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2026-08-03nfsd: set SC_STATUS_FREED in nfsd4_drop_revoked_stid for delegationsZhenghang Xiao
nfsd4_drop_revoked_stid() handles FREE_STATEID for admin-revoked delegations but does not set SC_STATUS_FREED before releasing cl_lock. revoke_delegation() uses this flag to detect whether FREE_STATEID has already processed the delegation -- without it, the freed delegation is added to cl_revoked via list_add(), producing a use-after-free when cl_revoked is later traversed in __destroy_client(). The SC_STATUS_REVOKED path in nfsd4_free_stateid() (line 7983) already sets SC_STATUS_FREED correctly. Apply the same pattern to the SC_STATUS_ADMIN_REVOKED path in nfsd4_drop_revoked_stid(). Fixes: 8dd91e8d31fe ("nfsd: fix race between laundromat and free_stateid") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Zhenghang Xiao <kipreyyy@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260526104554.46262-1-kipreyyy@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
2026-08-03nfsd: ensure nfsd_file_do_acquire() does not use a non-opened fileNeilBrown
->atomic_open is permitted to return success without actually opening the file. It indicates this by calling finish_no_open(). This means dentry_create() can return a file which hasn't been opened. This is extremely unlikely as ->atomic_open handlers typically use finish_no_open() only for already existing files, and dentry_create() isn't called in that case, and the parent being locked should prevent races. However out of an abundance of caution it seems wise to teach nfsd to only use the file returned by dentry_create() if FMODE_OPENED is set, indicating that it has in fact been opened. Fixes: 64a989dbd144 ("VFS/knfsd: Teach dentry_create() to use atomic_open()") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neil@brown.name> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260526053004.4014491-3-neilb@ownmail.net Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com> Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Benjamin Coddington <bcodding@hammerspace.com>
2026-08-03nfsd: fix possible fh_compose of wrong dentry in nfsd4_create_file()NeilBrown
dentry_create() can hypothetically provide a different dentry than the one passed in. This could happen, for example, if the exported filesystem is NFS, and the server returned to OPEN a filehandle which matched a directory that was already in the dcache. Clearly this would not be expected! If this were to happen the dentry (child) that was already stored in resfhp could be freed and later dereferenced. We shouldn't call fh_compose() until we are certain that we have the final dentry, so this patch moved the fh_compose() call to two places: one for the case where the target already exists, and one after dentry_create() where it was created. Fixes: 64a989dbd144 ("VFS/knfsd: Teach dentry_create() to use atomic_open()") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neil@brown.name> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260526053004.4014491-2-neilb@ownmail.net Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com> Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Benjamin Coddington <bcodding@hammerspace.com>
2026-08-03NFSD: restart ssc_expire_umount walk after dropping nfsd_ssc_lockMichael Bommarito
nfsd4_ssc_expire_umount() walks nn->nfsd_ssc_mount_list with list_for_each_entry_safe(ni, tmp, ...). For each expired entry it sets nsui_busy = true, drops nfsd_ssc_lock to run mntput() on the source vfsmount, then reacquires the lock to list_del + kfree the entry and continue iterating via the macro's saved tmp pointer. The nsui_busy flag protects the current ni from concurrent nfsd4_ssc_setup_dul() finders during the lock-drop window, but it does not pin tmp. Another nfsd RPC thread that fails its source- server mount and reaches nfsd4_ssc_cancel_dul() will, during that same window, take nfsd_ssc_lock, list_del + kfree its own ssc_umount item, and release the lock. If that item is the saved tmp of the expire walk, the next iteration dereferences a freed nfsd4_ssc_umount_item. Restart the walk from the head after the mntput() unlock window so no saved next pointer survives the lock-drop. The list is bounded by the number of active inter-server source mounts (typically small) and the expire delayed-work runs periodically rather than per-IO, so the restart is cheap. Fixes: f4e44b393389 ("NFSD: delay unmount source's export after inter-server copy completed.") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-7 Signed-off-by: Michael Bommarito <michael.bommarito@gmail.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260524130654.1924556-1-michael.bommarito@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
2026-08-03lockd: pin next file across nlm_inspect_file lock-dropMichael Bommarito
nlm_traverse_files() pins the current file with f_count++ across a mutex_unlock for nlm_inspect_file(), but nothing pins the saved next pointer. A concurrent nlm_release_file() can kfree the next file during the unlock window, and the iterator dereferences freed memory on the next loop step. Pin both current and next before the lock-drop. Advance by swapping the pinned cursors at the end of each iteration so next is always held alive across the unlock. Always call nlm_file_release() after dropping the iteration pin, regardless of whether the file matched the predicate. Use nlm_file_inuse(), which does a live walk of the inode lock list, rather than the cached f_locks field, so skipped files that never ran nlm_inspect_file() are evaluated correctly. Because every file in a hash bucket is now pinned and released, files skipped by the is_failover_file predicate that have no locks, blocks, shares, or external references are deleted during traversal. The old code never evaluated skipped files for cleanup. The new behavior is intentional: such files are stale and should not persist in the table. Fixes: 01df9c5e918a ("LOCKD: Fix a deadlock in nlm_traverse_files()") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-7 Signed-off-by: Michael Bommarito <michael.bommarito@gmail.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260524115527.1734251-1-michael.bommarito@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
2026-08-03nfsd: sample writeback error cursor before async COPY loopChuck Lever
