linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 04/13] exfat: move freeing sbi, upcase table and dropping nls into rcu-delayed helper

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Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2024 13:27:31 +0100
From: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
To: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, 
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org, 
	Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>, linux-cifs@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/13] exfat: move freeing sbi, upcase table and dropping
 nls into rcu-delayed helper

On Sun, Feb 04, 2024 at 02:17:30AM +0000, Al Viro wrote:
> That stuff can be accessed by ->d_hash()/->d_compare(); as it is, we have
> a hard-to-hit UAF if rcu pathwalk manages to get into ->d_hash() on a filesystem
> that is in process of getting shut down.
> 
> Besides, having nls and upcase table cleanup moved from ->put_super() towards
> the place where sbi is freed makes for simpler failure exits.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
> ---

Acked-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>