While io_sqe_file_register() failed in __io_sqe_files_update(), table->files[i] still point to the original file which may freed soon, and that will trigger use-after-free problems. Signed-off-by: Jiufei Xue <jiufei.xue@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/io_uring.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c index ce69bd9..0092418 100644 --- a/fs/io_uring.c +++ b/fs/io_uring.c @@ -7353,6 +7353,7 @@ static int __io_sqe_files_update(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, table->files[index] = file; err = io_sqe_file_register(ctx, file, i); if (err) { + table->files[index] = NULL; fput(file); break; } -- 1.8.3.1