_nfsd_copy_file_range() samples dst->f_wb_err into "since" after the copy loop, then uses it to detect writeback errors via filemap_check_wb_err() once vfs_fsync_range() returns. Because the nfsd_file cache reuses a single struct file across requests targeting the same inode, a concurrent COMMIT or stable WRITE on dst advances dst->f_wb_err to the current mapping->wb_err via file_check_and_advance_wb_err() during its own vfs_fsync_range(). If that advancement lands between the writeback error appearing in mapping->wb_err and the COPY worker sampling "since", the worker captures the already-advanced cursor, errseq_check() sees cur == since and returns zero, and NFSD4_COPY_F_COMMITTED is set even though writeback failed. CB_OFFLOAD then encodes wr_stable_how = FILE_SYNC4, the client treats the copied data as durable, and the failure becomes silent data loss. Sample since once at the start of the function. The cursor then reflects state in effect before this COPY issues any writes, and filemap_check_wb_err() detects any error that occurs during the copy regardless of which thread first observes it. This matches the pattern used by nfsd_vfs_write() and nfsd4_clone_file_range(). Closes: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260522194441.436065-1-cel@kernel.org?part=1 Fixes: 555dbf1a9aac ("nfsd: Replace use of rwsem with errseq_t") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260522214558.460859-1-cel@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
2026-08-03nfsd: Reset write verifier when async COPY writeback failsChuck Lever
Async COPY captures nn->writeverf at request time and reports it to the client via CB_OFFLOAD after the worker kthread completes. When the post-copy vfs_fsync_range() or filemap_check_wb_err() in _nfsd_copy_file_range() reports an error, the worker correctly leaves NFSD4_COPY_F_COMMITTED clear so that CB_OFFLOAD encodes wr_stable_how as NFS_UNSTABLE, but the server's write verifier is not rotated. A client that receives NFS_UNSTABLE in CB_OFFLOAD follows up with COMMIT to make the copied data durable. With the verifier unchanged, COMMIT returns the same value the client just received via CB_OFFLOAD, and the client concludes the copy is durable -- silently dropping the data whose writeback in fact failed. This violates the UNSTABLE+COMMIT durability contract (RFC 7862 section 15.1, RFC 8881 section 18.32) and matches the bug just fixed in nfsd_vfs_write() and nfsd_commit(). Rotate nn->writeverf at the writeback-failure site. The async COPY worker has no svc_rqst, so commit_reset_write_verifier() is not available here; calling nfsd_reset_write_verifier() directly mirrors the trace-less reset already used by nfsd_file_check_write_error() for the same purpose. Filter out -EAGAIN and -ESTALE, matching commit_reset_write_verifier(), since neither indicates a durable-storage failure. Fixes: eac0b17a77fb ("NFSD add vfs_fsync after async copy is done") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Assisted-by: kres:claude-opus-4-7 Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260522203723.446841-1-cel@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
2026-08-03xfs: check v5 superblock features earlyChristoph Hellwig
When working on a new features that reuses the existing pad in the superblock, I noticed that mounting such a file system on an old kernel logs a rather confusing warning: XFS (vdc): Metadir superblock padding fields must be zero. This is because we only validate the various feature fields in v5 superblocks after the common superblock validation helper is called. Fix this by calling the feature validation first. Fixes: eca383fcd63b ("xfs: refactor superblock verifiers") Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # v4.19 Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Reviewed-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Carlos Maiolino <cem@kernel.org>
2026-08-03xfs: add a comment to describe xfs_gc_bio.victim_rtgChristoph Hellwig
All other fields have comments describing them, add one for this field as well. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Reviewed-by: Damien Le Moal <dlemoal@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Carlos Maiolino <cem@kernel.org>
2026-08-03xfs: add a separate bio_set for spliting GC writesChristoph Hellwig
Allocating the new bio for a split from the same pool as the original one can deadlock under memory pressure as the origin bio could be the last one from the mempool. Add a separate pool for splitting GC write bios to avoid this. Fixes: 080d01c41d44 ("xfs: implement zoned garbage collection") Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Reviewed-by: Damien Le Moal <dlemoal@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Carlos Maiolino <cem@kernel.org>
2026-08-03xfs: don't swallow dquot recovery verification errorsLong Li
xlog_recover_dquot_commit_pass2() validates the recovered dquot with xfs_dqblk_verify() and, on failure, sets error = -EFSCORRUPTED and jumps to out_release. But out_release unconditionally returns 0, so the corruption error is discarded: the caller xlog_recover_items_pass2() sees success, log recovery proceeds as if the dquot were valid, and the corrupt quota buffer can be written back to disk. Fixes: 9c235dfc3d3f ("xfs: dquot recovery does not validate the recovered dquot") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v6.8 Signed-off-by: Long Li <leo.lilong@huawei.com> Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Reviewed-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Carlos Maiolino <cem@kernel.org>
2026-08-03xfs: fix ilock leak on error in xfs_dq_get_next_idLong Li
xfs_dq_get_next_id() takes the quota inode ILOCK before calling xfs_iread_extents(). If xfs_iread_extents() fails, the function returns immediately without releasing the lock, leaking the quota inode ILOCK. This can leave the quota inode locked and cause subsequent quota operations to hang. Fix this by jumping to a common unlock path on error instead of returning directly. Fixes: bda250dbaf39f ("xfs: rewrite xfs_dq_get_next_id using xfs_iext_lookup_extent") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v4.12 Signed-off-by: Long Li <leo.lilong@huawei.com> Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Reviewed-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Carlos Maiolino <cem@kernel.org>
2026-08-03xfs: don't ignore runtime errors in xrep_iunlink_reload_nextDarrick J. Wong
LOLLM complained that this function ignores runtime errors being returned by xrep_iunlink_store_*. Rework the function signature so that we can return runtime errors to abort the repair. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v6.10 Fixes: ab97f4b1c03075 ("xfs: repair AGI unlinked inode bucket lists") Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org> Assisted-by: LOLLM # finding obvious bugs Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Carlos Maiolino <cem@kernel.org>
