* [PATCH v2 0/3] ublk: harden user buffer handling
@ 2026-07-29 17:10 Caleb Sander Mateos
2026-07-29 17:10 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] ublk: check import_ubuf() return value Caleb Sander Mateos
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From: Caleb Sander Mateos @ 2026-07-29 17:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Ming Lei, Jens Axboe; +Cc: linux-block, linux-kernel, Caleb Sander Mateos
For ublk devices not using user copy or zero copy, the ublk driver
copies request data to/from an arbitrary buffer provided by the
userspace ublk server on each I/O.
Fix several bugs where the kernel driver is overly trusting of the
userspace buffer. Ensure that an invalid userspace buffer at worst
results in a failed or requeued I/O and can't trigger panics or
undefined behavior.
v2:
- Check import_ubuf() return value (Ming)
- Avoid calling blk_update_request() with nr_bytes=0
v1: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-block/20260727162450.2921500-1-csander@purestorage.com/
Caleb Sander Mateos (3):
ublk: check import_ubuf() return value
ublk: check for ublk_unmap_io() returning 0
ublk: remove WARN_ON_ONCE() in ublk_unmap_io()
drivers/block/ublk_drv.c | 18 ++++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
--
2.54.0
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* [PATCH v2 1/3] ublk: check import_ubuf() return value
2026-07-29 17:10 [PATCH v2 0/3] ublk: harden user buffer handling Caleb Sander Mateos
@ 2026-07-29 17:10 ` Caleb Sander Mateos
2026-07-29 17:10 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] ublk: check for ublk_unmap_io() returning 0 Caleb Sander Mateos
2026-07-29 17:10 ` [PATCH v2 3/3] ublk: remove WARN_ON_ONCE() in ublk_unmap_io() Caleb Sander Mateos
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From: Caleb Sander Mateos @ 2026-07-29 17:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Ming Lei, Jens Axboe; +Cc: linux-block, linux-kernel, Caleb Sander Mateos
import_ubuf() can fail if the address range (provided by the userspace
ublk server) is outside the allowed user address space. Return that 0
bytes were copied if import_ubuf() fails rather than passing an
uninitialized struct iov_iter to ublk_copy_user_pages().
Fixes: 981f95a571e3 ("ublk: cleanup ublk_copy_user_pages")
Reported-by: Ming Lei <tom.leiming@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Caleb Sander Mateos <csander@purestorage.com>
---
drivers/block/ublk_drv.c | 10 ++++++++--
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/block/ublk_drv.c b/drivers/block/ublk_drv.c
index 4ca6ec738c93..098e046505ad 100644
--- a/drivers/block/ublk_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/block/ublk_drv.c
@@ -1473,11 +1473,14 @@ static unsigned int ublk_map_io(const struct ublk_queue *ubq,
*/
if (ublk_need_map_req(req)) {
struct iov_iter iter;
const int dir = ITER_DEST;
- import_ubuf(dir, u64_to_user_ptr(io->buf.addr), rq_bytes, &iter);
+ if (import_ubuf(dir, u64_to_user_ptr(io->buf.addr), rq_bytes,
+ &iter) < 0)
+ return 0;
+
return ublk_copy_user_pages(req, 0, &iter, dir);
}
return rq_bytes;
}
@@ -1494,11 +1497,14 @@ static unsigned int ublk_unmap_io(bool need_map,
struct iov_iter iter;
const int dir = ITER_SOURCE;
WARN_ON_ONCE(io->res > rq_bytes);
- import_ubuf(dir, u64_to_user_ptr(io->buf.addr), io->res, &iter);
+ if (import_ubuf(dir, u64_to_user_ptr(io->buf.addr), io->res,
+ &iter) < 0)
+ return 0;
+
return ublk_copy_user_pages(req, 0, &iter, dir);
}
return rq_bytes;
}
--
2.54.0
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* [PATCH v2 2/3] ublk: check for ublk_unmap_io() returning 0
2026-07-29 17:10 [PATCH v2 0/3] ublk: harden user buffer handling Caleb Sander Mateos
2026-07-29 17:10 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] ublk: check import_ubuf() return value Caleb Sander Mateos
@ 2026-07-29 17:10 ` Caleb Sander Mateos
2026-07-29 17:10 ` [PATCH v2 3/3] ublk: remove WARN_ON_ONCE() in ublk_unmap_io() Caleb Sander Mateos
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From: Caleb Sander Mateos @ 2026-07-29 17:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Ming Lei, Jens Axboe; +Cc: linux-block, linux-kernel, Caleb Sander Mateos
If the userspace ublk server passes an unmapped address as the data
buffer for a completed ublk read, ublk_unmap_io() will return 0
indicating no bytes could be copied. Currently, this will result in
calling blk_update_request() with nr_bytes=0, which doesn't seem
supported. Fail the I/O with BLK_STS_IOERR in this case instead.
Fixes: 71f28f3136af ("ublk_drv: add io_uring based userspace block driver")
Signed-off-by: Caleb Sander Mateos <csander@purestorage.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 098e046505ad..2cbc359dc196 100644
--- a/drivers/block/ublk_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/block/ublk_drv.c
@@ -1588,12 +1588,18 @@ static inline void __ublk_complete_rq(struct request *req, struct ublk_io *io,
/*
* Extremely impossible since we got data filled in just before
*
* Re-read simply for this unlikely case.
*/
- if (unlikely(unmapped_bytes < io->res))
+ if (unlikely(unmapped_bytes < io->res)) {
+ if (unlikely(!unmapped_bytes)) {
+ res = BLK_STS_IOERR;
+ goto exit;
+ }
+
io->res = unmapped_bytes;
+ }
/*
* Run bio->bi_end_io() with softirqs disabled. If the final fput
* happens off this path, then that will prevent ublk's blkdev_release()
* from being called on current's task work, see fput() implementation.
--
2.54.0
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* [PATCH v2 3/3] ublk: remove WARN_ON_ONCE() in ublk_unmap_io()
2026-07-29 17:10 [PATCH v2 0/3] ublk: harden user buffer handling Caleb Sander Mateos
2026-07-29 17:10 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] ublk: check import_ubuf() return value Caleb Sander Mateos
2026-07-29 17:10 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] ublk: check for ublk_unmap_io() returning 0 Caleb Sander Mateos
@ 2026-07-29 17:10 ` Caleb Sander Mateos
2 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Caleb Sander Mateos @ 2026-07-29 17:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Ming Lei, Jens Axboe; +Cc: linux-block, linux-kernel, Caleb Sander Mateos
io->res is set from struct ublksrv_io_cmd's result field, which is
controlled by the ublk server process, without any validation. It's thus
possible for userspace to trigger the io->res > rq_bytes warning.
ublk_copy_user_pages() already limits the copy length to the request
data length, so drop the warning.
Signed-off-by: Caleb Sander Mateos <csander@purestorage.com>
---
drivers/block/ublk_drv.c | 2 --
1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/block/ublk_drv.c b/drivers/block/ublk_drv.c
index 2cbc359dc196..8101c2a73efd 100644
--- a/drivers/block/ublk_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/block/ublk_drv.c
@@ -1495,12 +1495,10 @@ static unsigned int ublk_unmap_io(bool need_map,
if (ublk_need_unmap_req(req)) {
struct iov_iter iter;
const int dir = ITER_SOURCE;
- WARN_ON_ONCE(io->res > rq_bytes);
-
if (import_ubuf(dir, u64_to_user_ptr(io->buf.addr), io->res,
&iter) < 0)
return 0;
return ublk_copy_user_pages(req, 0, &iter, dir);
--
2.54.0
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