From: Edward Adam Davis <eadavis@sina.com>
To: eadavis@sina.com
Cc: a.hindborg@kernel.org, leitao@debian.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
syzbot+4fae162886e497f72228@syzkaller.appspotmail.com,
syzkaller-bugs@googlegroups.com
Subject: [PATCH v2] configfs: Add revalidate for cached dentry to ensure it's ready
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2026 18:16:33 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261022101633.107916-1-eadavis@sina.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261021062535.55494-1-eadavis@sina.com>
mkdir() triggers:
configfs_mkdir() ->
configfs_attach_group() ->
populate_groups() ->
create_default_group("ana_groups") ->
configfs_attach_group() ->
populate_groups() ->
create_default_group("1")
The creation of an inode for the subdentry 1 under ana_groups failed
due to fault injection. [1]
Because helper threads are racing open() on ana_groups, ana_groups has
dentry refcount > 1. d_delete() skips dentry_unlink_inode(), leaving
d_inode non-NULL. create_default_group() hits BUG_ON(d_inode(child)) at
fs/configfs/dir.c:734! [2]
[1]
FAULT_INJECTION: forcing a failure.
name failslab, interval 1, probability 0, space 0, times -1
Call Trace:
should_failslab+0xa8/0x100
kmem_cache_alloc_noprof+0xa1/0x600
security_inode_alloc+0x39/0x310
inode_init_always_gfp+0x97e/0xd30
alloc_inode+0x82/0x1b0
new_inode+0x1f/0x170
configfs_new_inode+0x27/0x410
configfs_create+0xb5/0x270
configfs_attach_item+0x25f/0xd60
configfs_attach_group+0x2a/0x370
create_default_group+0x87/0x180
configfs_attach_group+0x169/0x370
configfs_mkdir+0x6f0/0x9e0
vfs_mkdir+0x40c/0x620
[2]
kernel BUG at fs/configfs/dir.c:734!
Oops: invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI
RIP: 0010:create_default_group+0x17c/0x180
Call Trace:
configfs_attach_group+0x169/0x370
configfs_mkdir+0x6f0/0x9e0
vfs_mkdir+0x40c/0x620
The root cause is a race condition between open and mkdir. Add a revalidate
for cached dentries to prevent open from accessing directories that are not
yet ready.
Fixes: 7063fbf22611 ("[PATCH] configfs: User-driven configuration filesystem")
Reported-by: syzbot+4fae162886e497f72228@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=4fae162886e497f72228
Tested-by: syzbot+4fae162886e497f72228@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Signed-off-by: Edward Adam Davis <eadavis@sina.com>
---
v1 -> v2: using revalidate to make it's ready
fs/configfs/dir.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)
diff --git a/fs/configfs/dir.c b/fs/configfs/dir.c
index eda80c2a2d38..d8e74abe3485 100644
--- a/fs/configfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/configfs/dir.c
@@ -65,8 +65,24 @@ static void configfs_d_iput(struct dentry * dentry,
iput(inode);
}
+static int configfs_d_revalidate(struct inode *dir, const struct qstr *name,
+ struct dentry *dentry, unsigned int flags)
+{
+ struct inode *inode = d_inode(dentry);
+ struct configfs_dirent * parent_sd = dentry->d_fsdata;
+
+ if (!inode)
+ return -ECHILD;
+
+ if (!configfs_dirent_is_ready(parent_sd))
+ return -ECHILD;
+
+ return 1;
+}
+
const struct dentry_operations configfs_dentry_ops = {
.d_iput = configfs_d_iput,
+ .d_revalidate = configfs_d_revalidate,
};
#ifdef CONFIG_LOCKDEP
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-22 10:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-19 18:08 [syzbot] kernel BUG in create_default_group syzbot
2026-10-21 5:30 ` Edward Adam Davis
2026-10-21 5:50 ` syzbot
2026-10-21 6:25 ` [PATCH] configfs: Delay the fop setting to prevent noise generated by open Edward Adam Davis
2026-10-22 10:16 ` Edward Adam Davis [this message]
2026-10-22 11:11 ` [PATCH v3] configfs: Add revalidate for cached dentry to ensure it's ready Edward Adam Davis
2026-10-21 9:40 ` [syzbot] kernel BUG in create_default_group Edward Adam Davis
2026-10-21 9:58 ` syzbot
2026-10-22 9:47 ` Edward Adam Davis
2026-10-22 10:04 ` syzbot
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