5.10-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Jeff Layton commit c59738a00aa51b16adc1b5ceb7c80877168efb4d upstream. When CONFIG_NFSD_V4_2_INTER_SSC is enabled, nfsd4_putfh() can return success with fh_dentry and fh_export both NULL if fh_verify() returns nfserr_stale and putfh->no_verify is true. The NFSD4_FH_FOREIGN flag is set, but the compound dispatch loop only uses this flag to bypass the nfserr_nofilehandle check -- it does not prevent subsequent ops from running with a NULL fh_dentry. A remote client can exploit this by crafting a COMPOUND that includes an inter-SSC COPY (which causes check_if_stalefh_allowed() to set no_verify=true on the saved PUTFH) with an additional op inserted between the source PUTFH and SAVEFH. For example, SETATTR calls fh_want_write() which dereferences fh_export->ex_path.mnt without calling fh_verify() first, causing a NULL pointer dereference in the nfsd kthread. Fix this by gating the dispatch loop: when NFSD4_FH_FOREIGN is set and fh_dentry is NULL, only OP_SAVEFH (needed for the inter-SSC flow) and ops with ALLOWED_WITHOUT_FH (which don't need a resolved filehandle) may proceed. All other ops receive nfserr_stale, per RFC 7862 Section 15.2.3 which specifies that foreign filehandle validation is deferred to the consuming operation and NFS4ERR_STALE returned at that point. Fixes: b9e8638e3d9e ("NFSD: allow inter server COPY to have a STALE source server fh") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-6 Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260527-putfh_foreign_fh_null_deref_consumers-v1-1-1b8a5aa28c59@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c | 19 ++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) --- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c +++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c @@ -2642,9 +2642,22 @@ nfsd4_proc_compound(struct svc_rqst *rqs op->status = nfsd4_open_omfg(rqstp, cstate, op); goto encode_op; } - if (!current_fh->fh_dentry && - !HAS_FH_FLAG(current_fh, NFSD4_FH_FOREIGN)) { - if (!(op->opdesc->op_flags & ALLOWED_WITHOUT_FH)) { + if (!current_fh->fh_dentry) { + if (HAS_FH_FLAG(current_fh, NFSD4_FH_FOREIGN)) { + /* + * FOREIGN fh from inter-SSC PUTFH: only + * SAVEFH may proceed with a NULL fh_dentry. + * Per RFC 7862 S15.2.3, validation of a + * foreign fh is deferred to the operation + * that consumes it, and NFS4ERR_STALE is + * returned at that point. + */ + if (op->opnum != OP_SAVEFH && + !(op->opdesc->op_flags & ALLOWED_WITHOUT_FH)) { + op->status = nfserr_stale; + goto encode_op; + } + } else if (!(op->opdesc->op_flags & ALLOWED_WITHOUT_FH)) { op->status = nfserr_nofilehandle; goto encode_op; }