From: Sagi Grimberg <sagi@grimberg.me>
To: linux-nvme@lists.infradead.org
Cc: Shivam Kumar <kumar.shivam43666@gmail.com>,
Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>, Keith Busch <kbusch@kernel.org>,
Chaitanya Kulkarni <Chaitanya.Kulkarni@wdc.com>,
security@kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] nvmet-tcp: Fix potential UAF when ddgst mismatch
Date: Sun, 10 May 2026 23:30:29 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260510203029.119712-1-sagi@grimberg.me> (raw)
Shivam Kumar found via vulnerability testing:
When data digest is enabled on an NVMe/TCP connection and a digest
mismatch occurs on a non-final H2C_DATA PDU during an R2T-based
data transfer, the digest error handler in nvmet_tcp_try_recv_ddgst()
calls nvmet_req_uninit() — which performs percpu_ref_put() on the
submission queue — but does NOT mark the command as completed. It
does not set cqe->status, does not modify rbytes_done, and does not
clear any flag. When the subsequent fatal error triggers queue
teardown, nvmet_tcp_uninit_data_in_cmds() iterates all commands,
checks nvmet_tcp_need_data_in() for each one, and finds that the
already-uninited command still appears to need data (because
rbytes_done < transfer_len and cqe->status == 0). It therefore calls
nvmet_req_uninit() a second time on the same command — a double
percpu_ref_put against a single percpu_ref_get.
Reported-by: Shivam Kumar <kumar.shivam43666@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Sagi Grimberg <sagi@grimberg.me>
---
drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c b/drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c
index 164a564ba3b4..20f150d17a96 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c
@@ -1321,8 +1321,10 @@ static int nvmet_tcp_try_recv_ddgst(struct nvmet_tcp_queue *queue)
queue->idx, cmd->req.cmd->common.command_id,
queue->pdu.cmd.hdr.type, le32_to_cpu(cmd->recv_ddgst),
le32_to_cpu(cmd->exp_ddgst));
- if (!(cmd->flags & NVMET_TCP_F_INIT_FAILED))
+ if (!(cmd->flags & NVMET_TCP_F_INIT_FAILED)) {
+ cmd->req.cqe->status = NVME_SC_CMD_SEQ_ERROR;
nvmet_req_uninit(&cmd->req);
+ }
nvmet_tcp_free_cmd_buffers(cmd);
ret = -EPROTO;
goto out;
--
2.43.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-05-10 20:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-10 20:30 Sagi Grimberg [this message]
2026-05-11 6:20 ` [PATCH] nvmet-tcp: Fix potential UAF when ddgst mismatch Christoph Hellwig
2026-05-11 14:59 ` Keith Busch
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