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From: Keith Busch <kbusch@kernel.org>
To: Penglei Jiang <superman.xpt@gmail.com>
Cc: axboe@kernel.dk, io-uring@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	syzbot+531502bbbe51d2f769f4@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] io_uring: fix use-after-free of sq->thread in __io_uring_show_fdinfo()
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2025 12:44:31 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <aEh9DxZ0AQSSranB@kbusch-mbp> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250610171801.70960-1-superman.xpt@gmail.com>

On Tue, Jun 10, 2025 at 10:18:01AM -0700, Penglei Jiang wrote:
> @@ -379,7 +380,8 @@ static int io_sq_thread(void *data)
>  		io_sq_tw(&retry_list, UINT_MAX);
>  
>  	io_uring_cancel_generic(true, sqd);
> -	sqd->thread = NULL;
> +	rcu_assign_pointer(sqd->thread, NULL);

I believe this will fail a sparse check without adding the "__rcu" type
annotation on the struct's "thread" member.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2025-06-10 18:44 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-06-10 17:18 [PATCH v2] io_uring: fix use-after-free of sq->thread in __io_uring_show_fdinfo() Penglei Jiang
2025-06-10 17:23 ` Jens Axboe
2025-06-10 18:44 ` Keith Busch [this message]
2025-06-10 18:56   ` Jens Axboe
2025-06-10 19:12     ` Keith Busch
2025-06-10 19:15       ` Jens Axboe

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