linux/fs
Linus Torvalds 0a15ba6b0c Timer race fixes:
- Fix timer signal <-> exec() race, to prevent UAF (Thomas Gleixner)
 
  - Clean up POSIX CPU timers right after de_thread(), to prevent UAF
    (Hyunwoo Kim)
 
  - Fix POSIX CPU timers race between expiry and timer_settime(),
    to prevent UAF (Thomas Gleixner)
 
 Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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Merge tag 'timers-urgent-2026-09-20' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

Pull timer race fixes from Ingo Molnar:

 - Fix timer signal <-> exec() race, to prevent UAF (Thomas Gleixner)

 - Clean up POSIX CPU timers right after de_thread(), to prevent UAF
   (Hyunwoo Kim)

 - Fix POSIX CPU timers race between expiry and timer_settime(),
   to prevent UAF (Thomas Gleixner)

* tag 'timers-urgent-2026-09-20' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  posix-cpu-timers: Prevent freeing a timer which is queued on the expiry list
  exec: Cleanup POSIX timers right after de_thread()
  signal: Prevent exec() race
2026-09-20 09:41:00 -07:00
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9p 9p: Fix v9fs_issue_write() to update i_size and remote_i_size 2026-09-12 07:49:22 +00:00
adfs adfs: fix memory leak in sb->s_fs_info 2026-08-31 09:36:20 +02:00
affs vfs-7.3-rc1.sync 2026-08-17 14:21:00 -07:00
afs vfs-7.3-rc3.fixes 2026-09-09 09:38:03 -07:00
autofs fs: autofs: fix memory leak in autofs_fill_super() 2026-09-04 09:48:00 +02:00
befs befs: handle set_blocksize failures 2026-05-21 13:39:35 +02:00
bfs vfs-7.3-rc1.sync 2026-08-17 14:21:00 -07:00
btrfs for-7.3-rc3-tag 2026-09-19 13:48:20 -07:00
cachefiles cachefiles: Fix potential UAF/KASAN warning 2026-08-31 09:54:38 +02:00
ceph kmalloc_obj conversions for v7.3-rc2 2026-09-05 20:45:18 -07:00
coda vfs-7.3-rc1.misc 2026-08-17 12:56:12 -07:00
configfs configfs: unhash the dentry before dropping the item in rmdir 2026-09-07 09:15:05 -07:00
cramfs fs: add dedicated block device open helpers for filesystems 2026-06-29 10:31:52 +02:00
crypto fscrypt updates for 7.3 2026-08-17 19:04:16 -07:00
debugfs debugfs: warn if file creation failed due to uninitialized debugfs 2026-07-18 16:07:22 +02:00
devpts Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
dlm dlm: init per node debugfs before add to node hash 2026-05-08 08:38:03 -05:00
ecryptfs eCryptfs updates for 7.3-rc1 2026-08-21 12:32:01 -07:00
efivarfs EFI updates for v7.3 2026-08-23 09:24:34 -07:00
erofs erofs: add missing buf->off in erofs_bread() 2026-09-11 12:16:20 +08:00
exfat This contains a set of nine exfat fixes covering shared writable mappings, 2026-08-22 08:57:28 -07:00
exportfs find_acceptable_alias(): skip NORCU aliases with zero refcount 2026-06-05 00:34:55 -04:00
ext2 \n 2026-08-20 12:52:35 -07:00
ext4 vfs-7.3-rc3.fixes 2026-09-09 09:38:03 -07:00
f2fs f2fs-for-7.3-rc1 2026-08-28 10:48:48 -07:00
