From: Caleb Sander Mateos <csander@purestorage.com>
To: Ming Lei <ming.lei@redhat.com>, Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Cc: Govindarajulu Varadarajan <govind.varadar@gmail.com>,
linux-block@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Caleb Sander Mateos <csander@purestorage.com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] ublk: don't write to struct ublksrv_ctrl_cmd
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2026 15:46:15 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260129224618.975401-3-csander@purestorage.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260129224618.975401-1-csander@purestorage.com>
ublk_ctrl_uring_cmd_permission() writes to struct ublksrv_ctrl_cmd's
addr and len fields, which is racy because ublksrv_ctrl_cmd is part of
the io_uring_sqe, which may lie in userspace-mapped memory. Store the
values of addr in len in local variables instead to avoid the race.
Fixes: 87213b0d847c ("ublk: allow non-blocking ctrl cmds in IO_URING_F_NONBLOCK issue")
Signed-off-by: Caleb Sander Mateos <csander@purestorage.com>
---
drivers/block/ublk_drv.c | 84 ++++++++++++++++++++--------------------
1 file changed, 43 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/block/ublk_drv.c b/drivers/block/ublk_drv.c
index 72ee83ae303d..29c6942450c2 100644
--- a/drivers/block/ublk_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/block/ublk_drv.c
@@ -4346,24 +4346,24 @@ static int ublk_ctrl_start_dev(struct ublk_device *ub,
mutex_unlock(&ub->mutex);
return ret;
}
static int ublk_ctrl_get_queue_affinity(struct ublk_device *ub,
- const struct ublksrv_ctrl_cmd *header)
+ const struct ublksrv_ctrl_cmd *header, u64 addr, u16 len)
{
- void __user *argp = (void __user *)(unsigned long)header->addr;
+ void __user *argp = (void __user *)addr;
cpumask_var_t cpumask;
unsigned long queue;
unsigned int retlen;
unsigned int i;
int ret;
- if (header->len * BITS_PER_BYTE < nr_cpu_ids)
+ if (len * BITS_PER_BYTE < nr_cpu_ids)
return -EINVAL;
- if (header->len & (sizeof(unsigned long)-1))
+ if (len & (sizeof(unsigned long)-1))
return -EINVAL;
- if (!header->addr)
+ if (!addr)
return -EINVAL;
queue = header->data[0];
if (queue >= ub->dev_info.nr_hw_queues)
return -EINVAL;
@@ -4375,15 +4375,15 @@ static int ublk_ctrl_get_queue_affinity(struct ublk_device *ub,
if (ub->tag_set.map[HCTX_TYPE_DEFAULT].mq_map[i] == queue)
cpumask_set_cpu(i, cpumask);
}
ret = -EFAULT;
- retlen = min_t(unsigned short, header->len, cpumask_size());
+ retlen = min_t(unsigned short, len, cpumask_size());
if (copy_to_user(argp, cpumask, retlen))
goto out_free_cpumask;
- if (retlen != header->len &&
- clear_user(argp + retlen, header->len - retlen))
+ if (retlen != len &&
+ clear_user(argp + retlen, len - retlen))
goto out_free_cpumask;
ret = 0;
out_free_cpumask:
free_cpumask_var(cpumask);
@@ -4396,18 +4396,19 @@ static inline void ublk_dump_dev_info(struct ublksrv_ctrl_dev_info *info)
info->dev_id, info->flags);
pr_devel("\t nr_hw_queues %d queue_depth %d\n",
info->nr_hw_queues, info->queue_depth);
}
-static int ublk_ctrl_add_dev(const struct ublksrv_ctrl_cmd *header)
+static int ublk_ctrl_add_dev(const struct ublksrv_ctrl_cmd *header,
+ u64 addr, u16 len)
{
- void __user *argp = (void __user *)(unsigned long)header->addr;
+ void __user *argp = (void __user *)addr;
struct ublksrv_ctrl_dev_info info;
struct ublk_device *ub;
int ret = -EINVAL;
- if (header->len < sizeof(info) || !header->addr)
+ if (len < sizeof(info) || !addr)
return -EINVAL;
if (header->queue_id != (u16)-1) {
pr_warn("%s: queue_id is wrong %x\n",
__func__, header->queue_id);
return -EINVAL;
