On Sun, 31 Mar 2024 17:52:12 -0400, Kent Overstreet wrote: > list_del_init_careful() needs to be the last access to the wait queue > entry - it effectively unlocks access. > > Previously, finish_wait() would see the empty list head and skip taking > the lock, and then we'd return - but the completion path would still > attempt to do the wakeup after the task_struct pointer had been > overwritten. > > [...] Applied to the vfs.fixes branch of the vfs/vfs.git tree. Patches in the vfs.fixes branch should appear in linux-next soon. Please report any outstanding bugs that were missed during review in a new review to the original patch series allowing us to drop it. It's encouraged to provide Acked-bys and Reviewed-bys even though the patch has now been applied. If possible patch trailers will be updated. Note that commit hashes shown below are subject to change due to rebase, trailer updates or similar. If in doubt, please check the listed branch. tree: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git branch: vfs.fixes [1/1] aio: Fix null ptr deref in aio_complete() wakeup https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/4d455e51278f