2026-08-03xfs: set the prev pointer when reinserting an inode on the unlinked listDarrick J. Wong
If we find a rogue free inode and decide to reinsert it into the unlinked list, we need to set the prev pointer to NULLAGINO so that the incore list gets updated. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v6.10 Fixes: ab97f4b1c03075 ("xfs: repair AGI unlinked inode bucket lists") Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Carlos Maiolino <cem@kernel.org>
2026-08-03xfs: fix another iunlink infinite loop bug in online fsckDarrick J. Wong
xrep_iunlink_resolve_bucket is supposed to reconstruct as much of the incore prev and next unlinked list pointers based on what it finds on disk and in memory before we move on to relinking the truly lost inodes back into the unlinked list. However, it's still vulnerable to infinite loops that come in via the next_unlinked pointers. Fix this problem by remembering which inodes we've already seen and checking new agino pointers against that. If a bit is already set, either this is a loop or the inode has nonzero link count. We'll deal with the second case in a subsequent patch. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v6.10 Fixes: ab97f4b1c03075 ("xfs: repair AGI unlinked inode bucket lists") Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Carlos Maiolino <cem@kernel.org>
2026-08-03xfs: fix allocated inodes that show up in the unlinked listDarrick J. Wong
If an allocated inode shows up in the unlinked list, we need to get it completely off the list. Set the corrected next/prev pointers such that the inode will not look like it should be on an unlinked list at all. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v6.10 Fixes: ab97f4b1c03075 ("xfs: repair AGI unlinked inode bucket lists") Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Carlos Maiolino <cem@kernel.org>
2026-08-03xfs: check xfarray iteration errors when committing unlinked inode listsDarrick J. Wong
LOLLM noticed that we neglect to check for xfarray_iter itself returning errors when writing a new AGI. Fix that. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v6.10 Fixes: ab97f4b1c03075 ("xfs: repair AGI unlinked inode bucket lists") Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org> Assisted-by: LOLLM # finding obvious bugs Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Carlos Maiolino <cem@kernel.org>
2026-08-03xfs: pass runtime errors from xrep_iunlink_mark_ondisk_rec up to callersDarrick J. Wong
LOLLM points out that the only error that xrep_iunlink_mark_ondisk_rec returns is ENOMEM, but we ignore that, and can end up writing a garbage AGI based on incomplete information. We shouldn't do that, though here we must be screen out EFSCORRUPTED/EFSBASDCRC because we haven't checked the inobt yet. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v6.10 Fixes: ab97f4b1c03075 ("xfs: repair AGI unlinked inode bucket lists") Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org> Assisted-by: LOLLM # finding obvious bugs Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Carlos Maiolino <cem@kernel.org>
2026-08-03xfs: load next_agino from the correct xfarray in xrep_iunlink_relink_prevDarrick J. Wong
LOLLM notices that xrep_iunlink_relink_prev has the comment "set the forward pointer..." but then loads the value from the xfarray that stores pointers to the previous inode in the unlinked list. That's wrong, so fix the variable access. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v6.10 Fixes: ab97f4b1c03075 ("xfs: repair AGI unlinked inode bucket lists") Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org> Assisted-by: LOLLM # finding obvious bugs Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Carlos Maiolino <cem@kernel.org>
2026-08-03xfs: don't walk off the end of a null sc->sa.agi_bp in AGI repairDarrick J. Wong
LOLLM noticed a longstanding bug where xrep_iunlink_walk_ondisk_bucket tries to walk ragi->sc->sa.agi_bp to rebuild the unlinked inode lists. Unfortunately, it's possible for agi_bp to be null if the buffer verifier fails, so we have to use ragi->agi_bp (which skips verifier checks) instead. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v6.10 Fixes: ab97f4b1c03075 ("xfs: repair AGI unlinked inode bucket lists") Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org> Assisted-by: LOLLM # finding obvious bugs Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Carlos Maiolino <cem@kernel.org>
2026-08-03xfs: don't livelock in scrub on a circular unlinked listDarrick J. Wong
LOLLM points out that online fsck can livelock if an unlinked inode list contains a loop. Use a bitmap to detect cycles. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v4.15 Fixes: a12890aebb8959 ("xfs: scrub the AGI") Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org> Assisted-by: LOLLM # finding obvious bugs Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Carlos Maiolino <cem@kernel.org>
2026-08-03xfs: hoist per-bucket unlinked list check to helperDarrick J. Wong
In the next patch we're going to make this loop more exciting, so hoist the code to a helper function to reduce clutter in the resulting code. Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Carlos Maiolino <cem@kernel.org>
2026-08-03xfs: avoid UAF on sc->tempip in xrep_tempfile_createDarrick J. Wong
LOLLM noticed a potential UAF if the tempfile creation code fails after it set sc->tempip. Fix that. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v6.10 Fixes: 84c14ee39dd388 ("xfs: create temporary files and directories for online repair") Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org> Assisted-by: LOLLM # finding obvious bugs Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Carlos Maiolino <cem@kernel.org>
2026-08-03xfs: nlink scrub must take IOLOCK before determining ILOCK stateDarrick J. Wong
In xchk_nlinks_ilock_dir, take the IOLOCK before accessing internal inode state to figure out if we need to take ILOCK shared or exclusive. That way we can't race with directory updates. LOLLM pointed out that the code was initially correct w.r.t. the IOLOCK, but then I broke it. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v6.18 Fixes: f477af0cfa0487 ("xfs: fix locking in xchk_nlinks_collect_dir") Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org> Assisted-by: LOLLM # finding obvious bugs Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Carlos Maiolino <cem@kernel.org>
2026-08-03xfs: don't zap the attr fork on repair when there are queued pptr updatesDarrick J. Wong