@@ -4682,16 +4683,15 @@ static int ublk_ctrl_try_stop_dev(struct ublk_device *ub)
out:
ublk_put_disk(disk);
return ret;
}
-static int ublk_ctrl_get_dev_info(struct ublk_device *ub,
- const struct ublksrv_ctrl_cmd *header)
+static int ublk_ctrl_get_dev_info(struct ublk_device *ub, u64 addr, u16 len)
{
- void __user *argp = (void __user *)(unsigned long)header->addr;
+ void __user *argp = (void __user *)addr;
- if (header->len < sizeof(struct ublksrv_ctrl_dev_info) || !header->addr)
+ if (len < sizeof(struct ublksrv_ctrl_dev_info) || !addr)
return -EINVAL;
if (copy_to_user(argp, &ub->dev_info, sizeof(ub->dev_info)))
return -EFAULT;
@@ -4712,24 +4712,23 @@ static void ublk_ctrl_fill_params_devt(struct ublk_device *ub)
ub->params.devt.disk_minor = 0;
}
ub->params.types |= UBLK_PARAM_TYPE_DEVT;
}
-static int ublk_ctrl_get_params(struct ublk_device *ub,
- const struct ublksrv_ctrl_cmd *header)
+static int ublk_ctrl_get_params(struct ublk_device *ub, u64 addr, u16 len)
{
- void __user *argp = (void __user *)(unsigned long)header->addr;
+ void __user *argp = (void __user *)addr;
struct ublk_params_header ph;
int ret;
- if (header->len <= sizeof(ph) || !header->addr)
+ if (len <= sizeof(ph) || !addr)
return -EINVAL;
if (copy_from_user(&ph, argp, sizeof(ph)))
return -EFAULT;
- if (ph.len > header->len || !ph.len)
+ if (ph.len > len || !ph.len)
return -EINVAL;
if (ph.len > sizeof(struct ublk_params))
ph.len = sizeof(struct ublk_params);
@@ -4742,24 +4741,23 @@ static int ublk_ctrl_get_params(struct ublk_device *ub,
mutex_unlock(&ub->mutex);
return ret;
}
-static int ublk_ctrl_set_params(struct ublk_device *ub,
- const struct ublksrv_ctrl_cmd *header)
+static int ublk_ctrl_set_params(struct ublk_device *ub, u64 addr, u16 len)
{
- void __user *argp = (void __user *)(unsigned long)header->addr;
+ void __user *argp = (void __user *)addr;
struct ublk_params_header ph;
int ret = -EFAULT;
- if (header->len <= sizeof(ph) || !header->addr)
+ if (len <= sizeof(ph) || !addr)
return -EINVAL;
if (copy_from_user(&ph, argp, sizeof(ph)))
return -EFAULT;
- if (ph.len > header->len || !ph.len || !ph.types)
+ if (ph.len > len || !ph.len || !ph.types)
return -EINVAL;
if (ph.len > sizeof(struct ublk_params))
ph.len = sizeof(struct ublk_params);
@@ -4857,16 +4855,16 @@ static int ublk_ctrl_end_recovery(struct ublk_device *ub,
out_unlock:
mutex_unlock(&ub->mutex);
return ret;
}
-static int ublk_ctrl_get_features(const struct ublksrv_ctrl_cmd *header)
+static int ublk_ctrl_get_features(u64 addr, u16 len)
{
- void __user *argp = (void __user *)(unsigned long)header->addr;
+ void __user *argp = (void __user *)addr;
u64 features = UBLK_F_ALL;
- if (header->len != UBLK_FEATURES_LEN || !header->addr)
+ if (len != UBLK_FEATURES_LEN || !addr)
return -EINVAL;
if (copy_to_user(argp, &features, UBLK_FEATURES_LEN))
return -EFAULT;
@@ -5028,15 +5026,15 @@ static int ublk_char_dev_permission(struct ublk_device *ub,
path_put(&path);
return err;
}
static int ublk_ctrl_uring_cmd_permission(struct ublk_device *ub,
- struct io_uring_cmd *cmd)
+ struct io_uring_cmd *cmd, u64 *addr, u16 *len)
{
- struct ublksrv_ctrl_cmd *header = (struct ublksrv_ctrl_cmd *)io_uring_sqe_cmd(cmd->sqe);
+ const struct ublksrv_ctrl_cmd *header = io_uring_sqe_cmd(cmd->sqe);
bool unprivileged = ub->dev_info.flags & UBLK_F_UNPRIVILEGED_DEV;
- void __user *argp = (void __user *)(unsigned long)header->addr;
+ void __user *argp = (void __user *)*addr;
char *dev_path = NULL;
int ret = 0;
int mask;
if (!unprivileged) {
@@ -5059,11 +5057,11 @@ static int ublk_ctrl_uring_cmd_permission(struct ublk_device *ub,
* header->dev_path_len records length of dev path buffer.
