(&kthread_affinity_lock);
@@ -333,9 +304,7 @@ void __noreturn kthread_exit(long result)
kthread->preferred_affinity = NULL;
}
}
- do_exit(0);
}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_exit);
/**
* kthread_complete_and_exit - Exit the current kthread.
@@ -683,7 +652,7 @@ void kthread_set_per_cpu(struct task_struct *k, int cpu)
bool kthread_is_per_cpu(struct task_struct *p)
{
- struct kthread *kthread = __to_kthread(p);
+ struct kthread *kthread = tsk_is_kthread(p);
if (!kthread)
return false;
diff --git a/kernel/nscommon.c b/kernel/nscommon.c
index bdc3c86231d3..3166c1fd844a 100644
--- a/kernel/nscommon.c
+++ b/kernel/nscommon.c
@@ -309,3 +309,9 @@ void __ns_ref_active_get(struct ns_common *ns)
return;
}
}
+
+bool may_see_all_namespaces(void)
+{
+ return (task_active_pid_ns(current) == &init_pid_ns) &&
+ ns_capable_noaudit(init_pid_ns.user_ns, CAP_SYS_ADMIN);
+}
diff --git a/kernel/nstree.c b/kernel/nstree.c
index f36c59e6951d..6d12e5900ac0 100644
--- a/kernel/nstree.c
+++ b/kernel/nstree.c
@@ -515,32 +515,11 @@ static inline bool __must_check ns_requested(const struct klistns *kls,
static inline bool __must_check may_list_ns(const struct klistns *kls,
struct ns_common *ns)
{
- if (kls->user_ns) {
- if (kls->userns_capable)
- return true;
- } else {
- struct ns_common *owner;
- struct user_namespace *user_ns;
-
- owner = ns_owner(ns);
- if (owner)
- user_ns = to_user_ns(owner);
- else
- user_ns = &init_user_ns;
- if (ns_capable_noaudit(user_ns, CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
- return true;
- }
-
- if (is_current_namespace(ns))
+ if (kls->user_ns && kls->userns_capable)
return true;
-
- if (ns->ns_type != CLONE_NEWUSER)
- return false;
-
- if (ns_capable_noaudit(to_user_ns(ns), CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+ if (is_current_namespace(ns))
return true;
-
- return false;
+ return may_see_all_namespaces();
}
static inline void ns_put(struct ns_common *ns)
@@ -600,7 +579,7 @@ static ssize_t do_listns_userns(struct klistns *kls)
ret = 0;
head = &to_ns_common(kls->user_ns)->ns_owner_root.ns_list_head;
- kls->userns_capable = ns_capable_noaudit(kls->user_ns, CAP_SYS_ADMIN);
+ kls->userns_capable = may_see_all_namespaces();
rcu_read_lock();