fat mm.git review status for master..mm-nonmm-stable 2026-08-23 08:07:11 -07:00
fuse treewide: refresh kmalloc_obj() conversions 2026-09-04 21:37:00 -07:00
gfs2 gfs2 changes 2026-08-17 17:03:34 -07:00
hfs treewide: refresh kmalloc_obj() conversions 2026-09-04 21:37:00 -07:00
hfsplus hfs/hfsplus updates for v7.3 2026-08-17 18:14:32 -07:00
hostfs Remove excl arg to ->create inode_operation 2026-07-31 10:18:30 +02:00
hpfs vfs-7.3-rc1.misc 2026-08-17 12:56:12 -07:00
hugetlbfs mm.git review status for mm-hotfixes-stable..mm-stable 2026-08-20 18:17:08 -07:00
iomap for-7.3/block-20260819 2026-08-20 13:55:16 -07:00
isofs isofs: Drop support of directory entries straddling blocks 2026-07-29 11:18:57 +02:00
jbd2 ext4: enable scoped NOFS when starting a handle in nojournal mode 2026-07-22 23:47:06 -04:00
jffs2 vfs-7.3-rc1.misc 2026-08-17 12:56:12 -07:00
jfs vfs-7.3-rc1.misc 2026-08-17 12:56:12 -07:00
kernfs kernfs: preserve security xattrs without allocating iattrs 2026-09-01 17:11:19 +02:00
lockd NFS client updates for Linux 7.3 2026-08-26 15:09:21 -07:00
minix vfs-7.3-rc1.sync 2026-08-17 14:21:00 -07:00
netfs netfs: Fix read progress reporting 2026-08-31 09:54:38 +02:00
nfs mm.git review status for linus..mm-stable 2026-08-27 09:17:06 -07:00
nfs_common NFS/localio: fix ref leak on nfs_uuid_add_file failure 2026-08-10 09:54:35 -04:00
nfsd nfsd-7.3 fixes: 2026-09-14 10:41:30 -07:00
nilfs2 nilfs2 updates for v7.3 2026-08-17 18:34:43 -07:00
nls
notify fsnotify: Fix stale object mask after concurrent mark updates 2026-08-05 11:50:45 +02:00
ntfs - Make MFT extension work on existing Windows-created volumes by 2026-09-18 11:02:08 -07:00
ntfs3 Changes for 7.3-rc1 2026-08-20 12:27:02 -07:00
ocfs2 mm.git review status for master..mm-nonmm-stable 2026-08-23 08:07:11 -07:00
omfs vfs-7.3-rc1.misc 2026-08-17 12:56:12 -07:00
openpromfs
orangefs Fixes: 2026-08-20 12:36:26 -07:00
overlayfs vfs-7.3-rc3.fixes 2026-09-09 09:38:03 -07:00
proc mm.git review status for linus..mm-stable 2026-08-27 09:17:06 -07:00
pstore mm.git review status for linus..mm-stable 2026-04-15 12:59:16 -07:00
qnx4 qnx4: handle set_blocksize failures 2026-05-21 13:39:35 +02:00
qnx6 fs/qnx6: fix pointer arithmetic in directory iteration 2026-05-28 14:16:33 +02:00
quota quota: Don't issue audit messages on quota enforcing 2026-08-21 09:09:54 +02:00
ramfs mm.git review status for linus..mm-stable 2026-08-27 09:17:06 -07:00
resctrl fs/resctrl: Inform user space when status buffer overflowed 2026-07-26 21:40:26 -07:00
romfs vfs-7.3-rc1.super 2026-08-17 13:57:04 -07:00
smb smb client fixes for v7.3-rc4 2026-09-18 13:44:59 -07:00
squashfs squashfs: avoid thundering-herd cache wakeups 2026-08-19 19:55:06 -07:00
sysfs Driver core changes for 7.2-rc1 2026-06-15 12:41:17 +05:30
tests fs/tests: exec: Remove bad test vector 2026-03-18 11:41:53 -07:00
tracefs eventfs: Initialize ei->children and ei->list in init_ei() 2026-08-24 16:42:57 -04:00
