Always remove linked timeout on io_link_timeout_fn() from the master request link list, otherwise we may get use-after-free when first io_link_timeout_fn() puts linked timeout in the fail path, and then will be found and put on master's free. Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # 5.10+ Fixes: 90cd7e424969d ("io_uring: track link timeout's master explicitly") Reported-and-tested-by: syzbot+5a864149dd970b546223@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Pavel Begunkov <asml.silence@xxxxxxxxx> --- fs/io_uring.c | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c index 9ac5e278a91e..599102cc6dfc 100644 --- a/fs/io_uring.c +++ b/fs/io_uring.c @@ -6354,10 +6354,11 @@ static enum hrtimer_restart io_link_timeout_fn(struct hrtimer *timer) * We don't expect the list to be empty, that will only happen if we * race with the completion of the linked work. */ - if (prev && req_ref_inc_not_zero(prev)) + if (prev) { io_remove_next_linked(prev); - else - prev = NULL; + if (!req_ref_inc_not_zero(prev)) + prev = NULL; + } spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ctx->completion_lock, flags); if (prev) { -- 2.31.1