In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

cachefiles: fix dentry leak in cachefiles_open_file()

A dentry leak may be caused when a lookup cookie and a cull are concurrent:

            P1             |             P2
-----------------------------------------------------------
cachefiles_lookup_cookie
  cachefiles_look_up_object
    lookup_one_positive_unlocked
     // get dentry
                            cachefiles_cull
                              inode->i_flags |= S_KERNEL_FILE;
    cachefiles_open_file
      cachefiles_mark_inode_in_use
        __cachefiles_mark_inode_in_use
          can_use = false
          if (!(inode->i_flags & S_KERNEL_FILE))
            can_use = true
	  return false
        return false
        // Returns an error but doesn't put dentry

After that the following WARNING will be triggered when the backend folder
is umounted:

==================================================================
BUG: Dentry 000000008ad87947{i=7a,n=Dx_1_1.img}  still in use (1) [unmount of ext4 sda]
WARNING: CPU: 4 PID: 359261 at fs/dcache.c:1767 umount_check+0x5d/0x70
CPU: 4 PID: 359261 Comm: umount Not tainted 6.6.0-dirty #25
RIP: 0010:umount_check+0x5d/0x70
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 d_walk+0xda/0x2b0
 do_one_tree+0x20/0x40
 shrink_dcache_for_umount+0x2c/0x90
 generic_shutdown_super+0x20/0x160
 kill_block_super+0x1a/0x40
 ext4_kill_sb+0x22/0x40
 deactivate_locked_super+0x35/0x80
 cleanup_mnt+0x104/0x160
==================================================================

Whether cachefiles_open_file() returns true or false, the reference count
obtained by lookup_positive_unlocked() in cachefiles_look_up_object()
should be released.

Therefore release that reference count in cachefiles_look_up_object() to
fix the above issue and simplify the code.

kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7fa2382f97421978514a419c93054eca69f5247b [No types assigned]

kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c7d10fa7d7691558ff967668494672415f5fa151 [No types assigned]

kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d32ff64c872d7e08e893c32ba6a2374583444410 [No types assigned]

kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/da6ef2dffe6056aad3435e6cf7c6471c2a62187c [No types assigned]

kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e4a28489b310339b2b8187bec0a437709be551c1 [No types assigned]