LOLLM noticed that xrep_xattr_rebuild_tree doesn't check for queued parent pointer updates when it decides that it's going to zap the attr fork. This is obviously incorrect, so fix that. We hold the IOLOCK and the ILOCK of sc->ip at that point in time, so we can't race with any /new/ operations. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v6.10 Fixes: e5d7ce0364d8ee ("xfs: replay unlocked parent pointer updates that accrue during xattr repair") Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org> Assisted-by: LOLLM # finding obvious bugs Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Carlos Maiolino <cem@kernel.org>
2026-08-03xfs: don't return EFSCORRUPTED when scrubbing corrupt parent pointersDarrick J. Wong
LOLLM noticed that scrub sets the CORRUPT flag when xfs_parent_from_attr thinks it's been given a corrupt parent pointer. This eliminates the potential to repair the filesystem because that error code is bubbled up the call stack. Fix this by collapsing them all to ECANCELED in xchk_parent_pptr, which doesn't have that trait. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v6.10 Fixes: 0d29a20fbdba89 ("xfs: scrub parent pointers") Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org> Assisted-by: LOLLM # finding obvious bugs Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Carlos Maiolino <cem@kernel.org>
2026-08-03xfs: don't double-lock when deleting a self-referential directoryDarrick J. Wong
LOLLM notices that the dirtree scrubber can detect a directory that refers to itself. In this case, it's not correct for the directory tree repair code to try to iolock/ilock both sc->ip and dp, because they're the same inode. Fix this by detecting that corner case and handling it appropriately. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v6.10 Fixes: 3f31406aef493b ("xfs: fix corruptions in the directory tree") Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org> Assisted-by: LOLLM # finding obvious bugs Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Carlos Maiolino <cem@kernel.org>
2026-08-03xfs: only check mergeability of bnobt recordsDarrick J. Wong
In the cntbt (free space by block count) btree, records are not supposed to be in startblock order. Hence the mergeability check is pointless. Remove it, since it does nothing, as LOLLM points out. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v6.4 Fixes: d5784ae82778d9 ("xfs: flag free space btree records that could be merged") Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org> Assisted-by: LOLLM # finding obvious bugs Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Carlos Maiolino <cem@kernel.org>
2026-08-03xfs: fix inverted clearance of inode junk flagsAndrey Albershteyn
sashiko.dev noticed that these checks clear all the valid flags instead of invalid. This probably was never hit as it only executed on invalid flag presence. Fixes: 2d295fe65776 ("xfs: repair inode records") Signed-off-by: Andrey Albershteyn <aalbersh@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Carlos Maiolino <cem@kernel.org>
2026-08-03xfs: fix exchange-range reflink flag clearing issue with INO1_WRITTENLin Jiapeng
When exchanging two full-file ranges, xmi_can_exchange_reflink_flags() can move the reflink inode flag from the file that currently has it to the other file, as long as exactly one side is marked. This assumes that the file contents, and therefore all shared extents, are exchanged. That assumption is not true when XFS_EXCHMAPS_INO1_WRITTEN is set. xfs_exchmaps_can_skip_mapping() can skip hole and unwritten mappings from file1, so an exchange can complete without moving every mapping that the earlier flag-swap decision accounted for. In that case the post-operation cleanup can clear the reflink flag from an inode that still owns shared written extents. Later writes then take the non-reflink write path and may update blocks that should still have been protected by CoW, which shows up as data corruption between reflink-related files. Fix this by disabling the reflink flag exchange whenever XFS_EXCHMAPS_INO1_WRITTEN is requested. The contents exchange can still proceed; the conservative outcome is that both inodes keep the reflink flag. The regular reflink flag cleanup path can drop the extra flag later once the inode no longer has shared extents. Reported-by: Lin Jiapeng (TencentOS Red Team) <jiapenglin@tencent.com> Fixes: 966ceafc7a43 ("xfs: create deferred log items for file mapping exchanges") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v6.10 Reviewed-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Lin Jiapeng <jiapenglin@tencent.com> Signed-off-by: Carlos Maiolino <cem@kernel.org>
2026-08-03binfmt_misc: let a register string create an entry disabledChristian Brauner
An entry is matchable as soon as it is registered. create_entry() sets the enabled bit for every type and add_entry() links it straight into the instance, so everything an entry needs has to fit in the write that creates it. Add a 'D' flag. The entry is created disabled and has to be enabled by writing '1' to its entry file before it can match anything. That splits a registration into create and activate, which a later patch uses to configure an entry beyond what one register string can carry. It is useful on its own too. Entries can be staged without dispatching the moment they are written. A staged entry stays out of the search list entirely. add_entry() only hashes an entry that is born matchable, and the first '1' written to the entry file hashes a staged one, which takes its place in the search order at that point. The rcu insertion publishes the fully configured entry, so the exec side keeps the plain enabled test it always had. Removal cannot rely on the search list anymore. Whether an entry was already removed is now decided by its dentry, '-1' to the status file walks the directory instead of the list so staged entries do not survive it, and a '1' through a file handle held across a removal publishes nothing. 'D' is consumed at registration and not recorded. What matters afterwards is whether the entry is enabled, and the entry file already reports that. A 'B' entry's flags field had to be empty so far because every flag it could name shaped the invocation, which a bpf handler picks per exec with bpf_binprm_set_flags(). 'D' shapes the registration instead. So the rule becomes what it always meant: a 'B' entry carries no invocation flags, and 'D' composes. Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260730-work-binfmt_misc-preopen-v1-1-4a0b0da71f16@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
2026-08-03binfmt_misc: let a bpf handler request loader substitutionChristian Brauner
