From: sashiko-bot@kernel.org
To: "Qiliang Yuan" <qiliang.yuan@linux.dev>
Cc: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, target-devel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] scsi: target: alua: Don't wait for a grace period when attaching a LUN
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2026 13:38:12 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <sashiko-outbox-207137@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261110-bug-target-alua-lun-gp-v1-1-127a46efdae9@linux.dev>
Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found no new issues
in this patch, but noticed 1 related pre-existing issue it does not
introduce:
- [Critical] target: out-of-bounds write in
target_emulate_report_target_port_groups() [1]
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commit 2f412f4b4c4324ed81aac0037066698113367ec3
Author: Qiliang Yuan <qiliang.yuan@linux.dev>
scsi: target: alua: Don't wait for a grace period when attaching a LUN
This commit removes the synchronize_rcu() call from target_attach_tg_pt_gp()
when attaching a newly created LUN to the default ALUA target port group.
> diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_alua.c b/drivers/target/target_core_alua.c
> index 140154d93c430..35d36cd36db6c 100644
> --- a/drivers/target/target_core_alua.c
> +++ b/drivers/target/target_core_alua.c
> @@ -1833,7 +1833,6 @@ void target_attach_tg_pt_gp(struct se_lun *lun,
> spin_lock(&lun->lun_tg_pt_gp_lock);
> __target_attach_tg_pt_gp(lun, tg_pt_gp);
> spin_unlock(&lun->lun_tg_pt_gp_lock);
> - synchronize_rcu();
> }
>
> static void __target_detach_tg_pt_gp(struct se_lun *lun,
[Severity: Critical]
This problem wasn't introduced by this patch, but can concurrent calls to
target_attach_tg_pt_gp() and target_emulate_report_target_port_groups() cause
an out-of-bounds write to buf[] [1]?
drivers/target/target_core_alua.c:target_emulate_report_target_port_groups() {
...
if ((off + 8 + (tg_pt_gp->tg_pt_gp_members * 4)) >
cmd->data_length) {
rd_len += 8 + (tg_pt_gp->tg_pt_gp_members * 4);
continue;
}
...
spin_lock(&tg_pt_gp->tg_pt_gp_lock);
list_for_each_entry(lun, &tg_pt_gp->tg_pt_gp_lun_list,
lun_tg_pt_gp_link) {
off += 2; /* Skip over Obsolete */
put_unaligned_be16(lun->lun_tpg->tpg_rtpi, &buf[off]);
off += 2;
rd_len += 4;
}
spin_unlock(&tg_pt_gp->tg_pt_gp_lock);
...
}
target_emulate_report_target_port_groups() checks whether the descriptors for
a port group fit within cmd->data_length using tg_pt_gp->tg_pt_gp_members
without holding tg_pt_gp->tg_pt_gp_lock:
CPU0 CPU1
target_emulate_report_target_port_groups()
if ((off + 8 +
(tg_pt_gp->tg_pt_gp_members * 4)) >
cmd->data_length)
target_attach_tg_pt_gp()
__target_attach_tg_pt_gp()
spin_lock(&tg_pt_gp->tg_pt_gp_lock)
list_add_tail(...,
&tg_pt_gp->tg_pt_gp_lun_list)
tg_pt_gp->tg_pt_gp_members++
spin_unlock(&tg_pt_gp->tg_pt_gp_lock)
spin_lock(&tg_pt_gp->tg_pt_gp_lock)
list_for_each_entry(lun, ...)
put_unaligned_be16(..., &buf[off]) <-- out-of-bounds write
When a concurrent configfs operation attaches a LUN to the same port group
between the size check and acquiring tg_pt_gp->tg_pt_gp_lock,
tg_pt_gp_lun_list grows past the validated count and the loop writes past the
end of the mapped command buffer.
[1] https://sashiko.dev/#/bug/linux-9cff51b1-852e-4bef-94e2-6d7c000ddc21
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Sashiko AI review · https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20261110-bug-target-alua-lun-gp-v1-0-127a46efdae9@linux.dev?part=1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-11-10 13:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-11-10 13:29 [PATCH 0/2] scsi: target: alua: Skip grace periods on LUN add and remove Qiliang Yuan
2026-11-10 13:29 ` [PATCH 1/2] scsi: target: alua: Don't wait for a grace period when attaching a LUN Qiliang Yuan
2026-11-10 13:38 ` sashiko-bot [this message]
2026-11-10 13:29 ` [PATCH 2/2] scsi: target: alua: Drop the grace period wait from LUN detach Qiliang Yuan
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