CVE-2026-99204
ocfs2/dlm: Protect the recovery list during debugfs reads
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ocfs2/dlm: Protect the recovery list during debugfs reads Recovery participant records must remain alive while debug_state_print() walks reco.node_data and formats their fields. The formatter holds dlm->spinlock, but the recovery participant list is protected by dlm_reco_state_lock. In particular, dlm_destroy_recovery_area() detaches the list under dlm_reco_state_lock and frees the detached records after releasing it. A concurrent debugfs open can therefore read freed memory. Protect the participant traversal and field reads in debug_state_print() with dlm_reco_state_lock, matching the existing list writers. This also serializes the traversal against list_add_tail() during recovery-area initialization. Make the existing lock available to the debug code through dlmcommon.h; the lock remains internal to the OCFS2 DLM module. Release dlm->spinlock after formatting the other domain state and before acquiring dlm_reco_state_lock, so the debug reader does not nest the two locks. Leave recovery list insertion, detachment and freeing unchanged. KASAN report as below: BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in debug_state_open+0x1169/0x12d0 Read of size 4 at addr ffff88810662ef80 by task dlm-state-stres/896 CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 896 Comm: dlm-state-stres Not tainted 7.3.0-rc4-next-20260921-pmb-ocfs2-functional-v1+ #1 PREEMPT(lazy) Hardware name: QEMU Ubuntu 24.04 PC v2 (i440FX + PIIX, arch_caps fix, 1996), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/2014 Call Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl+0x93/0xd0 print_report+0xce/0x630 ? debug_state_open+0x1169/0x12d0 ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 ? __virt_addr_valid+0x20e/0x420 ? debug_state_open+0x1169/0x12d0 kasan_report+0xe0/0x110 ? debug_state_open+0x1169/0x12d0 debug_state_open+0x1169/0x12d0 ? __pfx_debug_state_open+0x10/0x10 full_proxy_open_regular+0x193/0x310 do_dentry_open+0x595/0x12d0 ? __pfx_full_proxy_open_regular+0x10/0x10 vfs_open_consume+0xd1/0x400 ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 path_openat+0x18d0/0x2020 ? __pfx_path_openat+0x10/0x10 do_file_open+0x21e/0x470 ? __pfx_do_file_open+0x10/0x10 ? _raw_spin_unlock+0x23/0x40 ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 ? alloc_fd+0x3a6/0x6b0 do_sys_openat2+0xf4/0x1b0 ? __pfx_do_sys_openat2+0x10/0x10 ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 ? __fput+0x5b5/0xa60 __x64_sys_openat+0x136/0x1e0 ? __pfx___x64_sys_openat+0x10/0x10 do_syscall_64+0x114/0x620 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f [Register dump omitted.] </TASK> Allocated by task 880: kasan_save_stack+0x33/0x60 kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30 __kasan_kmalloc+0xaa/0xb0 __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x28d/0x610 dlm_remaster_locks+0x147/0x1d90 dlm_do_recovery+0xde1/0x1580 dlm_recovery_thread+0x109/0x300 kthread+0x351/0x460 ret_from_fork+0x659/0x940 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 Freed by task 880: kasan_save_stack+0x33/0x60 kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30 kasan_save_free_info+0x3b/0x60 __kasan_slab_free+0x5f/0x80 kfree+0x308/0x580 dlm_destroy_recovery_area+0x285/0x460 dlm_remaster_locks+0x17c4/0x1d90 dlm_do_recovery+0xde1/0x1580 dlm_recovery_thread+0x109/0x300 kthread+0x351/0x460 ret_from_fork+0x659/0x940 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff88810662ef80 which belongs to the cache kmalloc-32 of size 32 The buggy address is located 0 bytes inside of freed 32-byte region [ffff88810662ef80, ffff88810662efa0) [Page and memory-state dumps omitted.]
INFO
Published Date :
Oct. 28, 2026, 11:17 a.m.
Last Modified :
Oct. 28, 2026, 11:17 a.m.
Remotely Exploit :
No
Source :
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Solution
- Protect participant traversal with dlm_reco_state_lock.
- Serialize traversal against list_add_tail().
- Release dlm->spinlock before acquiring dlm_reco_state_lock.
