[PATCH v2] md/raid5-ppl: fix use-after-free in ppl_do_flush()
Sajal Gupta <[email protected]> Mon, 22 Jun 2026 19:36:03 +0530
| Newsgroups | dev.linux.lists.linux-kernel-mentees,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kernel.vger.linux-raid |
|---|---|
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
The loop in ppl_do_flush() continues iterating after calling
ppl_io_unit_finished(), touching io->pending_flushes and leading to a
use-after-free.
Add a break statement to stop the loop once io is freed.
Fixes: 1532d9e87e8b ("raid5-ppl: PPL support for disks with write-back cache enabled")
Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <[email protected]>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/
Signed-off-by: Sajal Gupta <[email protected]>
---
Compile tested only.
Changes in v2:
- drop the refcount_t conversion
v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/
drivers/md/raid5-ppl.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5-ppl.c b/drivers/md/raid5-ppl.c
index a70cbec12ed0..c3cfdd66d8b0 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5-ppl.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5-ppl.c
@@ -643,8 +643,10 @@ static void ppl_do_flush(struct ppl_io_unit *io)
log->disk_flush_bitmap = 0;
for (i = flushed_disks ; i < raid_disks; i++) {
- if (atomic_dec_and_test(&io->pending_flushes))
+ if (atomic_dec_and_test(&io->pending_flushes)) {
ppl_io_unit_finished(io);
+ break;
+ }
}
}
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2.54.0