published December 16, 2025
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
nilfs2: avoid having an active sc_timer before freeing sci
Because kthread_stop did not stop sc_task properly and returned -EINTR,
the sc_timer was not properly closed, ultimately causing the problem [1]
reported by syzbot when freeing sci due to the sc_timer not being closed.
Because the thread sc_task main function nilfs_segctor_thread() returns 0
when it succeeds, when the return value of kthread_stop() is not 0 in
nilfs_segctor_destroy(), we believe that it has not properly closed
sc_timer.
We use timer_shutdown_sync() to sync wait for sc_timer to shutdown, and
set the value of sc_task to NULL under the protection of lock
sc_state_lock, so as to avoid the issue caused by sc_timer not being
properly shutdowned.
[1]
ODEBUG: free active (active state 0) object: 00000000dacb411a object type: timer_list hint: nilfs_construction_timeout
Call trace:
nilfs_segctor_destroy fs/nilfs2/segment.c:2811 [inline]
nilfs_detach_log_writer+0x668/0x8cc fs/nilfs2/segment.c:2877
nilfs_put_super+0x4c/0x12c fs/nilfs2/super.c:509