ubifs This pull request contains updates for UBI and UBIFS: 2026-08-28 10:59:07 -07:00
udf \n 2026-08-20 12:52:35 -07:00
ufs ufs: do not treat unreadable directory blocks as empty 2026-08-25 14:44:18 +02:00
unicode unicode: Properly reject invalid encoding version strings 2026-07-31 16:33:14 -04:00
vboxsf Remove excl arg to ->create inode_operation 2026-07-31 10:18:30 +02:00
verity fsverity: Fix silent truncation in bpf_get_fsverity_digest() 2026-08-04 09:24:23 +02:00
xfs xfs: advance the findparent inode scan cursor while holding ILOCK 2026-09-11 08:45:11 +02:00
zonefs zonefs: convert iomap ops to ->iomap_next() 2026-07-31 12:28:50 +02:00
aio.c mm.git review status for mm-hotfixes-stable..mm-stable 2026-08-20 18:17:08 -07:00
anon_inodes.c libfs: drop redundant SB_I_NOEXEC/SB_I_NODEV in init_pseudo() callers 2026-06-04 10:10:49 +02:00
attr.c fs,fsverity: remove check for fsverity being enabled in setattr_prepare() 2026-07-28 21:25:03 -07:00
backing-file.c fs: fix user path of nested backing files 2026-08-12 11:36:40 +02:00
bad_inode.c Remove excl arg to ->create inode_operation 2026-07-31 10:18:30 +02:00
binfmt_elf_fdpic.c binfmt_elf_fdpic: consume a stashed PT_INTERP substitute 2026-08-03 10:08:46 +02:00
binfmt_elf.c mm.git review status for mm-hotfixes-stable..mm-stable 2026-08-20 18:17:08 -07:00
binfmt_flat.c
binfmt_misc_bpf.c binfmt_misc: let a 'B' entry bind its interpreters 2026-08-03 19:15:44 +02:00
binfmt_misc.c treewide: refresh kmalloc_obj() conversions 2026-09-04 21:37:00 -07:00
binfmt_script.c
bpf_fs_kfuncs.c vfs-7.3-rc1.kfunc 2026-08-17 11:02:10 -07:00
buffer.c for-7.3/block-20260819 2026-08-20 13:55:16 -07:00
char_dev.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
compat_binfmt_elf.c
coredump.c treewide: refresh kmalloc_obj() conversions 2026-09-04 21:37:00 -07:00
d_path.c fs: add failfs 2026-07-27 17:17:59 +02:00
dax.c fs/dax: check zero or empty entry before converting xarray entry 2026-09-05 11:47:49 -07:00
dcache.c dcache: keep shrink_dcache_for_umount() making progress on busy roots 2026-07-31 10:46:02 +02:00
direct-io.c direct-io: remove IOCB_NOWAIT support 2026-05-26 11:01:55 -06:00
drop_caches.c
eventfd.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
eventpoll.c vfs-7.3-rc1.misc 2026-08-17 12:56:12 -07:00
exec.c exec: Cleanup POSIX timers right after de_thread() 2026-09-16 18:44:03 +02:00
failfs.c fs: support FD_FAILFS_ROOT in fchdir() 2026-07-27 17:17:59 +02:00
fcntl.c vfs-7.2-rc1.misc 2026-06-15 03:59:45 +05:30
fhandle.c fhandle: reject detached mounts in capable_wrt_mount() 2026-07-01 15:26:32 +02:00
file_attr.c fs: Add case sensitivity flags to file_kattr 2026-05-11 16:50:27 +02:00
file_table.c dentry memory safety stuff 2026-06-15 04:15:31 +05:30
file.c fs: retire stale comment in fget_task_next() 2026-05-28 14:27:00 +02:00
filesystems.c fs: fix switch/case indentation in sysfs() syscall 2026-08-12 11:36:40 +02:00
