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From: Yun Zhou <yun.zhou@windriver.com>
To: <tom.leiming@gmail.com>, <axboe@kernel.dk>
Cc: <linux-block@vger.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	<yun.zhou@windriver.com>
Subject: [PATCH] ublk: fix null-ptr-deref in ublk_queue_cmd
Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2026 02:55:43 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260601185544.1180263-1-yun.zhou@windriver.com> (raw)

ublk_queue_cmd() dereferences ios[tag].cmd without NULL check. The cmd
pointer can be NULL when ublk_cancel_cmd() races with IO dispatch during
server teardown:

  CPU0 (partition scan work)        CPU1 (io_uring cancel callback)
  ublk_queue_rq()
    ublk_prep_req() -> OK
    check canceling -> false
                                    ublk_start_cancel()
                                      quiesce, set canceling, unquiesce
                                    ublk_cancel_cmd()
                                      io->cmd = NULL
    ublk_queue_cmd()
      cmd = ios[tag].cmd  -> NULL
      ublk_get_uring_cmd_pdu(cmd) -> null-ptr-deref

The race window exists because ublk_cancel_cmd() can execute between the
canceling flag check and the cmd dereference in ublk_queue_cmd(). This
cannot be closed with simple synchronization since blk_mq_quiesce_queue
only waits for in-flight dispatches, not requests already past the
canceling check.

Fix by checking cmd for NULL before dereferencing. When NULL, abort the
request via __ublk_abort_rq() which handles both recovery (requeue) and
non-recovery (end with IOERR) cases.

Fixes: 71f28f3136af ("ublk_drv: add io_uring based userspace block driver")
Reported-by: syzbot+415b9ec753cd2a196087@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=415b9ec753cd2a196087
Signed-off-by: Yun Zhou <yun.zhou@windriver.com>
---
 drivers/block/ublk_drv.c | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/block/ublk_drv.c b/drivers/block/ublk_drv.c
index 6c041eaebdb9..656e0d4e92bb 100644
--- a/drivers/block/ublk_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/block/ublk_drv.c
@@ -2090,8 +2090,14 @@ static void ublk_batch_queue_cmd(struct ublk_queue *ubq, struct request *rq, boo
 static void ublk_queue_cmd(struct ublk_queue *ubq, struct request *rq)
 {
 	struct io_uring_cmd *cmd = ubq->ios[rq->tag].cmd;
-	struct ublk_uring_cmd_pdu *pdu = ublk_get_uring_cmd_pdu(cmd);
+	struct ublk_uring_cmd_pdu *pdu;
+
+	if (unlikely(!cmd)) {
+		__ublk_abort_rq(ubq, rq);
+		return;
+	}
 
+	pdu = ublk_get_uring_cmd_pdu(cmd);
 	pdu->req = rq;
 	io_uring_cmd_complete_in_task(cmd, ublk_cmd_tw_cb);
 }
-- 
2.43.0


             reply	other threads:[~2026-06-01 19:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-06-01 18:55 Yun Zhou [this message]
2026-06-01 22:21 ` [PATCH] ublk: fix null-ptr-deref in ublk_queue_cmd Ming Lei

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