From: Shivam Kumar <kumar.shivam43666@gmail.com>
To: hch@lst.de
Cc: mlombard@arkamax.eu, sagi@grimberg.me, kch@nvidia.com,
linux-nvme@lists.infradead.org, kbusch@kernel.org,
gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, security@kernel.org,
Shivam Kumar <kumar.shivam43666@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3] nvmet-tcp: set and enforce a default MDTS for TCP transport
Date: Fri, 8 May 2026 16:39:12 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260508203912.320938-1-kumar.shivam43666@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <DI4KADNWR1XG.ILIR3Q697X77@arkamax.eu>
Unlike other fabrics transports, the TCP target does not set a default
Maximum Data Transfer Size. With the configfs MDTS entry defaulting to 0
(no limit), a remote attacker can send a CapsuleCmd with an arbitrarily
large SGL length, causing sgl_alloc() in nvmet_tcp_map_data() to attempt
an excessive kernel allocation that triggers the OOM killer.
Set a default MDTS of 9 (2 MiB) for TCP. Enforce the limit server-side
in nvmet_tcp_map_data() by rejecting commands whose SGL length exceeds
the configured MDTS, returning NVME_SC_INVALID_FIELD as required by the
NVMe specification. Admins can still adjust via the configfs mdts
attribute if needed.
Signed-off-by: Shivam Kumar <kumar.shivam43666@gmail.com>
---
drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c | 10 ++++++++++
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c b/drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c
index 164a564ba3b4..098cf877c358 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
#define NVMET_TCP_DEF_INLINE_DATA_SIZE (4 * PAGE_SIZE)
#define NVMET_TCP_MAXH2CDATA 0x400000 /* 16M arbitrary limit */
#define NVMET_TCP_BACKLOG 128
+#define NVMET_TCP_DEF_MDTS 9 /* 2 MiB (2^(12+9)) */
static int param_store_val(const char *str, int *val, int min, int max)
{
@@ -422,6 +423,13 @@ static int nvmet_tcp_map_data(struct nvmet_tcp_cmd *cmd)
if (!len)
return 0;
+ /* Enforce MDTS: abort commands exceeding the advertised limit */
+ if (cmd->req.port->mdts) {
+ u8 mdts = cmd->req.port->mdts;
+ if (mdts < 20 && len > (1U << (12 + mdts)))
+ return NVME_SC_INVALID_FIELD | NVME_STATUS_DNR;
+ }
+
if (sgl->type == ((NVME_SGL_FMT_DATA_DESC << 4) |
NVME_SGL_FMT_OFFSET)) {
if (!nvme_is_write(cmd->req.cmd))
@@ -2077,6 +2085,8 @@ static int nvmet_tcp_add_port(struct nvmet_port *nport)
INIT_WORK(&port->accept_work, nvmet_tcp_accept_work);
if (port->nport->inline_data_size < 0)
port->nport->inline_data_size = NVMET_TCP_DEF_INLINE_DATA_SIZE;
+ if (nport->mdts < 0)
+ nport->mdts = NVMET_TCP_DEF_MDTS;
ret = sock_create(port->addr.ss_family, SOCK_STREAM,
IPPROTO_TCP, &port->sock);
--
2.34.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-08 20:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <2026031805-stretch-skid-ae5b@gregkh>
2026-03-19 1:26 ` [PATCH] nvmet-tcp: bound sgl->length check in nvmet_tcp_map_data() Shivam Kumar
2026-03-19 7:59 ` Maurizio Lombardi
2026-03-19 18:00 ` Shivam Kumar
2026-03-20 7:48 ` Christoph Hellwig
2026-04-05 19:46 ` Shivam Kumar
2026-04-07 6:30 ` Christoph Hellwig
2026-04-08 6:30 ` Maurizio Lombardi
2026-04-09 6:08 ` Christoph Hellwig
2026-04-26 23:57 ` Shivam Kumar
2026-04-27 0:44 ` [PATCH v2] nvmet-tcp: set a default MDTS of 2 MiB for TCP transport Shivam Kumar
2026-04-28 6:07 ` Maurizio Lombardi
2026-04-29 1:05 ` Shivam Kumar
2026-05-08 20:39 ` Shivam Kumar [this message]
2026-05-10 20:42 ` [PATCH v3] nvmet-tcp: set and enforce a default MDTS " Sagi Grimberg
2026-05-11 6:36 ` Christoph Hellwig
2026-05-11 8:01 ` Sagi Grimberg
2026-05-11 8:04 ` Christoph Hellwig
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