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 v2 2/3] ublk: use READ_ONCE() to read struct ublksrv_ctrl_cmd
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2026 10:14:13 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260130171414.1376543-3-csander@purestorage.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260130171414.1376543-1-csander@purestorage.com>
struct ublksrv_ctrl_cmd is part of the io_uring_sqe, which may lie in
userspace-mapped memory. It's racy to access its fields with normal
loads, as userspace may write to them concurrently. Use READ_ONCE() to
copy the ublksrv_ctrl_cmd from the io_uring_sqe to the stack. Use the
local copy in place of the one in the io_uring_sqe.
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 | 56 ++++++++++++++++++++++------------------
1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/block/ublk_drv.c b/drivers/block/ublk_drv.c
index 01088194c8d3..8122b012a7ae 100644
--- a/drivers/block/ublk_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/block/ublk_drv.c
@@ -4729,16 +4729,15 @@ static int ublk_ctrl_del_dev(struct ublk_device **p_ub, bool wait)
if (wait && wait_event_interruptible(ublk_idr_wq, ublk_idr_freed(idx)))
return -EINTR;
return 0;
}
-static inline void ublk_ctrl_cmd_dump(struct io_uring_cmd *cmd)
+static inline void ublk_ctrl_cmd_dump(u32 cmd_op,
+ const struct ublksrv_ctrl_cmd *header)
{
- const struct ublksrv_ctrl_cmd *header = io_uring_sqe_cmd(cmd->sqe);
-
pr_devel("%s: cmd_op %x, dev id %d qid %d data %llx buf %llx len %u\n",
- __func__, cmd->cmd_op, header->dev_id, header->queue_id,
+ __func__, cmd_op, header->dev_id, header->queue_id,
header->data[0], header->addr, header->len);
}
static void ublk_ctrl_stop_dev(struct ublk_device *ub)
{
@@ -5117,13 +5116,12 @@ 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)
+ u32 cmd_op, struct ublksrv_ctrl_cmd *header)
{
- struct ublksrv_ctrl_cmd *header = (struct ublksrv_ctrl_cmd *)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;
char *dev_path = NULL;
int ret = 0;
int mask;
@@ -5135,11 +5133,11 @@ static int ublk_ctrl_uring_cmd_permission(struct ublk_device *ub,
* The new added command of UBLK_CMD_GET_DEV_INFO2 includes
* char_dev_path in payload too, since userspace may not
* know if the specified device is created as unprivileged
* mode.
*/
- if (_IOC_NR(cmd->cmd_op) != UBLK_CMD_GET_DEV_INFO2)
+ if (_IOC_NR(cmd_op) != UBLK_CMD_GET_DEV_INFO2)
return 0;
}
/*
* User has to provide the char device path for unprivileged ublk
@@ -5156,11 +5154,11 @@ static int ublk_ctrl_uring_cmd_permission(struct ublk_device *ub,
dev_path = memdup_user_nul(argp, header->dev_path_len);
if (IS_ERR(dev_path))
return PTR_ERR(dev_path);
ret = -EINVAL;
- switch (_IOC_NR(cmd->cmd_op)) {
+ switch (_IOC_NR(cmd_op)) {
case UBLK_CMD_GET_DEV_INFO:
case UBLK_CMD_GET_DEV_INFO2:
case UBLK_CMD_GET_QUEUE_AFFINITY:
case UBLK_CMD_GET_PARAMS:
case (_IOC_NR(UBLK_U_CMD_GET_FEATURES)):
@@ -5186,11 +5184,11 @@ static int ublk_ctrl_uring_cmd_permission(struct ublk_device *ub,
if (!ret) {
header->len -= header->dev_path_len;
header->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,
+ __func__, ub->ub_number, cmd_op,
ub->dev_info.owner_uid, ub->dev_info.owner_gid,
dev_path, ret);
exit:
kfree(dev_path);
return ret;
@@ -5210,11 +5208,13 @@ static bool ublk_ctrl_uring_cmd_may_sleep(u32 cmd_op)
}
static int ublk_ctrl_uring_cmd(struct io_uring_cmd *cmd,
unsigned int issue_flags)
{
- const struct ublksrv_ctrl_cmd *header = io_uring_sqe_cmd(cmd->sqe);
