nfsd_info.mutex can be dereferenced by dsvc_pool_stats_state() immediately after the the new netns is created. Currently this can trigger an oops. Move the initialisation earlier before it can possibly be dereferenced. Fixes: 7b207ccd9833 ("svc: don't hold reference for poolstats, only mutex.") Reported-by: Sourabh Jain <sourabhjain@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/c2e9f6de-1ec4-4d3a-b18d-d5a6ec0814a0@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/ Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@xxxxxxx> --- fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c | 2 ++ fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c | 1 - 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c b/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c index 533b65057e18..c848ebe5d08f 100644 --- a/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c +++ b/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c @@ -2169,6 +2169,8 @@ static __net_init int nfsd_net_init(struct net *net) nn->nfsd_svcstats.program = &nfsd_program; nn->nfsd_versions = NULL; nn->nfsd4_minorversions = NULL; + nn->nfsd_info.mutex = &nfsd_mutex; + nn->nfsd_serv = NULL; nfsd4_init_leases_net(nn); get_random_bytes(&nn->siphash_key, sizeof(nn->siphash_key)); seqlock_init(&nn->writeverf_lock); diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c b/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c index cd9a6a1a9fc8..89d7918de7b1 100644 --- a/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c +++ b/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c @@ -672,7 +672,6 @@ int nfsd_create_serv(struct net *net) return error; } spin_lock(&nfsd_notifier_lock); - nn->nfsd_info.mutex = &nfsd_mutex; nn->nfsd_serv = serv; spin_unlock(&nfsd_notifier_lock); -- 2.44.0