* [PATCH v6] nvme: reject passthrough of driver-managed Set Features
@ 2026-07-15 15:57 Chao Shi
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From: Chao Shi @ 2026-07-15 15:57 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-nvme, Keith Busch
Cc: Christoph Hellwig, Sagi Grimberg, Jens Axboe, Tatsuya Sasaki,
Maurizio Lombardi, linux-kernel, Sungwoo Kim, Dave Tian,
Weidong Zhu
Since commit b58da2d270db ("nvme: update keep alive interval when kato
is modified"), a Set Features (KATO) passthrough command lets userspace
start keep-alive on any transport. nvme_keep_alive_work() allocates with
BLK_MQ_REQ_RESERVED, but nvme_alloc_admin_tag_set() reserves admin tags
only for fabrics, so on other transports the allocation trips
WARN_ON_ONCE() in blk_mq_get_tag() and fails:
nvme nvme0: keep-alive failed: -11
Several Set Features change controller state the driver manages itself
and cannot react to when set behind its back. Reject these in
nvme_admin_cmd_allowed():
- KATO on non-fabrics (keep-alive is only armed for fabrics; on PCIe
it has no reserved tag and harms idle power states)
- Host Behavior Support, Host Memory Buffer, Number of Queues, and
Autonomous Power State Transition (all driver-managed)
Keep Alive on fabrics is unchanged; I/O commands are unaffected as the
check is confined to the admin path (ns == NULL).
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-nvme/20260523225629.3964037-1-coshi036@gmail.com/
Fixes: b58da2d270db ("nvme: update keep alive interval when kato is modified")
Found by FuzzNvme.
Acked-by: Sungwoo Kim <iam@sung-woo.kim>
Acked-by: Dave Tian <daveti@purdue.edu>
Acked-by: Weidong Zhu <weizhu@fiu.edu>
Signed-off-by: Chao Shi <coshi036@gmail.com>
---
Reproducer for the keep-alive case (run as root on a PCIe NVMe device):
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <sys/ioctl.h>
#include <linux/nvme_ioctl.h>
int main(void)
{
struct nvme_admin_cmd cmd = {0};
int fd = open("/dev/nvme0", O_RDWR);
if (fd < 0) { perror("open"); return 1; }
cmd.opcode = 0x09; /* SET_FEATURES */
cmd.cdw10 = 0x0f; /* Feature ID: KATO */
cmd.cdw11 = 5; /* KATO = 5 seconds */
if (ioctl(fd, NVME_IOCTL_ADMIN_CMD, &cmd) < 0) {
perror("ioctl");
return 1;
}
return 0;
}
On an unpatched kernel, within ~kato/2 seconds after the program exits,
dmesg shows:
nvme nvme0: keep alive interval updated from 0 ms to 5000 ms
WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: ... at block/blk-mq-tag.c:148 blk_mq_get_tag+...
nvme nvme0: keep-alive failed: -11
With this patch the ioctl fails with EACCES on non-fabrics.
Changes since v5:
- Split nvme_cmd_allowed() into nvme_admin_cmd_allowed() and
nvme_ns_cmd_allowed(), switch on the command, and fix the overly
long lines (Christoph Hellwig).
drivers/nvme/host/ioctl.c | 109 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
1 file changed, 71 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/ioctl.c b/drivers/nvme/host/ioctl.c
index a9c097dacad6..ccd0120ad2e6 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/ioctl.c
@@ -14,45 +14,54 @@ enum {
NVME_IOCTL_PARTITION = (1 << 1),
};
-static bool nvme_cmd_allowed(struct nvme_ns *ns, struct nvme_command *c,
- unsigned int flags, bool open_for_write)
+static bool nvme_admin_cmd_allowed(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl,
+ struct nvme_command *c)
{
- u32 effects;
-
- /*
- * Do not allow unprivileged passthrough on partitions, as that allows an
- * escape from the containment of the partition.
- */
- if (flags & NVME_IOCTL_PARTITION)
- goto admin;
-
- /*
- * Do not allow unprivileged processes to send vendor specific or fabrics
- * commands as we can't be sure about their effects.
- */
- if (c->common.opcode >= nvme_cmd_vendor_start ||
- c->common.opcode == nvme_fabrics_command)
- goto admin;
-
/*
* Do not allow unprivileged passthrough of admin commands except
* for a subset of identify commands that contain information required
* to form proper I/O commands in userspace and do not expose any
* potentially sensitive information.
*/
- if (!ns) {
- if (c->common.opcode == nvme_admin_identify) {
- switch (c->identify.cns) {
- case NVME_ID_CNS_NS:
- case NVME_ID_CNS_CS_NS:
- case NVME_ID_CNS_NS_CS_INDEP:
- case NVME_ID_CNS_CS_CTRL:
- case NVME_ID_CNS_CTRL:
- return true;
- }
+ switch (c->common.opcode) {
+ case nvme_admin_identify:
+ switch (c->identify.cns) {
+ case NVME_ID_CNS_NS:
+ case NVME_ID_CNS_CS_NS:
+ case NVME_ID_CNS_NS_CS_INDEP:
+ case NVME_ID_CNS_CS_CTRL:
+ case NVME_ID_CNS_CTRL:
+ return true;
}
- goto admin;
+ break;
+ case nvme_admin_set_features:
+ /*
+ * Reject Set Features that change controller state the driver
+ * manages itself; setting them behind the driver's back from
+ * userspace leaves it unable to react correctly. Keep Alive is
+ * only armed for fabrics - on other transports it has no
+ * reserved tag and harms idle power states.