*/
if (!header->dev_path_len || header->dev_path_len > PATH_MAX)
return -EINVAL;
- if (header->len < header->dev_path_len)
+ if (*len < header->dev_path_len)
return -EINVAL;
dev_path = memdup_user_nul(argp, header->dev_path_len);
if (IS_ERR(dev_path))
return PTR_ERR(dev_path);
@@ -5093,12 +5091,12 @@ static int ublk_ctrl_uring_cmd_permission(struct ublk_device *ub,
goto exit;
}
ret = ublk_char_dev_permission(ub, dev_path, mask);
if (!ret) {
- header->len -= header->dev_path_len;
- header->addr += header->dev_path_len;
+ *len -= header->dev_path_len;
+ *addr += header->dev_path_len;
}
pr_devel("%s: dev id %d cmd_op %x uid %d gid %d path %s ret %d\n",
__func__, ub->ub_number, cmd->cmd_op,
ub->dev_info.owner_uid, ub->dev_info.owner_gid,
dev_path, ret);
@@ -5125,36 +5123,40 @@ static int ublk_ctrl_uring_cmd(struct io_uring_cmd *cmd,
{
const struct ublksrv_ctrl_cmd *header = io_uring_sqe_cmd(cmd->sqe);
struct ublk_device *ub = NULL;
u32 cmd_op = cmd->cmd_op;
int ret = -EINVAL;
+ u64 addr;
+ u16 len;
if (ublk_ctrl_uring_cmd_may_sleep(cmd_op) &&
issue_flags & IO_URING_F_NONBLOCK)
return -EAGAIN;
if (!(issue_flags & IO_URING_F_SQE128))
return -EINVAL;
+ addr = READ_ONCE(header->addr);
+ len = READ_ONCE(header->len);
ublk_ctrl_cmd_dump(cmd);
ret = ublk_check_cmd_op(cmd_op);
if (ret)
goto out;
if (cmd_op == UBLK_U_CMD_GET_FEATURES) {
- ret = ublk_ctrl_get_features(header);
+ ret = ublk_ctrl_get_features(addr, len);
goto out;
}
if (_IOC_NR(cmd_op) != UBLK_CMD_ADD_DEV) {
ret = -ENODEV;
ub = ublk_get_device_from_id(header->dev_id);
if (!ub)
goto out;
- ret = ublk_ctrl_uring_cmd_permission(ub, cmd);
+ ret = ublk_ctrl_uring_cmd_permission(ub, cmd, &addr, &len);
if (ret)
goto put_dev;
}
switch (_IOC_NR(cmd_op)) {
@@ -5165,29 +5167,29 @@ static int ublk_ctrl_uring_cmd(struct io_uring_cmd *cmd,
ublk_ctrl_stop_dev(ub);
ret = 0;
break;
case UBLK_CMD_GET_DEV_INFO:
case UBLK_CMD_GET_DEV_INFO2:
- ret = ublk_ctrl_get_dev_info(ub, header);
+ ret = ublk_ctrl_get_dev_info(ub, addr, len);
break;
case UBLK_CMD_ADD_DEV:
- ret = ublk_ctrl_add_dev(header);
+ ret = ublk_ctrl_add_dev(header, addr, len);
break;
case UBLK_CMD_DEL_DEV:
ret = ublk_ctrl_del_dev(&ub, true);
break;
case UBLK_CMD_DEL_DEV_ASYNC:
ret = ublk_ctrl_del_dev(&ub, false);
break;
case UBLK_CMD_GET_QUEUE_AFFINITY:
- ret = ublk_ctrl_get_queue_affinity(ub, header);
+ ret = ublk_ctrl_get_queue_affinity(ub, header, addr, len);
break;
case UBLK_CMD_GET_PARAMS:
- ret = ublk_ctrl_get_params(ub, header);
+ ret = ublk_ctrl_get_params(ub, addr, len);
break;
case UBLK_CMD_SET_PARAMS:
- ret = ublk_ctrl_set_params(ub, header);
+ ret = ublk_ctrl_set_params(ub, addr, len);
break;
case UBLK_CMD_START_USER_RECOVERY:
ret = ublk_ctrl_start_recovery(ub, header);
break;
case UBLK_CMD_END_USER_RECOVERY:
--
2.45.2
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-29 22:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-29 22:46 [PATCH 0/4] ublk: fix struct ublksrv_ctrl_cmd accesses Caleb Sander Mateos
2026-01-29 22:46 ` [PATCH 1/4] ublk: Validate SQE128 flag before accessing the cmd Caleb Sander Mateos
2026-01-30 8:03 ` Ming Lei
2026-01-29 22:46 ` Caleb Sander Mateos [this message]
2026-01-30 15:48 ` [PATCH 2/4] ublk: don't write to struct ublksrv_ctrl_cmd Ming Lei
2026-01-30 16:05 ` Ming Lei
2026-01-29 22:46 ` [PATCH 3/4] ublk: use READ_ONCE() to read " Caleb Sander Mateos
2026-01-30 15:56 ` Ming Lei
2026-01-29 22:46 ` [PATCH 4/4] ublk: drop ublk_ctrl_{start,end}_recovery() header argument Caleb Sander Mateos
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