From: Maurizio Lombardi <mlombard@redhat.com>
To: kbusch@kernel.org
Cc: hare@suse.de, hch@lst.de, dwagner@suse.de,
linux-nvme@lists.infradead.org, mlombard@arkamax.eu
Subject: [PATCH] nvmet: fix max_qid race between configfs and controller allocation
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2026 15:33:01 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260810133301.52537-1-mlombard@redhat.com> (raw)
The function nvmet_subsys_attr_qid_max_store() can race against
nvmet_alloc_ctrl() when a subsystem's max_qid limit is modified.
Suppose max_qid is currently 64. If nvmet_alloc_ctrl() executes:
ctrl->sqs = kzalloc_objs(struct nvmet_sq *, subsys->max_qid + 1);
and at this exact point, a userspace process changes max_qid to 128,
nvmet_subsys_attr_qid_max_store() will set the new max_qid value. It
attempts to delete active controllers to force a reconnect, but the
new controller won't be deleted because it hasn't been added to the
subsys->ctrls list yet.
nvmet_alloc_ctrl() then proceeds and adds the new controller to the
subsys->ctrls list. Later, when nvmet_install_queue() is called, it
will see max_qid set to 128, but the memory allocated for sqs is only
sized for 64 entries. This results in a KASAN out-of-bounds warning
and potential memory corruptions.
Fix this by protecting the queue allocations and list insertion in
nvmet_alloc_ctrl() with down_read(&nvmet_config_sem). Because
nvmet_subsys_attr_qid_max_store() acquires down_write(&nvmet_config_sem)
to modify the attribute, this safely prevents the configfs writer from
modifying max_qid during controller creation.
Fixes: 3e980f5995e0 ("nvmet: expose max queues to configfs")
Reported-by: syzbot+2626e846cd2585c9aa67@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Signed-off-by: Maurizio Lombardi <mlombard@redhat.com>
---
drivers/nvme/target/core.c | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++------------------
1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/target/core.c b/drivers/nvme/target/core.c
index 4477c4d6b1ee..4cbc0893eab3 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/target/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/target/core.c
@@ -1652,6 +1652,22 @@ struct nvmet_ctrl *nvmet_alloc_ctrl(struct nvmet_alloc_ctrl_args *args)
if (!ctrl->changed_ns_list)
goto out_free_ctrl;
+ /*
+ * Discovery controllers may use some arbitrary high value
+ * in order to cleanup stale discovery sessions
+ */
+ if (nvmet_is_disc_subsys(ctrl->subsys) && !kato)
+ kato = NVMET_DISC_KATO_MS;
+
+ /* keep-alive timeout in seconds */
+ ctrl->kato = DIV_ROUND_UP(kato, 1000);
+
+ ctrl->err_counter = 0;
+ spin_lock_init(&ctrl->error_lock);
+
+ down_read(&nvmet_config_sem);
+ mutex_lock(&subsys->lock);
+
ctrl->sqs = kzalloc_objs(struct nvmet_sq *, subsys->max_qid + 1);
if (!ctrl->sqs)
goto out_free_changed_ns_list;
@@ -1669,22 +1685,6 @@ struct nvmet_ctrl *nvmet_alloc_ctrl(struct nvmet_alloc_ctrl_args *args)
}
ctrl->cntlid = ret;
- /*
- * Discovery controllers may use some arbitrary high value
- * in order to cleanup stale discovery sessions
- */
- if (nvmet_is_disc_subsys(ctrl->subsys) && !kato)
- kato = NVMET_DISC_KATO_MS;
-
- /* keep-alive timeout in seconds */
- ctrl->kato = DIV_ROUND_UP(kato, 1000);
-
- ctrl->err_counter = 0;
- spin_lock_init(&ctrl->error_lock);
-
- nvmet_start_keep_alive_timer(ctrl);
-
- mutex_lock(&subsys->lock);
ret = nvmet_ctrl_init_pr(ctrl);
if (ret)
goto init_pr_fail;
@@ -1692,6 +1692,9 @@ struct nvmet_ctrl *nvmet_alloc_ctrl(struct nvmet_alloc_ctrl_args *args)
nvmet_setup_p2p_ns_map(ctrl, args->p2p_client);
nvmet_debugfs_ctrl_setup(ctrl);
mutex_unlock(&subsys->lock);
+ up_read(&nvmet_config_sem);
+
+ nvmet_start_keep_alive_timer(ctrl);
if (args->hostid)
uuid_copy(&ctrl->hostid, args->hostid);
@@ -1721,14 +1724,14 @@ struct nvmet_ctrl *nvmet_alloc_ctrl(struct nvmet_alloc_ctrl_args *args)
return ctrl;
init_pr_fail:
- mutex_unlock(&subsys->lock);
- nvmet_stop_keep_alive_timer(ctrl);
ida_free(&cntlid_ida, ctrl->cntlid);
out_free_cqs:
kfree(ctrl->cqs);
out_free_sqs:
kfree(ctrl->sqs);
out_free_changed_ns_list:
+ mutex_unlock(&subsys->lock);
+ up_read(&nvmet_config_sem);
kfree(ctrl->changed_ns_list);
out_free_ctrl:
kfree(ctrl);
--
2.55.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-08-10 13:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-10 13:33 Maurizio Lombardi [this message]
2026-08-10 14:30 ` [PATCH] nvmet: fix max_qid race between configfs and controller allocation Keith Busch
2026-08-10 14:51 ` Maurizio Lombardi
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