cifs_try_adding_channels() takes a temporary reference to an interface
before dropping iface_lock. If cifs_ses_add_channel() fails, it drops
that reference and then increments iface->weight_fulfilled.

A concurrent interface list refresh can remove the list reference while
channel creation is in progress. In that case, the failure-path
kref_put() releases the last reference and frees iface. Updating
weight_fulfilled afterward then accesses freed memory.

Increment weight_fulfilled before dropping the temporary reference,
keeping iface alive for the final access.

Fixes: 6aac002bcfd5 ("cifs: failure to add channel on iface should bump up weight")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Shuangpeng Bai <shuangpeng.kernel@gmail.com>
---
 fs/smb/client/sess.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/smb/client/sess.c b/fs/smb/client/sess.c
index de2012cc9cf3..7cf7dd104f7c 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/sess.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/sess.c
@@ -233,9 +233,9 @@ int cifs_try_adding_channels(struct cifs_ses *ses)
 				cifs_dbg(VFS, "failed to open extra channel on iface:%pIS rc=%d\n",
 					 &iface->sockaddr,
 					 rc);
-				kref_put(&iface->refcount, release_iface);
 				/* failure to add chan should increase weight */
 				iface->weight_fulfilled++;
+				kref_put(&iface->refcount, release_iface);
 				continue;
 			}
 
-- 
2.43.0

merged into cifs-2.6.git for-next

On Sat, Aug 1, 2026 at 7:48 PM Shuangpeng Bai
<shuangpeng.kernel@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> cifs_try_adding_channels() takes a temporary reference to an interface
> before dropping iface_lock. If cifs_ses_add_channel() fails, it drops
> that reference and then increments iface->weight_fulfilled.
>
> A concurrent interface list refresh can remove the list reference while
> channel creation is in progress. In that case, the failure-path
> kref_put() releases the last reference and frees iface. Updating
> weight_fulfilled afterward then accesses freed memory.
>
> Increment weight_fulfilled before dropping the temporary reference,
> keeping iface alive for the final access.
>
> Fixes: 6aac002bcfd5 ("cifs: failure to add channel on iface should bump up weight")
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Shuangpeng Bai <shuangpeng.kernel@gmail.com>
> ---
>  fs/smb/client/sess.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/smb/client/sess.c b/fs/smb/client/sess.c
> index de2012cc9cf3..7cf7dd104f7c 100644
> --- a/fs/smb/client/sess.c
> +++ b/fs/smb/client/sess.c
> @@ -233,9 +233,9 @@ int cifs_try_adding_channels(struct cifs_ses *ses)
>                                 cifs_dbg(VFS, "failed to open extra channel on iface:%pIS rc=%d\n",
>                                          &iface->sockaddr,
>                                          rc);
> -                               kref_put(&iface->refcount, release_iface);
>                                 /* failure to add chan should increase weight */
>                                 iface->weight_fulfilled++;
> +                               kref_put(&iface->refcount, release_iface);
>                                 continue;
>                         }
>
> --
> 2.43.0
>
>


-- 
Thanks,

Steve