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netfs: Delete subtree of 'fs/netfs' when netfs module exits

Published Oct 21, 2024

Description

In netfs_init() or fscache_proc_init(), we create dentry under 'fs/netfs', but in netfs_exit(), we only delete the proc entry of 'fs/netfs' without deleting its subtree. This triggers the following WARNING:

================================================================== remove_proc_entry: removing non-empty directory 'fs/netfs', leaking at least 'requests' WARNING: CPU: 4 PID: 566 at fs/proc/generic.c:717 remove_proc_entry+0x160/0x1c0 Modules linked in: netfs(-) CPU: 4 UID: 0 PID: 566 Comm: rmmod Not tainted 6.11.0-rc3 #860 RIP: 0010:remove_proc_entry+0x160/0x1c0 Call Trace: <TASK> netfs_exit+0x12/0x620 [netfs] __do_sys_delete_module.isra.0+0x14c/0x2e0 do_syscall_64+0x4b/0x110 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e ==================================================================

Therefore use remove_proc_subtree() instead of remove_proc_entry() to fix the above problem.

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner Linux
Published Oct 21, 2024
Updated May 11, 2026
Reserved Sep 30, 2024
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated Oct 21, 2024
NVD
Status Analyzed
Modified Jun 17, 2026
Red Hat
Severity Moderate
Public date Oct 21, 2024
ENISA EUVD
Assigner Linux
Published Oct 21, 2024
Updated May 11, 2026
Exploited since n/a
EUVD-2024-42651