From: sashiko-bot@kernel.org
To: "Yehyeong Lee" <yhlee@isslab.korea.ac.kr>
Cc: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 4/5] scsi: mvumi: reject handshake sizes that overflow the list allocations
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2026 16:40:31 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <sashiko-outbox-171548@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261014162413.3649841-5-yhlee@isslab.korea.ac.kr>
Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 1 potential issue(s) to consider:
- [High] scsi: mvumi: missing READ_ONCE on DMA fields causes TOCTOU
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commit 63940e006b3b39c47bbaae8a7b209645d7e0d499
Author: Yehyeong Lee <yhlee@isslab.korea.ac.kr>
scsi: mvumi: reject handshake sizes that overflow the list allocations
mvumi_hs_process_page() takes max_io, the two command entry sizes and the
list depth from the firmware handshake page. The entry sizes are u8 fields
used as shift counts, and 1 is an int, so a count of 29 or more makes the
<< 2 applied to the shift overflow an int; a count of 32 or more is
undefined outright.
[ ... ]
> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/mvumi.c b/drivers/scsi/mvumi.c
> index 9a3dde53dea97..2871b4c96f1c8 100644
> --- a/drivers/scsi/mvumi.c
> +++ b/drivers/scsi/mvumi.c
[ ... ]
> @@ -1054,30 +1067,108 @@ static int mvumi_hs_process_page(struct mvumi_hba *mhba,
> }
>
> switch (hs_header->page_code) {
> - case HS_PAGE_FIRM_CAP:
> + case HS_PAGE_FIRM_CAP: {
> + unsigned int new_max_io, new_ib_max_size, new_ob_max_size;
> + unsigned int new_list_num_io;
> + unsigned short new_max_target_id, new_capability;
> + u8 in_sz, out_sz, list_depth;
> +
> hs_page1 = (struct mvumi_hs_page1 *) hs_header;
>
> - mhba->max_io = hs_page1->max_io_support;
> - mhba->list_num_io = hs_page1->cl_inout_list_depth;
> - mhba->max_transfer_size = hs_page1->max_transfer_size;
> - mhba->max_target_id = hs_page1->max_devices_support;
> - mhba->hba_capability = hs_page1->capability;
> - mhba->ib_max_size_setting = hs_page1->cl_in_max_entry_size;
> - mhba->ib_max_size = (1 << hs_page1->cl_in_max_entry_size) << 2;
> + in_sz = READ_ONCE(hs_page1->cl_in_max_entry_size);
> + out_sz = READ_ONCE(hs_page1->cl_out_max_entry_size);
> + list_depth = READ_ONCE(hs_page1->cl_inout_list_depth);
> +
> + /* Firmware-supplied shift counts: (1U << n) << 2 must fit. */
> + if (in_sz > 29 || out_sz > 29) {
> + dev_err(&mhba->pdev->dev,
> + "invalid handshake entry size\n");
> + return -1;
> + }
> +
> + new_max_io = hs_page1->max_io_support;
> + new_ib_max_size = (1U << in_sz) << 2;
> + new_ob_max_size = (1U << out_sz) << 2;
> + new_max_target_id = hs_page1->max_devices_support;
> + new_capability = hs_page1->capability;
[Severity: High]
This patch correctly adds READ_ONCE() for the shift counts, but is it possible
the remaining DMA-mapped fields are vulnerable to a Time-Of-Check to
Time-Of-Use (TOCTOU) race?
Because `hs_page1` resides in coherent DMA memory, the hardware can modify it
concurrently. The compiler is permitted to optimize away local variables like
`new_max_target_id` and reload them directly from `hs_page1` later in the
function.
> +
> + /*
> + * A target above MVUMI_MAX_TARGET_ID cannot be addressed: its
> + * id would land in the LUN byte of device_id and alias another
> + * device. It is also what makes the loop counter in
> + * mvumi_flush_cache() wrap before it reaches the bound.
> + */
> + if (new_max_target_id > MVUMI_MAX_TARGET_ID) {
> + dev_err(&mhba->pdev->dev,
> + "too many devices reported: %u\n",
> + new_max_target_id);
> + return -1;
> + }
> +
> + /* An entry has to hold the frame the driver puts in it. */
[ ... ]
> + /* A host reset does not reallocate, so the sizes have to stay
> + * the ones the buffers were allocated with. Only check that
> + * the firmware is not asking for more than they hold.
> + */
> + if (mhba->fw_flag & MVUMI_FW_ALLOC) {
> + if (new_max_io > mhba->max_io ||
> + new_ib_max_size > mhba->ib_max_size ||
> + new_ob_max_size > mhba->ob_max_size ||
> + new_list_num_io > mhba->list_num_io ||
> + new_max_target_id > mhba->max_target_id) {
> + dev_err(&mhba->pdev->dev,
> + "handshake sizes grew across reset\n");
> + return -1;
> + }
> + break;
> + }
> +
> + mhba->max_io = new_max_io;
> + mhba->list_num_io = new_list_num_io;
> + mhba->max_transfer_size = hs_page1->max_transfer_size;
> + mhba->max_target_id = new_max_target_id;
> + mhba->hba_capability = new_capability;
If the compiler rematerializes `new_max_target_id` by doing a read from
`hs_page1->max_devices_support` here during the assignment, could a malicious
or malfunctioning device have changed it after the bounds check?
This would cause `mhba->max_target_id` to exceed 255, leading to the target
aliasing and loop wrap-around vulnerabilities this patch intended to prevent in
mvumi_flush_cache().
Should READ_ONCE() also be used when reading `max_io_support`,
`max_devices_support`, and `capability` from `hs_page1`?
> + mhba->ib_max_size_setting = in_sz;
> + mhba->ib_max_size = new_ib_max_size;
> + mhba->ob_max_size_setting = out_sz;
> + mhba->ob_max_size = new_ob_max_size;
>
> if (mhba->hba_capability & HS_CAPABILITY_SUPPORT_COMPACT_SG)
> mhba->eot_flag = 22;
> else
> mhba->eot_flag = 27;
> - if (mhba->hba_capability & HS_CAPABILITY_NEW_PAGE_IO_DEPTH_DEF)
> - mhba->list_num_io = 1 << hs_page1->cl_inout_list_depth;
> break;
> + }
> default:
> dev_err(&mhba->pdev->dev, "handshake: page code error\n");
> return -1;
--
Sashiko AI review · https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20261014162413.3649841-1-yhlee@isslab.korea.ac.kr?part=4
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Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-14 16:24 [PATCH v6 0/5] scsi: mvumi: bound the values the firmware supplies Yehyeong Lee
2026-10-14 16:24 ` [PATCH v6 1/5] scsi: mvumi: bound the per-event parameter and sense dumps Yehyeong Lee
2026-10-14 16:24 ` [PATCH v6 2/5] scsi: mvumi: reject an out-of-range handshake frame length Yehyeong Lee
2026-10-14 16:24 ` [PATCH v6 3/5] scsi: mvumi: bound the hotplug event bitmap Yehyeong Lee
2026-10-14 16:39 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-14 16:24 ` [PATCH v6 4/5] scsi: mvumi: reject handshake sizes that overflow the list allocations Yehyeong Lee
2026-10-14 16:40 ` sashiko-bot [this message]
2026-10-14 16:24 ` [PATCH v6 5/5] scsi: mvumi: validate the response frame tag before using it Yehyeong Lee
2026-10-14 16:40 ` sashiko-bot
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