This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled NFSv4: nfs_atomic_open() can race when looking up a non-regular file to the 4.14-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: nfsv4-nfs_atomic_open-can-race-when-looking-up-a-non-regular-file.patch and it can be found in the queue-4.14 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From 1751fc1db36f6f411709e143d5393f92d12137a9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2022 18:24:03 -0500 Subject: NFSv4: nfs_atomic_open() can race when looking up a non-regular file From: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit 1751fc1db36f6f411709e143d5393f92d12137a9 upstream. If the file type changes back to being a regular file on the server between the failed OPEN and our LOOKUP, then we need to re-run the OPEN. Fixes: 0dd2b474d0b6 ("nfs: implement i_op->atomic_open()") Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Anna Schumaker <Anna.Schumaker@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/nfs/dir.c | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) --- a/fs/nfs/dir.c +++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c @@ -1612,12 +1612,17 @@ no_open: if ((lookup_flags & LOOKUP_DIRECTORY) && inode && !S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode)) res = ERR_PTR(-ENOTDIR); + else if (inode && S_ISREG(inode->i_mode)) + res = ERR_PTR(-EOPENSTALE); } else if (!IS_ERR(res)) { inode = d_inode(res); if ((lookup_flags & LOOKUP_DIRECTORY) && inode && !S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode)) { dput(res); res = ERR_PTR(-ENOTDIR); + } else if (inode && S_ISREG(inode->i_mode)) { + dput(res); + res = ERR_PTR(-EOPENSTALE); } } if (switched) { Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are queue-4.14/nfsv4-handle-case-where-the-lookup-of-a-directory-fails.patch queue-4.14/nfsv4-nfs_atomic_open-can-race-when-looking-up-a-non-regular-file.patch