Give bpf handlers the per-exec equivalent of the static 'L' flag. A load program that sets BPF_BINPRM_LOADER has its selected interpreter substituted for the binary's PT_INTERP instead of run with the binary as payload. The binary otherwise executes as a fully native exec. A single handler can now grade its dispatch per binary: native-arch ELF with PT_INTERP gets loader substitution for full native identity. Anything else, such as foreign arch, static, non-ELF can use transparent or classic dispatch. The load program can read the binary's ELF header from bprm->buf to make that call. Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260721-work-bpf-binfmt_misc-ptinterp-v2-19-e57866e4ae0f@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
2026-08-03binfmt_misc: add the 'L' loader substitution flagChristian Brauner
Add the first activation of the PT_INTERP substitution machinery. A static entry registered with the new 'L' flag no longer runs the registered interpreter with the binary as payload. It stashes the interpreter as bprm->loader and declines the match with -ENOEXEC. The format search continues in the same round. binfmt_elf claims the binary as a fully native exec and substitutes the stashed file for the binary's PT_INTERP. 'L' rejects every classic-dispatch flag at registration. 'T', 'P' and 'O' have nothing to act on (no argv splice, no execfd) and 'C' is subsumed (credentials derive from the binary natively). 'F' composes and is valuable: with it the substitute is pre-opened at registration time and immune to mount namespace changes. Without it the substitute is opened at exec time in the exec'ing task's context, so 'L' joins 'C' in the requirement that the interpreter be named by an absolute path. As with 'C', only trusted interpreters should be registered. The substituted loader runs with credentials derived from the binary. Like the other flag characters 'L' cannot be used as the field delimiter. The flag scan would run off the registration buffer. The interpreter open is shared with the classic path via the entry_open_interpreter() helper. An open error fails the exec. Map -ENOEXEC to -EACCES to avoid letting the binary run with its own PT_INTERP. Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260721-work-bpf-binfmt_misc-ptinterp-v2-18-e57866e4ae0f@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
2026-08-03binfmt_elf_fdpic: consume a stashed PT_INTERP substituteChristian Brauner
Do what binfmt_elf does. When a binfmt_misc loader entry stashed bprm->loader use it in place of the path named in PT_INTERP, and drop the override when the binary names no interpreter at all. Without this 'L' is unusable on nommu, where fdpic is the only ELF loader. On ARM with an MMU both loaders are registered but split the ELF space between them along elf_check_fdpic(), so an fdpic binary is never picked up by binfmt_elf either. Declining is what fdpic did so far, but it declined late. The pending override was only caught in begin_new_exec(), by which point the segment scan had opened the interpreter the binary itself names and overwritten bprm->buf with its header, leaving the next format in the round to inspect a buffer that no longer describes the file it is offered. The scan consumes the override now, so of the in-tree formats only binfmt_flat still relies on the refusal, and it reads bprm->buf without writing it. Transparent dispatch needs nothing on top of the AT_FLAGS translation both loaders already share. The binary travels in AT_EXECFD, which create_elf_fdpic_tables() emits, and the exe and comm labelling is done in exec.c for every format. Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260721-work-bpf-binfmt_misc-ptinterp-v2-17-e57866e4ae0f@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
2026-08-03binfmt_elf: consume a stashed PT_INTERP substituteChristian Brauner
When a binfmt_misc loader entry stashed bprm->loader use it instead of opening the path named in PT_INTERP. The substitution deliberately changes as little as possible. Ownership transfers into the local interpreter reference which the existing success and error paths already release. A binary without PT_INTERP has nothing to substitute for. Drop the override at the end of the segment scan and load the binary natively. Nothing sets bprm->loader yet. Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260721-work-bpf-binfmt_misc-ptinterp-v2-16-e57866e4ae0f@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
2026-08-03exec: carry a PT_INTERP substitute in struct linux_binprmChristian Brauner
binfmt_misc currently supports an execution model where the registered interpreter becomes the executed program and the matched binary is handed to it as payload. The upcoming binfmt_misc loader mode inverts this. The matched binary remains the executed program and the registered interpreter is substituted into the role the binary's PT_INTERP would have played. Add the channel for that hand-over. bprm->loader carries an open_exec-style struct file reference from the binfmt_misc match to the binary format that consumes it. Unlike bprm->interpreter it does not request a restart of the format search. The stashing handler declines the exec with -ENOEXEC and the search continues to the real format in the same round. Both ELF loaders consume it, so give them the two helpers to do it with rather than a copy each. bprm_open_interpreter() hands out the substitute in place of what PT_INTERP names and bprm_drop_loader() releases one that turned out not to apply. Establish the complete lifecycle up front so a stashed loader can neither leak nor be silently ignored. - Chain restart: if another format wins the round by staging bprm->interpreter (binfmt_script) the stashed loader belonged to the file being replaced. Drop it at the top of the swap block in exec_binprm(). - Unclaimed or error: free_bprm() releases a still-stashed loader next to the other bprm file references. - Silent non-substitution: a final format that reaches begin_new_exec() with a pending loader would run the binary while ignoring the override. Refuse with -ENOEXEC before the point of no return. Formats that do not know about the override (binfmt_flat, out-of-tree) need no changes. Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260721-work-bpf-binfmt_misc-ptinterp-v2-15-e57866e4ae0f@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
2026-08-03binfmt_misc: let a bpf handler run the interpreter transparentlyChristian Brauner
Expose transparent mode 'T' to the bpf handler via a new BPF_BINPRM_TRANSPARENT flag. A bpf handler can decide per binary whether the dispatch is transparent. This way users may choose a native-looking loader for one binary and a visible wrapper invocation for the next. Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260721-work-bpf-binfmt_misc-ptinterp-v2-12-e57866e4ae0f@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
