From: sashiko-bot@kernel.org
To: "James Bottomley" <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com>
Cc: linux-scsi <linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] SCSI fixes for 7.4-rc1+
Date: Sat, 07 Nov 2026 17:12:06 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <sashiko-outbox-203096@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <49923933505639f8c35894464a0a8c57773d4877.camel@HansenPartnership.com>
Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 1 potential
issue to consider:
- [High] scsi: target: premature ACL publication in
core_tpg_check_initiator_node_acl()
It also noticed 1 related pre-existing issue this patch does not
introduce:
- [High] scsi: target: tcmu: TOCTOU race on max_blocks in configfs param
setters [1]
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commit f9d11da432d3548975ae975a55e7c7c925a3b8f1
Author: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com>
SCSI fixes for 7.4-rc1+
This merge commit collects scsi driver, core, bsg, ufs, and target fixes,
including target acl and tcmu parameter handling updates.
[ ... ]
> diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_tpg.c b/drivers/target/target_core_tpg.c
> index ccff9f6e48266..e615e5e304273 100644
> --- a/drivers/target/target_core_tpg.c
> +++ b/drivers/target/target_core_tpg.c
> @@ -266,6 +266,15 @@ struct se_node_acl *core_tpg_check_initiator_node_acl(
> kref_get(&acl->acl_kref);
> acl->dynamic_node_acl = 1;
>
> + /*
> + * Publish the dynamic NodeACL on tpg->acl_node_list before creating
> + * its demo-mode MappedLUN dev entries below, so that a concurrent LUN
> + * teardown sweep (core_clear_lun_from_tpg(), which walks acl_node_list)
> + * can observe and disable those dev entries. Otherwise a dev entry can
> + * be left on an se_lun->lun_deve_list that is about to be freed.
> + */
> + target_add_node_acl(acl);
> +
> /*
> * Here we only create demo-mode MappedLUNs from the active
> * TPG LUNs if the fabric is not explicitly asking for
> @@ -275,7 +284,6 @@ struct se_node_acl *core_tpg_check_initiator_node_acl(
> (tpg->se_tpg_tfo->tpg_check_demo_mode_login_only(tpg) != 1))
> core_tpg_add_node_to_devs(acl, tpg, NULL);
>
> - target_add_node_acl(acl);
> return acl;
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(core_tpg_check_initiator_node_acl);
[Severity: High]
Does moving target_add_node_acl() before core_tpg_add_node_to_devs()
publish acl on tpg->acl_node_list before its demo-mode lun entries and
session are attached?
target_add_node_acl() links acl onto tpg->acl_node_list and drops
tpg->acl_node_mutex while acl->lun_entry_hlist and acl->acl_sess_list are
still empty. A concurrent login from the same initiator can then look up
acl via core_tpg_get_initiator_node_acl(), see an unpopulated lun map, and
if that second session tears down before the first session registers on
acl->acl_sess_list (when tpg_check_demo_mode_cache() is false),
transport_free_session() sees an empty acl_sess_list and unlinks and drops
acl:
CPU0 CPU1
core_tpg_check_initiator_node_acl()
target_add_node_acl(acl)
core_tpg_check_initiator_node_acl()
core_tpg_get_initiator_node_acl()
-> returns acl
...
transport_free_session()
list_empty(&acl->acl_sess_list)
acl->dynamic_stop = true
list_del_init(&acl->acl_list)
target_put_nacl(acl) (x2)
core_tpg_add_node_to_devs(acl, ...)
...
transport_free_session()
target_put_nacl(acl) <-- refcount underflow / use-after-free
Because CPU0's core_tpg_add_node_to_devs() runs after acl has been
unlinked from tpg->acl_node_list, its new se_dev_entry objects are also
missed by core_clear_lun_from_tpg() on lun removal, leaving dangling
entries on se_lun->lun_deve_list.
In addition, a concurrent core_dev_add_lun() walking tpg->acl_node_list
under tpg->acl_node_mutex can call core_tpg_add_node_to_devs(acl, tpg,
lun) before CPU0 calls core_tpg_add_node_to_devs(acl, tpg, NULL),
replacing the first demo-mode se_dev_entry in
core_enable_device_list_for_node() and leaking its per-cpu new->stats when
orig is freed via kfree_rcu(). Likewise, core_tpg_add_initiator_node_acl()
can find acl and clear acl->dynamic_node_acl = 0 before
core_tpg_add_node_to_devs() runs, attaching demo-mode lun entries to an
explicit acl.
> diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_user.c b/drivers/target/target_core_user.c
> index 425ad1246a759..07b5146781767 100644
> --- a/drivers/target/target_core_user.c
> +++ b/drivers/target/target_core_user.c
> @@ -2524,6 +2524,11 @@ static int tcmu_set_data_pages_per_blk(struct tcmu_dev *udev, substring_t *arg)
> return ret;
> }
>
> + if (val <= 0) {
> + pr_err("Invalid data_pages_per_blk %d.\n", val);
> + return -EINVAL;
> + }
> +
> if (val > TCMU_MBS_TO_PAGES(udev->data_area_mb)) {
> pr_err("Invalid data_pages_per_blk %d: greater than max_data_area_mb %d -> %zd pages).\n",
> val, udev->data_area_mb,
[Severity: High]
This problem wasn't introduced by this patch, but can concurrent configfs
writes to tcmu_set_data_pages_per_blk() and tcmu_set_max_blocks_param()
race [1] to set udev->max_blocks to 0?
Both helpers validate udev->data_area_mb and udev->data_pages_per_blk
before acquiring udev->cmdr_lock:
CPU0 CPU1
tcmu_set_data_pages_per_blk() tcmu_set_max_blocks_param()
val <= TCMU_MBS_TO_PAGES(
udev->data_area_mb)
TCMU_MBS_TO_PAGES(val) >=
pages_per_blk
mutex_lock(&udev->cmdr_lock)
udev->data_area_mb = val
udev->max_blocks = ...
mutex_unlock(&udev->cmdr_lock)
mutex_lock(&udev->cmdr_lock)
udev->data_pages_per_blk = val
udev->max_blocks =
TCMU_MBS_TO_PAGES(
udev->data_area_mb) / val <-- evaluates to 0
mutex_unlock(&udev->cmdr_lock)
When tcmu_configure_device() later allocates udev->data_bitmap with
bitmap_zalloc(), udev->max_blocks == 0 returns a zero-size pointer that
faults on subsequent bitmap operations. In the reverse interleaving,
tcmu_set_max_blocks_param() computes udev->max_blocks from a stale
pages_per_blk snapshot before udev->data_pages_per_blk is increased,
leaving udev->max_blocks * udev->data_blk_size larger than
udev->data_area_mb.
Checking and updating both parameters under udev->cmdr_lock would avoid
the race.
[1] https://sashiko.dev/#/bug/linux-873290f2-6e60-4ebc-a4fd-858ba6bf6b4b
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