+ */
+ switch (le32_to_cpu(c->features.fid) & 0xff) {
+ case NVME_FEAT_KATO:
+ if (ctrl->ops->flags & NVME_F_FABRICS)
+ break;
+ fallthrough;
+ case NVME_FEAT_HOST_BEHAVIOR:
+ case NVME_FEAT_HOST_MEM_BUF:
+ case NVME_FEAT_NUM_QUEUES:
+ case NVME_FEAT_AUTO_PST:
+ return false;
+ }
+ break;
}
+ return capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN);
+}
+
+static bool nvme_ns_cmd_allowed(struct nvme_ns *ns, struct nvme_command *c,
+ bool open_for_write)
+{
+ u32 effects;
/*
* Check if the controller provides a Commands Supported and Effects log
@@ -61,7 +70,7 @@ static bool nvme_cmd_allowed(struct nvme_ns *ns, struct nvme_command *c,
*/
effects = nvme_command_effects(ns->ctrl, ns, c->common.opcode);
if (!(effects & NVME_CMD_EFFECTS_CSUPP))
- goto admin;
+ return capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN);
/*
* Don't allow passthrough for command that have intrusive (or unknown)
@@ -70,7 +79,7 @@ static bool nvme_cmd_allowed(struct nvme_ns *ns, struct nvme_command *c,
if (effects & ~(NVME_CMD_EFFECTS_CSUPP | NVME_CMD_EFFECTS_LBCC |
NVME_CMD_EFFECTS_UUID_SEL |
NVME_CMD_EFFECTS_SCOPE_MASK))
- goto admin;
+ return capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN);
/*
* Only allow I/O commands that transfer data to the controller or that
@@ -79,11 +88,34 @@ static bool nvme_cmd_allowed(struct nvme_ns *ns, struct nvme_command *c,
*/
if ((nvme_is_write(c) || (effects & NVME_CMD_EFFECTS_LBCC)) &&
!open_for_write)
- goto admin;
+ return capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN);
return true;
-admin:
- return capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN);
+}
+
+static bool nvme_cmd_allowed(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, struct nvme_ns *ns,
+ struct nvme_command *c, unsigned int flags,
+ bool open_for_write)
+{
+ /*
+ * Do not allow unprivileged passthrough on partitions, as that
+ * allows an escape from the containment of the partition.
+ */
+ if (flags & NVME_IOCTL_PARTITION)
+ return capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN);
+
+ /*
+ * Do not allow unprivileged processes to send vendor specific or
+ * fabrics commands as we can't be sure about their effects.
+ */
+ if (c->common.opcode >= nvme_cmd_vendor_start ||
+ c->common.opcode == nvme_fabrics_command)
+ return capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN);
+
+ if (!ns)
+ return nvme_admin_cmd_allowed(ctrl, c);
+
+ return nvme_ns_cmd_allowed(ns, c, open_for_write);
}
/*
@@ -308,7 +340,7 @@ static int nvme_user_cmd(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, struct nvme_ns *ns,
c.common.cdw14 = cpu_to_le32(cmd.cdw14);
c.common.cdw15 = cpu_to_le32(cmd.cdw15);
- if (!nvme_cmd_allowed(ns, &c, 0, open_for_write))
+ if (!nvme_cmd_allowed(ctrl, ns, &c, 0, open_for_write))
return -EACCES;
if (cmd.timeout_ms)
@@ -355,7 +387,7 @@ static int nvme_user_cmd64(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, struct nvme_ns *ns,
c.common.cdw14 = cpu_to_le32(cmd.cdw14);
c.common.cdw15 = cpu_to_le32(cmd.cdw15);
- if (!nvme_cmd_allowed(ns, &c, flags, open_for_write))
+ if (!nvme_cmd_allowed(ctrl, ns, &c, flags, open_for_write))
return -EACCES;
if (cmd.timeout_ms)
@@ -442,6 +474,7 @@ static int nvme_uring_cmd_io(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, struct nvme_ns *ns,
struct nvme_uring_cmd_pdu *pdu = nvme_uring_cmd_pdu(ioucmd);
const struct nvme_uring_cmd *cmd = io_uring_sqe_cmd(ioucmd->sqe);
struct request_queue *q = ns ? ns->queue : ctrl->admin_q;
+ bool open_for_write = ioucmd->file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE;
struct nvme_uring_data d;
struct nvme_command c;
struct iov_iter iter;
@@ -472,7 +505,7 @@ static int nvme_uring_cmd_io(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, struct nvme_ns *ns,
c.common.cdw14 = cpu_to_le32(READ_ONCE(cmd->cdw14));
c.common.cdw15 = cpu_to_le32(READ_ONCE(cmd->cdw15));
- if (!nvme_cmd_allowed(ns, &c, 0, ioucmd->file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE))
+ if (!nvme_cmd_allowed(ctrl, ns, &c, 0, open_for_write))
return -EACCES;
d.metadata = READ_ONCE(cmd->metadata);
--
2.43.0
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