This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled smb: client: fix potential UAF in cifs_stats_proc_write() to the 6.8-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: smb-client-fix-potential-uaf-in-cifs_stats_proc_write.patch and it can be found in the queue-6.8 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From d3da25c5ac84430f89875ca7485a3828150a7e0a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paulo Alcantara <pc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2024 16:33:55 -0300 Subject: smb: client: fix potential UAF in cifs_stats_proc_write() From: Paulo Alcantara <pc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit d3da25c5ac84430f89875ca7485a3828150a7e0a upstream. Skip sessions that are being teared down (status == SES_EXITING) to avoid UAF. Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Paulo Alcantara (Red Hat) <pc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Steve French <stfrench@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/smb/client/cifs_debug.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) --- a/fs/smb/client/cifs_debug.c +++ b/fs/smb/client/cifs_debug.c @@ -658,6 +658,8 @@ static ssize_t cifs_stats_proc_write(str } #endif /* CONFIG_CIFS_STATS2 */ list_for_each_entry(ses, &server->smb_ses_list, smb_ses_list) { + if (cifs_ses_exiting(ses)) + continue; list_for_each_entry(tcon, &ses->tcon_list, tcon_list) { atomic_set(&tcon->num_smbs_sent, 0); spin_lock(&tcon->stat_lock); Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from pc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx are queue-6.8/smb-client-fix-potential-uaf-in-cifs_stats_proc_write.patch queue-6.8/smb-client-fix-potential-uaf-in-is_valid_oplock_break.patch queue-6.8/smb-client-guarantee-refcounted-children-from-parent-session.patch queue-6.8/smb-client-serialise-cifs_construct_tcon-with-cifs_mount_mutex.patch queue-6.8/smb-client-fix-potential-uaf-in-cifs_dump_full_key.patch queue-6.8/smb-client-refresh-referral-without-acquiring-refpath_lock.patch queue-6.8/smb-client-fix-potential-uaf-in-smb2_is_network_name_deleted.patch queue-6.8/smb-client-fix-potential-uaf-in-cifs_debug_files_proc_show.patch queue-6.8/smb-client-handle-dfs-tcons-in-cifs_construct_tcon.patch queue-6.8/smb-client-fix-uaf-in-smb2_reconnect_server.patch queue-6.8/smb-client-fix-potential-uaf-in-smb2_is_valid_lease_break.patch queue-6.8/smb-client-fix-potential-uaf-in-cifs_signal_cifsd_for_reconnect.patch queue-6.8/smb-client-fix-potential-uaf-in-cifs_stats_proc_show.patch queue-6.8/smb-client-fix-potential-uaf-in-smb2_is_valid_oplock_break.patch