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Fri, 06 Feb 2026 01:02:27 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2026 01:02:27 -0800 In-Reply-To: <6767d8ea.050a0220.226966.0021.GAE@google.com> X-Google-Appengine-App-Id: s~syzkaller X-Google-Appengine-App-Id-Alias: syzkaller Message-ID: <6985ae23.050a0220.3b3015.0036.GAE@google.com> Subject: Forwarded: Testing for v3: scsi: target: fix recursive locking in __configfs_open_file() From: syzbot To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" For archival purposes, forwarding an incoming command email to linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org. *** Subject: Testing for v3: scsi: target: fix recursive locking in __configfs_= open_file() Author: activprithvi@gmail.com #syz test upstream 3a8660878839faadb4f1a6dd72c3179c1df56787 Signed-off-by: Prithvi Tambewagh --- drivers/target/target_core_configfs.c | 16 +++++++--------- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_configfs.c b/drivers/target/target_= core_configfs.c index b19acd662726..6c3eed223faf 100644 --- a/drivers/target/target_core_configfs.c +++ b/drivers/target/target_core_configfs.c @@ -108,8 +108,8 @@ static ssize_t target_core_item_dbroot_store(struct con= fig_item *item, const char *page, size_t count) { ssize_t read_bytes; - struct file *fp; ssize_t r =3D -EINVAL; + struct path path =3D {}; =20 mutex_lock(&target_devices_lock); if (target_devices) { @@ -131,17 +131,15 @@ static ssize_t target_core_item_dbroot_store(struct c= onfig_item *item, db_root_stage[read_bytes - 1] =3D '\0'; =20 /* validate new db root before accepting it */ - fp =3D filp_open(db_root_stage, O_RDONLY, 0); - if (IS_ERR(fp)) { + r =3D kern_path(db_root_stage, LOOKUP_FOLLOW | LOOKUP_DIRECTORY, &path); + if (r) { pr_err("db_root: cannot open: %s\n", db_root_stage); + if (r =3D=3D -ENOTDIR) { + pr_err("db_root: not a directory: %s\n", db_root_stage); + } goto unlock; } - if (!S_ISDIR(file_inode(fp)->i_mode)) { - filp_close(fp, NULL); - pr_err("db_root: not a directory: %s\n", db_root_stage); - goto unlock; - } - filp_close(fp, NULL); + path_put(&path); =20 strscpy(db_root, db_root_stage); pr_debug("Target_Core_ConfigFS: db_root set to %s\n", db_root); base-commit: 3a8660878839faadb4f1a6dd72c3179c1df56787 --=20 2.34.1