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netfs: Fix potential UAF in netfs_unlock_abandoned_read_pages()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfs: Fix potential UAF in netfs_unlock_abandoned_read_pages() netfs_unlock_abandoned_read_pages(rreq) accesses the index of the folios it is wanting to unlock and compares that to rreq->no_unlock_folio so that it doesn't unlock a folio being read for netfs_perform_write() or netfs_write_begin(). However, given that netfs_unlock_abandoned_read_pages() is called _after_ NETFS_RREQ_IN_PROGRESS is cleared, the one folio that it's not allowed to dereference is the one specified by ->no_unlock_folio as ownership immediately reverts to the caller. Fix this by storing the folio pointer instead and using that rather than the index. Also fix netfs_unlock_read_folio() where the same applies.

Affected products

Linux
  • <3866d015f33aeedf81338dd99154703bef33faef
  • ==6.12
  • =<6.18.*
  • <6.12
  • =<7.0.*
  • <dbe556972100fabb8e5a1b3d2163831ff07b1e8e
  • =<*
  • <6080fa3ecfbb4448a3b47368629534c09b6ec750