We should not return an error code in req->result in io_poll_check_events(), because it may get mangled and returned as success. Just return the error code directly, the callers will fail the request or proceed accordingly. Fixes: 6bf9c47a3989 ("io_uring: defer file assignment") Signed-off-by: Pavel Begunkov <asml.silence@xxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/5f03514ee33324dc811fb93df84aee0f695fb044.1649862516.git.asml.silence@xxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c index d06f1952fdfa..ab674a0d269b 100644 --- a/fs/io_uring.c +++ b/fs/io_uring.c @@ -5861,9 +5861,8 @@ static int io_poll_check_events(struct io_kiocb *req, bool locked) unsigned flags = locked ? 0 : IO_URING_F_UNLOCKED; if (unlikely(!io_assign_file(req, flags))) - req->result = -EBADF; - else - req->result = vfs_poll(req->file, &pt) & req->apoll_events; + return -EBADF; + req->result = vfs_poll(req->file, &pt) & req->apoll_events; } /* multishot, just fill an CQE and proceed */