2026-08-03binfmt_misc: add a static transparent flag 'T'Christian Brauner
Let a registration opt into transparent dispatch. The 'T' flag lets a matched binary keep its argument vector and is sent to the interpreter through AT_EXECFD. The process's identity is the binary's. 'T' implies 'O' exactly like 'C' does. 'P' is rejected in combination with it. Transparency preserves the whole argument vector so there is nothing left for 'P' to say. 'C' remains an independent choice and 'F' keeps working. A pre-opened interpreter is orthogonal to how the binary is handed over. Like the other flag characters 'T' cannot be used as the field delimiter. The flag scan would run off the registration buffer. Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260721-work-bpf-binfmt_misc-ptinterp-v2-11-e57866e4ae0f@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
2026-08-03binfmt_misc: add transparent interpreter dispatchChristian Brauner
A binfmt_misc interpreter is visible to the binary it runs. argv[0] becomes the interpreter path and the binary's path is appended as an argument and /proc/pid/cmdline shows both. For wine or qemu-user that is the point. For a per-binary loader the interpreter is an implementation detail of running the binary that has no business in the argument vector. And a binary handed to execveat() as an O_CLOEXEC fd without a usable path cannot be run through binfmt_misc at all. The interpreter would have no path to open the binary by. Add the dispatch machinery for a transparent mode. The binary is handed to the interpreter through AT_EXECFD. The argument vector is left exactly as the caller set it. argv[0] and /proc/pid/cmdline look like a direct execution of the binary. bprm->interp still names the interpreter: it drives the next format lookup and the sched_prepare_exec tracepoint, not what the process sees. The interpreter loads the binary from AT_EXECFD for this. A relocatable loader can and glibc's ld.so is gaining AT_EXECFD support [1]. A staged interpreter argument is rejected: no argv slot is built for it to land in. The transparent branch raises BINPRM_FLAGS_TRANSPARENT_INTERP. A dispatch through it labels mm->exe_file with the binary and raises AT_FLAGS_TRANSPARENT_INTERP next to AT_EXECFD. The aux vector bit is the loader's hint to retarget saved_auxv and the statistics markers to the binary, which is only correct while the exe link names the binary too. The inaccessible-path bail moves after handler selection and into the path-building branch. A transparent interpreter takes the binary from AT_EXECFD instead of a path, so the restriction does not apply to it and the O_CLOEXEC execveat() case above can work. Nothing can take the transparent branch yet. Link: https://inbox.sourceware.org/libc-alpha/20260717-work-glibc-binfmt_misc-v3-0-45129bfb13fe@kernel.org [1] Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260721-work-bpf-binfmt_misc-ptinterp-v2-10-e57866e4ae0f@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
2026-08-03exec: label mm->exe_file with the binary for a transparent dispatchChristian Brauner
When binfmt_misc dispatches a binary to an interpreter, the interpreter becomes bprm->file and begin_new_exec() labels mm->exe_file with it. For wine or qemu-user that is the point. For the transparent mode it defeats the point. The interpreter is an implementation detail and the process's identity is the binary. Relocatable programs that locate themselves via /proc/self/exe find the dynamic linker instead [1]. Userspace cannot get this right on its own. PR_SET_MM_MAP's exe_fd is gated on checkpoint_restore_ns_capable() in the caller's own user namespace - that is how CRIU restores an exe link - so the ability to retarget mm->exe_file is not what this adds. What userspace cannot do is have the link be right from the first instruction. Credentials are unaffected either way: they still derive from the interpreter unless 'C' says otherwise. bprm->executable is the file execve() access-checked and kept open for AT_EXECFD. It is already the file would_dump() bases the dumpability decision on and the file bprm->execfd_creds derives credentials from. Label mm->exe_file with it when the dispatch is transparent and the identity is correct from the start. The label names precisely the file the caller passed to execve(). Write-denial moves along with the label. Rather than tracking per mode who still owes a release, the denial do_open_execat() took stays on bprm->executable until the file is handed over. begin_new_exec() drops it right before installing the descriptor - set_mm_exe_file() has taken its own denial on the identity file by then - and free_bprm() releases an unconsumed executable with do_close_execat() like the other exec files. For a transparent dispatch the result is exact parity with a direct execution: a concurrently written binary fails execve() with -ETXTBSY at open and a running one cannot be opened for writing. The interpreter consequently is not exe-pinned and matches the role it has in a native PT_INTERP exec. A classic execfd dispatch now keeps the binary write-denied until the exec completes rather than only until the interpreter swap; the difference is confined to the exec itself. Nothing sets BINPRM_FLAGS_TRANSPARENT_INTERP yet; the transparent dispatch machinery in binfmt_misc follows and raises it from birth, so the label and the aux vector bit that announces it appear together. Link: https://inbox.sourceware.org/libc-alpha/87ik6fymha.fsf@oldenburg.str.redhat.com [1] Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260721-work-bpf-binfmt_misc-ptinterp-v2-9-e57866e4ae0f@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
2026-08-03exec: add AT_FLAGS_TRANSPARENT_INTERPChristian Brauner
A transparent binfmt_misc dispatch hands the binary to the interpreter through AT_EXECFD and leaves the argument vector exactly as the caller built it. The loader on the receiving end has to know which contract it got. On the classic 'O'/'C' entries the binary's path is spliced into the argument vector and the loader consumes arguments. In transparent mode nothing was spliced and argv belongs entirely to the program. This cannot be inferred from AT_EXECFD alone. Raise a new AT_FLAGS bit following the AT_FLAGS_PRESERVE_ARGV0 precedent added for qemu-user in commit 2347961b11d4 ("binfmt_misc: pass binfmt_misc flags to the interpreter"). The bit also announces that mm->exe_file names the binary rather than the interpreter (added in the next commit). A loader that sees the bit may finish the identity polish by fixing up AT_PHDR/AT_ENTRY/AT_BASE in saved_auxv and fix the code/data markers via one uncapped PR_SET_MM_MAP once it has mapped the binary. I've got glibc patches for this as well but it's useful for any loader. BINPRM_FLAGS_TRANSPARENT_INTERP carries the mode from binfmt_misc to the ELF loaders. Both had their own copy of the AT_FLAGS translation, so give them one bprm_at_flags() to share instead of a second copy that can drift. Nothing sets the bprm flag yet. Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260721-work-bpf-binfmt_misc-ptinterp-v2-8-e57866e4ae0f@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
