From: Hui Peng <benquike@gmail.com>
To: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, arve@android.com, tkjos@android.com,
brauner@kernel.org, cmllamas@google.com, aliceryhl@google.com
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] binder: fix buffer/node leak and premature fd_install on read -EFAULT
Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2026 21:36:49 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260919213650.3316812-1-benquike@gmail.com> (raw)
In `binder_thread_read()`, `binder_apply_fd_fixups()` installs
translated file descriptors into `current->files` via `fd_install()`
BEFORE `put_user()` and `copy_to_user()` copy the `BR_TRANSACTION` /
`BR_REPLY` command and `binder_transaction_data` payload to userspace.
If `put_user()` or `copy_to_user()` returns `-EFAULT`:
1. Any file descriptors in `t->fd_fixups` have already been installed
into the recipient process's file descriptor table and removed from
`t->fd_fixups`, even though the transaction failed and the sender
receives `BR_FAILED_REPLY`.
2. Unlike the `binder_apply_fd_fixups()` failure path immediately above
it, the `put_user()` and `copy_to_user()` failure paths call
`binder_cleanup_transaction()` without setting
`t->buffer->transaction = NULL` or calling `binder_free_buf(proc,
thread, buffer, true)`. Because `allow_user_free` is still `0`, the
`binder_buffer` and all translated `binder_node`/`binder_ref`
references inside it are permanently leaked, and for `TF_ONE_WAY`
transactions `node->has_async_transaction` remains `true` forever,
wedging all subsequent async transactions to that node.
Split `fd_install()` out of `binder_apply_fd_fixups()` into
`binder_fd_fixups_install(t)` called only after `put_user()` and
`copy_to_user()` succeed, and free `t->buffer` via
`binder_free_buf(proc, thread, buffer, true)` on `-EFAULT`.
Fixes: 44d8047f1d87 ("binder: use standard functions to allocate fds")
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Hui Peng <benquike@gmail.com>
---
drivers/android/binder.c | 30 +++++++++++++++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/android/binder.c b/drivers/android/binder.c
index fb9ff072bd6c..efff59853752 100644
--- a/drivers/android/binder.c
+++ b/drivers/android/binder.c
@@ -4705,7 +4705,7 @@ static int binder_wait_for_work(struct binder_thread *thread,
static int binder_apply_fd_fixups(struct binder_proc *proc,
struct binder_transaction *t)
{
- struct binder_txn_fd_fixup *fixup, *tmp;
+ struct binder_txn_fd_fixup *fixup;
int ret = 0;
list_for_each_entry(fixup, &t->fd_fixups, fixup_entry) {
@@ -4730,19 +4730,25 @@ static int binder_apply_fd_fixups(struct binder_proc *proc,
goto err;
}
}
- list_for_each_entry_safe(fixup, tmp, &t->fd_fixups, fixup_entry) {
- fd_install(fixup->target_fd, fixup->file);
- list_del(&fixup->fixup_entry);
- kfree(fixup);
- }
- return ret;
+ return 0;
err:
binder_free_txn_fixups(t);
return ret;
}
+static void binder_fd_fixups_install(struct binder_transaction *t)
+{
+ struct binder_txn_fd_fixup *fixup, *tmp;
+
+ list_for_each_entry_safe(fixup, tmp, &t->fd_fixups, fixup_entry) {
+ fd_install(fixup->target_fd, fixup->file);
+ list_del(&fixup->fixup_entry);
+ kfree(fixup);
+ }
+}
+
static int binder_thread_read(struct binder_proc *proc,
struct binder_thread *thread,
binder_uintptr_t binder_buffer, size_t size,
@@ -5121,26 +5127,36 @@ static int binder_thread_read(struct binder_proc *proc,
trsize = sizeof(tr);
}
if (put_user(cmd, (uint32_t __user *)ptr)) {
+ struct binder_buffer *buffer = t->buffer;
+
if (t_from)
binder_thread_dec_tmpref(t_from);
+ buffer->transaction = NULL;
binder_cleanup_transaction(t, "put_user failed",
BR_FAILED_REPLY);
+ binder_free_buf(proc, thread, buffer, true);
return -EFAULT;
}
ptr += sizeof(uint32_t);
if (copy_to_user(ptr, &tr, trsize)) {
+ struct binder_buffer *buffer = t->buffer;
+
if (t_from)
binder_thread_dec_tmpref(t_from);
+ buffer->transaction = NULL;
binder_cleanup_transaction(t, "copy_to_user failed",
BR_FAILED_REPLY);
+ binder_free_buf(proc, thread, buffer, true);
return -EFAULT;
}
ptr += trsize;
+ binder_fd_fixups_install(t);
+
trace_binder_transaction_received(t);
binder_stat_br(proc, thread, cmd);
binder_debug(BINDER_DEBUG_TRANSACTION,
--
2.55.0.1082.g2b9226bbc0-goog
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