The patch below does not apply to the 4.19-stable tree. If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>. To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands: git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-4.19.y git checkout FETCH_HEAD git cherry-pick -x 8861fd5180476f45f9e8853db154600469a0284f # <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.> git commit -s git send-email --to '<stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>' --in-reply-to '2024042931-rejoice-waving-ec82@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 4.19.y' HEAD^.. Possible dependencies: 8861fd518047 ("smb3: fix lock ordering potential deadlock in cifs_sync_mid_result") 38c8a9a52082 ("smb: move client and server files to common directory fs/smb") abdb1742a312 ("cifs: get rid of mount options string parsing") 9fd29a5bae6e ("cifs: use fs_context for automounts") 5dd8ce24667a ("cifs: missing directory in MAINTAINERS file") 332019e23a51 ("Merge tag '5.20-rc-smb3-client-fixes-part2' of git://git.samba.org/sfrench/cifs-2.6") thanks, greg k-h ------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------ >From 8861fd5180476f45f9e8853db154600469a0284f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Steve French <stfrench@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2024 12:49:50 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] smb3: fix lock ordering potential deadlock in cifs_sync_mid_result Coverity spotted that the cifs_sync_mid_result function could deadlock "Thread deadlock (ORDER_REVERSAL) lock_order: Calling spin_lock acquires lock TCP_Server_Info.srv_lock while holding lock TCP_Server_Info.mid_lock" Addresses-Coverity: 1590401 ("Thread deadlock (ORDER_REVERSAL)") Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Reviewed-by: Shyam Prasad N <sprasad@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Steve French <stfrench@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/fs/smb/client/transport.c b/fs/smb/client/transport.c index e1a79e031b28..ddf1a3aafee5 100644 --- a/fs/smb/client/transport.c +++ b/fs/smb/client/transport.c @@ -909,12 +909,15 @@ cifs_sync_mid_result(struct mid_q_entry *mid, struct TCP_Server_Info *server) list_del_init(&mid->qhead); mid->mid_flags |= MID_DELETED; } + spin_unlock(&server->mid_lock); cifs_server_dbg(VFS, "%s: invalid mid state mid=%llu state=%d\n", __func__, mid->mid, mid->mid_state); rc = -EIO; + goto sync_mid_done; } spin_unlock(&server->mid_lock); +sync_mid_done: release_mid(mid); return rc; }