+ /* May point to userspace-mapped memory */
+ const struct ublksrv_ctrl_cmd *ub_src = io_uring_sqe_cmd(cmd->sqe);
+ struct ublksrv_ctrl_cmd header;
struct ublk_device *ub = NULL;
u32 cmd_op = cmd->cmd_op;
int ret = -EINVAL;
if (ublk_ctrl_uring_cmd_may_sleep(cmd_op) &&
@@ -5222,74 +5222,80 @@ static int ublk_ctrl_uring_cmd(struct io_uring_cmd *cmd,
return -EAGAIN;
if (!(issue_flags & IO_URING_F_SQE128))
return -EINVAL;
- ublk_ctrl_cmd_dump(cmd);
+ header.dev_id = READ_ONCE(ub_src->dev_id);
+ header.queue_id = READ_ONCE(ub_src->queue_id);
+ header.len = READ_ONCE(ub_src->len);
+ header.addr = READ_ONCE(ub_src->addr);
+ header.data[0] = READ_ONCE(ub_src->data[0]);
+ header.dev_path_len = READ_ONCE(ub_src->dev_path_len);
+ ublk_ctrl_cmd_dump(cmd_op, &header);
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(&header);
goto out;
}
if (_IOC_NR(cmd_op) != UBLK_CMD_ADD_DEV) {
ret = -ENODEV;
- ub = ublk_get_device_from_id(header->dev_id);
+ 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_op, &header);
if (ret)
goto put_dev;
}
switch (_IOC_NR(cmd_op)) {
case UBLK_CMD_START_DEV:
- ret = ublk_ctrl_start_dev(ub, header);
+ ret = ublk_ctrl_start_dev(ub, &header);
break;
case UBLK_CMD_STOP_DEV:
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, &header);
break;
case UBLK_CMD_ADD_DEV:
- ret = ublk_ctrl_add_dev(header);
+ ret = ublk_ctrl_add_dev(&header);
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);
break;
case UBLK_CMD_GET_PARAMS:
- ret = ublk_ctrl_get_params(ub, header);
+ ret = ublk_ctrl_get_params(ub, &header);
break;
case UBLK_CMD_SET_PARAMS:
- ret = ublk_ctrl_set_params(ub, header);
+ ret = ublk_ctrl_set_params(ub, &header);
break;
case UBLK_CMD_START_USER_RECOVERY:
- ret = ublk_ctrl_start_recovery(ub, header);
+ ret = ublk_ctrl_start_recovery(ub, &header);
break;
case UBLK_CMD_END_USER_RECOVERY:
- ret = ublk_ctrl_end_recovery(ub, header);
+ ret = ublk_ctrl_end_recovery(ub, &header);
break;
case UBLK_CMD_UPDATE_SIZE:
- ublk_ctrl_set_size(ub, header);
+ ublk_ctrl_set_size(ub, &header);
ret = 0;
break;
case UBLK_CMD_QUIESCE_DEV:
- ret = ublk_ctrl_quiesce_dev(ub, header);
+ ret = ublk_ctrl_quiesce_dev(ub, &header);
break;
case UBLK_CMD_TRY_STOP_DEV:
ret = ublk_ctrl_try_stop_dev(ub);
break;
default:
@@ -5300,11 +5306,11 @@ static int ublk_ctrl_uring_cmd(struct io_uring_cmd *cmd,
put_dev:
if (ub)
ublk_put_device(ub);
out:
pr_devel("%s: cmd done ret %d cmd_op %x, dev id %d qid %d\n",
- __func__, ret, cmd->cmd_op, header->dev_id, header->queue_id);
+ __func__, ret, cmd_op, header.dev_id, header.queue_id);
return ret;
}
static const struct file_operations ublk_ctl_fops = {
.open = nonseekable_open,
--
2.45.2
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-30 17:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-30 17:14 [PATCH v2 0/3] ublk: fix struct ublksrv_ctrl_cmd accesses Caleb Sander Mateos
2026-01-30 17:14 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] ublk: Validate SQE128 flag before accessing the cmd Caleb Sander Mateos
2026-01-30 17:14 ` Caleb Sander Mateos [this message]
2026-01-31 2:08 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] ublk: use READ_ONCE() to read struct ublksrv_ctrl_cmd Ming Lei
2026-02-02 15:38 ` Caleb Sander Mateos
2026-01-30 17:14 ` [PATCH v2 3/3] ublk: drop ublk_ctrl_start_recovery() header argument Caleb Sander Mateos
2026-01-31 2:09 ` Ming Lei
2026-01-31 13:49 ` [PATCH v2 0/3] ublk: fix struct ublksrv_ctrl_cmd accesses Jens Axboe
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