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ovl_permission() accesses ->layers[...].mnt; we can't have ->layers freed without an RCU delay on fs shutdown. Fortunately, kern_unmount_array() that is used to drop those mounts does include an RCU delay, so freeing is delayed; unfortunately, the array passed to kern_unmount_array() is formed by mangling ->layers contents and that happens without any delays. The ->layers[...].name string entries are used to store the strings to display in "lowerdir=..." by ovl_show_options(). Those entries are not accessed in RCU walk. Move the name strings into a separate array ofs->config.lowerdirs and reuse the ofs->config.lowerdirs array as the temporary mount array to pass to kern_unmount_array(). Reported-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231002023711.GP3389589@ZenIV/ Acked-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.