From: Deepanshu Kartikey <kartikey406@gmail.com>
To: viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk, brauner@kernel.org, jack@suse.cz
Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Deepanshu Kartikey <kartikey406@gmail.com>,
syzbot+0b2e79f91ff6579bfa5b@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Subject: [PATCH] fs/nsfs: skip dropping active refs on initial namespaces
Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2025 05:56:58 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251108002658.44272-1-kartikey406@gmail.com> (raw)
Initial namespaces are statically allocated and exist for the entire
lifetime of the system. They should not participate in active
reference counting.
When setns() is called with a file descriptor pointing to an initial
namespace, nsproxy_ns_active_put() was dropping active references on
them, causing the active count to hit zero and trigger a warning.
Fix by checking is_initial_namespace() before dropping the active
reference in nsproxy_ns_active_put().
Reported-by: syzbot+0b2e79f91ff6579bfa5b@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=0b2e79f91ff6579bfa5b
Signed-off-by: Deepanshu Kartikey <kartikey406@gmail.com>
---
fs/nsfs.c | 25 +++++++++++++++++--------
1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/nsfs.c b/fs/nsfs.c
index ba6c8975c82e..ffe31c66d1d8 100644
--- a/fs/nsfs.c
+++ b/fs/nsfs.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
#include <linux/exportfs.h>
#include <linux/nstree.h>
#include <net/net_namespace.h>
+#include <linux/ns_common.h>
#include "mount.h"
#include "internal.h"
@@ -698,12 +699,20 @@ void nsproxy_ns_active_get(struct nsproxy *ns)
void nsproxy_ns_active_put(struct nsproxy *ns)
{
- ns_ref_active_put(ns->mnt_ns);
- ns_ref_active_put(ns->uts_ns);
- ns_ref_active_put(ns->ipc_ns);
- ns_ref_active_put(ns->pid_ns_for_children);
- ns_ref_active_put(ns->cgroup_ns);
- ns_ref_active_put(ns->net_ns);
- ns_ref_active_put(ns->time_ns);
- ns_ref_active_put(ns->time_ns_for_children);
+ if (ns->mnt_ns && !is_initial_namespace(&ns->mnt_ns->ns))
+ ns_ref_active_put(ns->mnt_ns);
+ if (ns->uts_ns && !is_initial_namespace(&ns->uts_ns->ns))
+ ns_ref_active_put(ns->uts_ns);
+ if (ns->ipc_ns && !is_initial_namespace(&ns->ipc_ns->ns))
+ ns_ref_active_put(ns->ipc_ns);
+ if (ns->pid_ns_for_children && !is_initial_namespace(&ns->pid_ns_for_children->ns))
+ ns_ref_active_put(ns->pid_ns_for_children);
+ if (ns->cgroup_ns && !is_initial_namespace(&ns->cgroup_ns->ns))
+ ns_ref_active_put(ns->cgroup_ns);
+ if (ns->net_ns && !is_initial_namespace(&ns->net_ns->ns))
+ ns_ref_active_put(ns->net_ns);
+ if (ns->time_ns && !is_initial_namespace(&ns->time_ns->ns))
+ ns_ref_active_put(ns->time_ns);
+ if (ns->time_ns_for_children && !is_initial_namespace(&ns->time_ns_for_children->ns))
+ ns_ref_active_put(ns->time_ns_for_children);
}
--
2.43.0
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