- Apply the provided kernel patch.
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New CVE Received by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Oct. 28, 2026
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ocfs2/dlm: Protect the recovery list during debugfs reads Recovery participant records must remain alive while debug_state_print() walks reco.node_data and formats their fields. The formatter holds dlm->spinlock, but the recovery participant list is protected by dlm_reco_state_lock. In particular, dlm_destroy_recovery_area() detaches the list under dlm_reco_state_lock and frees the detached records after releasing it. A concurrent debugfs open can therefore read freed memory. Protect the participant traversal and field reads in debug_state_print() with dlm_reco_state_lock, matching the existing list writers. This also serializes the traversal against list_add_tail() during recovery-area initialization. Make the existing lock available to the debug code through dlmcommon.h; the lock remains internal to the OCFS2 DLM module. Release dlm->spinlock after formatting the other domain state and before acquiring dlm_reco_state_lock, so the debug reader does not nest the two locks. Leave recovery list insertion, detachment and freeing unchanged. KASAN report as below: BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in debug_state_open+0x1169/0x12d0 Read of size 4 at addr ffff88810662ef80 by task dlm-state-stres/896 CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 896 Comm: dlm-state-stres Not tainted 7.3.0-rc4-next-20260921-pmb-ocfs2-functional-v1+ #1 PREEMPT(lazy) Hardware name: QEMU Ubuntu 24.04 PC v2 (i440FX + PIIX, arch_caps fix, 1996), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/2014 Call Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl+0x93/0xd0 print_report+0xce/0x630 ? debug_state_open+0x1169/0x12d0 ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 ? __virt_addr_valid+0x20e/0x420 ? debug_state_open+0x1169/0x12d0 kasan_report+0xe0/0x110 ? debug_state_open+0x1169/0x12d0 debug_state_open+0x1169/0x12d0 ? __pfx_debug_state_open+0x10/0x10 full_proxy_open_regular+0x193/0x310 do_dentry_open+0x595/0x12d0 ? __pfx_full_proxy_open_regular+0x10/0x10 vfs_open_consume+0xd1/0x400 ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 path_openat+0x18d0/0x2020 ? __pfx_path_openat+0x10/0x10 do_file_open+0x21e/0x470 ? __pfx_do_file_open+0x10/0x10 ? _raw_spin_unlock+0x23/0x40 ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 ? alloc_fd+0x3a6/0x6b0 do_sys_openat2+0xf4/0x1b0 ? __pfx_do_sys_openat2+0x10/0x10 ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 ? __fput+0x5b5/0xa60 __x64_sys_openat+0x136/0x1e0 ? __pfx___x64_sys_openat+0x10/0x10 do_syscall_64+0x114/0x620 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f [Register dump omitted.] </TASK> Allocated by task 880: kasan_save_stack+0x33/0x60 kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30 __kasan_kmalloc+0xaa/0xb0 __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x28d/0x610 dlm_remaster_locks+0x147/0x1d90 dlm_do_recovery+0xde1/0x1580 dlm_recovery_thread+0x109/0x300 kthread+0x351/0x460 ret_from_fork+0x659/0x940 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 Freed by task 880: kasan_save_stack+0x33/0x60 kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30 kasan_save_free_info+0x3b/0x60 __kasan_slab_free+0x5f/0x80 kfree+0x308/0x580 dlm_destroy_recovery_area+0x285/0x460 dlm_remaster_locks+0x17c4/0x1d90 dlm_do_recovery+0xde1/0x1580 dlm_recovery_thread+0x109/0x300 kthread+0x351/0x460 ret_from_fork+0x659/0x940 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff88810662ef80 which belongs to the cache kmalloc-32 of size 32 The buggy address is located 0 bytes inside of freed 32-byte region [ffff88810662ef80, ffff88810662efa0) [Page and memory-state dumps omitted.] Added Affected New affected value received. <a href="https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/blob/main/cves/2026/99xxx/CVE-2026-99204.json">CVE-2026-99204</a> Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/04d4571c00db61a9664f387752fa05cb3c08a537 Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2bc426a32bfb78868c7f76d9547132837b6b5284 Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c435828932bf46f29860e4a0375bcae101b778a