2026-08-03exec: release the replaced file with do_close_execat()Christian Brauner
When the format search stages an interpreter exec_binprm() swaps it in and releases the file it replaces. Dropping the write denial the open took is done manually ahead of both release paths. The one path that keeps the file silently relies on it not being called. Let's just use do_close_execat() on the two paths that release the file and drop the denial explicitly on the one that does not. No functional change. Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260721-work-bpf-binfmt_misc-ptinterp-v2-6-e57866e4ae0f@kernel.org Reviewed-by: Farid Zakaria <farid.m.zakaria@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
2026-08-03binfmt_misc: split out entry_open_interpreter() and build_interp_argv()Christian Brauner
Opening the interpreter is a property of the matched entry: an 'F' entry hands out a clone of the file it pre-opened at registration time, any other entry opens the selected path. Give that its own helper instead of an if/else in the middle of load_misc_binary(), and let it fail early rather than carrying an ERR_PTR through the successful branch. Building the interpreter's argument vector is the bulk of what remains and the one part of load_misc_binary() that is specific to the classic dispatch. Move it into its own helper too, so the dispatch reads as what it is: pick a handler, pick an interpreter, build the invocation, open it. No functional change. Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260721-work-bpf-binfmt_misc-ptinterp-v2-5-e57866e4ae0f@kernel.org Reviewed-by: Farid Zakaria <farid.m.zakaria@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
2026-08-03binfmt_misc: normalize the per-exec invocation flagsChristian Brauner
A static entry fixes its invocation flags at registration. A 'B' entry's load program picks them per exec. Since load_misc_binary() branches on which kind of entry matched and then applies the two flag sets side by side every flag is handled twice and each new one has to be added to both arms. Translate the 'B' flags into the entry flags they mirror and let the dispatch act on a single set of flags. The boolean the two arms communicated 'P' can be removed. No functional change. Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260721-work-bpf-binfmt_misc-ptinterp-v2-4-e57866e4ae0f@kernel.org Reviewed-by: Farid Zakaria <farid.m.zakaria@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
2026-08-03binfmt_misc: table-drive the register string flagsChristian Brauner
Every flag character of the register string is spelled out three times: in the parser, in the entry's /proc output and in the delimiter blacklist that keeps a flag character from sending the flag scan off the end of the buffer. The three lists have to agree, and each new flag has to be added to all of them. Describe a flag once - character, entry flag, implied flags and a description for the registration debug output - and drive all three from the table. While at it, express the "a 'B' entry carries no flags" check as what it is, an empty flags field, rather than as a fourth list of every flag character. Equivalent: the check runs right after check_special_flags(), which advances past exactly the flag characters it consumed and sets exactly their flags. No functional change. Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260721-work-bpf-binfmt_misc-ptinterp-v2-3-e57866e4ae0f@kernel.org Reviewed-by: Farid Zakaria <farid.m.zakaria@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
2026-08-03binfmt_misc: require an absolute interpreter path with 'C'Christian Brauner
A 'C' entry computes the credentials from the matched binary instead of from the interpreter. So a set*id binary hands its credentials to whatever the entry names as its interpreter. Without 'F' that interpreter is not opened until the exec happens and open_exec() resolves the path relative to the current working directory. The working directory at that point belongs to whoever runs the binary not to whoever registered the entry. So :x:M::\x7fELF::interp:C lets every user who execs a matching set*id binary from a directory they control run their own interp with that binary's credentials. A relative interpreter has no sensible use here to begin with. The registering task cannot know what the working directory will be. Make the register string reject the combination at registration time. This does refuse register strings that used to be accepted. The 'F' flag covers the case where the interpreter really is meant to be resolved in the registrant's context, and it resolves it once, at registration. Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260721-work-bpf-binfmt_misc-ptinterp-v2-1-e57866e4ae0f@kernel.org Reviewed-by: Farid Zakaria <farid.m.zakaria@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
2026-08-03binfmt_misc: let a bpf handler choose the invocation flags per execChristian Brauner
The 'P', 'C' and 'O' flags of a binfmt_misc entry - preserve argv[0], compute credentials from the binary, and pass the binary as an open file descriptor - are fixed at registration and apply to every binary the entry matches. A bpf handler matches, selects the interpreter and reads the binary per exec, so the flags should be its per-exec decision too: one handler may match both setuid and non-setuid binaries, argv[0]-sensitive ones and not. Honor the flags the load program stages in bprm->bpf_flags through the bpf_binprm_set_flags() kfunc: BPF_BINPRM_PRESERVE_ARGV0, BPF_BINPRM_CREDENTIALS and BPF_BINPRM_EXECFD map to 'P', 'C' and 'O' and keep the semantics of their static counterparts, credentials implying the open file descriptor included. Flags staged by a load program that then fails are dropped on the way out so they cannot leak into a later handler's exec, and the argv[0] decision acts on the entry's own choice instead of testing the accumulated bprm->interp_flags bit, which an earlier chain level may have left set and binfmt_misc never clears. Since a 'B' entry's flags come from the program, it carries none in the register string: 'P', 'C' and 'O' are rejected there alongside 'F', which was already meaningless for it. load_misc_binary() takes the flags from the entry for a static handler and from bprm->bpf_flags for a bpf one. Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260714-work-bpf-binfmt_misc-v2-7-57b7529c002c@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