fs_context.c vfs-7.1-rc1.misc 2026-04-13 14:20:11 -07:00
fs_dirent.c
fs_parser.c fs: remove fsparam_path / fs_param_is_path 2026-02-19 14:34:26 +01:00
fs_pin.c
fs_struct.c fs: stop rewriting paths for PF_EXITING | PF_DUMPCORE 2026-06-29 10:54:43 +02:00
fs-writeback.c for-7.3/block-20260819 2026-08-20 13:55:16 -07:00
fserror.c treewide: change inode->i_ino from unsigned long to u64 2026-03-06 14:31:28 +01:00
fsopen.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
init.c struct filename series 2026-02-09 16:58:28 -08:00
inode.c fs: remove stale inode_insert5() kernel-doc parameter 2026-08-12 11:36:40 +02:00
internal.h vfs-7.3-rc1.super 2026-08-17 13:57:04 -07:00
ioctl.c
Kconfig vfs-7.3-rc1.efs 2026-08-17 08:55:58 -07:00
Kconfig.binfmt binfmt_misc: add binfmt_misc_ops bpf struct_ops 2026-08-03 10:08:41 +02:00
kernel_read_file.c fs: use scoped_with_init_fs() for kernel_read_file_from_path_initns() 2026-06-29 10:44:09 +02:00
libfs.c fs: Provide way for filesystem to wait for metadata writeback 2026-07-27 16:25:32 +02:00
locks.c filelock: add an inode_lease_ignore_mask helper 2026-05-15 19:24:32 +02:00
Makefile vfs-7.3-rc1.failfs 2026-08-17 09:15:52 -07:00
mbcache.c vfs-7.1-rc1.misc 2026-04-13 14:20:11 -07:00
mnt_idmapping.c fs/statmount: fix slab out-of-bounds write in statmount_mnt_idmap 2026-05-11 14:19:01 +02:00
mount.h vfs-7.2-rc1.procfs 2026-06-15 04:07:58 +05:30
mpage.c mm.git review status for linus..mm-stable 2026-04-15 12:59:16 -07:00
namei.c vfs-7.3-rc1.misc 2026-08-17 12:56:12 -07:00
namespace.c treewide: refresh kmalloc_obj() conversions 2026-09-04 21:37:00 -07:00
nsfs.c vfs-7.2-rc1.misc 2026-06-15 03:59:45 +05:30
nullfs.c vfs-7.3-rc1.misc 2026-08-17 12:56:12 -07:00
open.c fs: support FD_FAILFS_ROOT in fchroot() 2026-07-27 17:18:00 +02:00
pidfs.c vfs-7.3-rc1.misc 2026-08-17 12:56:12 -07:00
pipe.c Summary 2026-08-20 08:46:41 -07:00
pnode.c
pnode.h
posix_acl.c vfs-7.3-rc1.misc 2026-08-17 12:56:12 -07:00
proc_namespace.c fs: add real_fs to track task's actual fs_struct 2026-06-29 10:43:45 +02:00
read_write.c fs/read_write: Do not export __kernel_write() to the entire world 2026-06-05 14:46:20 +02:00
readdir.c fs: Replace user_access_{begin/end} by scoped user access 2026-03-24 14:44:02 +01:00
remap_range.c
select.c vfs-7.2-rc1.misc 2026-06-15 03:59:45 +05:30
seq_file.c seq_file: rename mangle_path to seq_mangle_path 2026-07-31 10:09:14 +02:00
signalfd.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
splice.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
stack.c
stat.c fs: annotate inode timestamp accessors 2026-07-31 10:09:11 +02:00
statfs.c
super.c 14 hotfixes. 10 are cc:stable. 11 are for MM. 2026-09-14 08:59:09 -07:00
sync.c sync_file_range: delete dead S_ISLNK code 2026-05-21 13:39:36 +02:00
sysctls.c
timerfd.c fs/timerfd: Use the new alarm/hrtimer functions 2026-05-01 21:36:13 +02:00
utimes.c
xattr.c lsm/stable-7.2 PR 20260615 2026-06-17 12:34:16 +01:00