[PATCH] smb: client: Fix use-after-free in cifs_try_adding_channels()

Shuangpeng Bai <[email protected]> Sat, 1 Aug 2026 20:48:09 -0400
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-cifs,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kernel.vger.stable
Message-ID <[email protected]>
cifs_try_adding_channels() takes a temporary reference to an interface
before dropping iface_lock. If cifs_ses_add_channel() fails, it drops
that reference and then increments iface->weight_fulfilled.

A concurrent interface list refresh can remove the list reference while
channel creation is in progress. In that case, the failure-path
kref_put() releases the last reference and frees iface. Updating
weight_fulfilled afterward then accesses freed memory.

Increment weight_fulfilled before dropping the temporary reference,
keeping iface alive for the final access.

Fixes: 6aac002bcfd5 ("cifs: failure to add channel on iface should bump up weight")
Cc: [email protected]
Signed-off-by: Shuangpeng Bai <[email protected]>
---
 fs/smb/client/sess.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/smb/client/sess.c b/fs/smb/client/sess.c
index de2012cc9cf3..7cf7dd104f7c 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/sess.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/sess.c
@@ -233,9 +233,9 @@ int cifs_try_adding_channels(struct cifs_ses *ses)
 				cifs_dbg(VFS, "failed to open extra channel on iface:%pIS rc=%d\n",
 					 &iface->sockaddr,
 					 rc);
-				kref_put(&iface->refcount, release_iface);
 				/* failure to add chan should increase weight */
 				iface->weight_fulfilled++;
+				kref_put(&iface->refcount, release_iface);
 				continue;
 			}
 
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