2026-08-03binfmt_misc: let bpf handlers pass an argument to the interpreterChristian Brauner
A bpf binfmt_misc handler selects an interpreter but, unlike binfmt_script, load_misc_binary() builds the argument vector as just [interpreter, binary, ...] with no slot for an argument to the interpreter. A handler that wants to reproduce a #! line therefore cannot express its single optional argument, e.g. a handler that resolves $ORIGIN in a script's #! path loses the argument that followed the interpreter. Have load_misc_binary() consume the argument staged through the bpf_binprm_set_interp_arg() kfunc and insert it between the interpreter and the binary - the same position and single-argument semantics binfmt_script gives the argument of a #! line. The argument is cleared once spliced into the argument vector, and a load program that fails after staging one has it dropped on the way out: whether the exec fails or -ENOEXEC hands the binary back to the remaining formats, a stale argument cannot leak into a nested interpreter's argv. This also lets static-style handlers pass a fixed interpreter argument, which plain binfmt_misc has never been able to express. Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260714-work-bpf-binfmt_misc-v2-6-57b7529c002c@kernel.org Reviewed-by: Farid Zakaria <farid.m.zakaria@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
2026-08-03bpf: allow fs kfuncs for binfmt_misc_ops programsChristian Brauner
The fs kfuncs are currently exclusive to LSM programs. A binfmt_misc handler needs a subset of them to do anything interesting: computing an interpreter relative to the binary's location wants bpf_path_d_path() on bprm->file->f_path from the load program, and matching on per-binary metadata wants bpf_get_file_xattr() and friends right from the match program. Register the fs kfunc set for struct_ops programs as well and extend the filter to admit binfmt_misc_ops programs. The xattr setters stay exclusive to LSM programs: a binary type handler decides how to run a binary, it has no business modifying filesystem state. This only takes effect in builds that have the fs kfunc set at all, i.e. CONFIG_BPF_LSM. Without it a binfmt_misc handler is limited to bprm fields and the file-backed dynptr, which are provided by the common kfunc set. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260704211409.1978485-1-farid.m.zakaria@gmail.com Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260714-work-bpf-binfmt_misc-v2-5-57b7529c002c@kernel.org Reviewed-by: Farid Zakaria <farid.m.zakaria@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
2026-08-03binfmt_misc: wire up bpf-backed 'B' entriesChristian Brauner
Activate a registered binfmt_misc_ops handler through the existing text interface with the new 'B' entry type: echo ':name:B::::<handler-name>:' > <binfmt_misc>/register The offset, magic, and mask fields must be empty since the program does the matching; the interpreter field carries the handler name since the program supplies the interpreter. Reusing the register file keeps the existing permission model intact: activating a handler requires the same write access to a binfmt_misc instance as any other registration, and the per user namespace instance semantics apply unchanged. A 'B' entry in a container's own instance shadows the host's handlers just like any other entry, and the privilege needed to shadow e.g. all ELF binaries is the same as for a static 'M' entry matching \x7fELF today; the only novelty is that matching becomes programmable. The entry takes its own reference on the ops for its whole lifetime. It is dropped from the SRCU callback that frees the entry rather than synchronously on the final put: a walker may be asleep inside the handler's match program while the entry's last reference goes away, so the ops must stay callable until every walker has left the read section - the same deferral the entry's own memory already gets. The registration failure path, where the users refcount is not live yet, drops it explicitly. The match program runs from the lookup walk like magic and extension matching and under the same rules: strict registration order, first match wins. The walk became an SRCU read-side section in the previous patch, so the program can sleep: it decides on the actual file content - program headers beyond the prefetched bprm->buf, say - not just on whatever happens to be resident in the page cache. A match commits the exec to the handler. The sleepable load program then selects the interpreter from load_misc_binary() by calling bpf_binprm_set_interp() and returning zero; a failure fails the exec instead of falling through to later entries. The walk is never left and re-entered, so 'B' entries need no special semantics against concurrent registration and removal whatsoever. -ENOEXEC keeps its usual meaning and moves on to the remaining binary formats - a handler whose load program discovers that it cannot serve the binary after all hands it back to them - and so does returning zero without having selected an interpreter; other program-supplied errors are clamped to the errno range. The 'F' flag is rejected for 'B' entries: it exists to pre-open a fixed interpreter at registration time in the registrar's context, and a 'B' entry has no fixed interpreter to pre-open. 'C' is accepted and behaves exactly as it does for a static entry. It honors the suid bits of the matched binary while executing the interpreter, which makes 'B' handlers usable for the setuid case, e.g. a per-binary loader. This does not let the program's registrant widen access: bprm_fill_uid() gates the credential transition on vfsuid_has_mapping() in the caller's user namespace, so the interpreter can only ever run as a uid that is mapped there, identical to a static 'C' entry. The computed path is opened with open_exec() under the caller's credentials with the usual LSM and noexec checks, and the programs run before the transition with the caller's credentials, never elevated. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260704211409.1978485-1-farid.m.zakaria@gmail.com Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260714-work-bpf-binfmt_misc-v2-4-57b7529c002c@kernel.org Reviewed-by: Farid Zakaria <farid.m.zakaria@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>