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From: Guixin Liu <kanie@linux.alibaba.com>
To: Keith Busch <kbusch@kernel.org>, Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>, Sagi Grimberg <sagi@grimberg.me>,
	Nilay Shroff <nilay@linux.ibm.com>,
	Daniel Wagner <dwagner@suse.de>, Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de>
Cc: linux-nvme@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH] nvmet: Free the old negotiation state when restarting authentication
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2026 14:43:45 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261028064345.544504-1-kanie@linux.alibaba.com> (raw)

Restarting a DH-HMAC-CHAP negotiation with SEND(NEGOTIATE) resets
sq->dhchap_step but does not release the previous c1/c2/skey, which
are only freed in nvmet_auth_sq_free() at teardown.  The next
CHALLENGE/REPLY exchange then overwrites those pointers with fresh
allocations.

An unauthenticated host can repeat the negotiate message endlessly,
leaking a few dozen bytes per round and slowly exhausting target
memory.

Clear the old negotiation state with nvmet_auth_sq_free() before
setting up the new one.

Fixes: db1312dd95488 ("nvmet: implement basic In-Band Authentication")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Guixin Liu <kanie@linux.alibaba.com>
---
 drivers/nvme/target/fabrics-cmd-auth.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/nvme/target/fabrics-cmd-auth.c b/drivers/nvme/target/fabrics-cmd-auth.c
index bc49b48cdd63..3d9840d37a8b 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/target/fabrics-cmd-auth.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/target/fabrics-cmd-auth.c
@@ -330,6 +330,7 @@ void nvmet_execute_auth_send(struct nvmet_req *req)
 			/* Restart negotiation */
 			pr_debug("%s: ctrl %d qid %d reset negotiation\n",
 				 __func__, ctrl->cntlid, req->sq->qid);
+			nvmet_auth_sq_free(req->sq);
 			if (!req->sq->qid) {
 				dhchap_status = nvmet_setup_auth(ctrl, req->sq,
 								 true);
-- 
2.43.7



             reply	other threads:[~2026-10-28  6:44 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-10-28  6:43 Guixin Liu [this message]
2026-10-28  6:59 ` [PATCH] nvmet: Free the old negotiation state when restarting authentication sashiko-bot
2026-10-28  8:26   ` Guixin Liu

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