From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Mehul Rao <mehulrao@gmail.com>, Ming Lei <ming.lei@redhat.com>,
Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>, Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 6.18.y] ublk: fix NULL pointer dereference in ublk_ctrl_set_size()
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2026 08:53:03 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260319125303.2390790-1-sashal@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2026031728-bunch-limelight-a7e5@gregkh>
From: Mehul Rao <mehulrao@gmail.com>
[ Upstream commit 25966fc097691e5c925ad080f64a2f19c5fd940a ]
ublk_ctrl_set_size() unconditionally dereferences ub->ub_disk via
set_capacity_and_notify() without checking if it is NULL.
ub->ub_disk is NULL before UBLK_CMD_START_DEV completes (it is only
assigned in ublk_ctrl_start_dev()) and after UBLK_CMD_STOP_DEV runs
(ublk_detach_disk() sets it to NULL). Since the UBLK_CMD_UPDATE_SIZE
handler performs no state validation, a user can trigger a NULL pointer
dereference by sending UPDATE_SIZE to a device that has been added but
not yet started, or one that has been stopped.
Fix this by checking ub->ub_disk under ub->mutex before dereferencing
it, and returning -ENODEV if the disk is not available.
Fixes: 98b995660bff ("ublk: Add UBLK_U_CMD_UPDATE_SIZE")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Mehul Rao <mehulrao@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
[ adapted `&header` to `header` ]
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
drivers/block/ublk_drv.c | 12 +++++++++---
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/block/ublk_drv.c b/drivers/block/ublk_drv.c
index 965460d4fc76e..2729b1556e810 100644
--- a/drivers/block/ublk_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/block/ublk_drv.c
@@ -3604,15 +3604,22 @@ static int ublk_ctrl_get_features(const struct ublksrv_ctrl_cmd *header)
return 0;
}
-static void ublk_ctrl_set_size(struct ublk_device *ub, const struct ublksrv_ctrl_cmd *header)
+static int ublk_ctrl_set_size(struct ublk_device *ub, const struct ublksrv_ctrl_cmd *header)
{
struct ublk_param_basic *p = &ub->params.basic;
u64 new_size = header->data[0];
+ int ret = 0;
mutex_lock(&ub->mutex);
+ if (!ub->ub_disk) {
+ ret = -ENODEV;
+ goto out;
+ }
p->dev_sectors = new_size;
set_capacity_and_notify(ub->ub_disk, p->dev_sectors);
+out:
mutex_unlock(&ub->mutex);
+ return ret;
}
struct count_busy {
@@ -3902,8 +3909,7 @@ static int ublk_ctrl_uring_cmd(struct io_uring_cmd *cmd,
ret = ublk_ctrl_end_recovery(ub, header);
break;
case UBLK_CMD_UPDATE_SIZE:
- ublk_ctrl_set_size(ub, header);
- ret = 0;
+ ret = ublk_ctrl_set_size(ub, header);
break;
case UBLK_CMD_QUIESCE_DEV:
ret = ublk_ctrl_quiesce_dev(ub, header);
--
2.51.0
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2026-03-17 12:57 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] ublk: fix NULL pointer dereference in ublk_ctrl_set_size()" failed to apply to 6.18-stable tree gregkh
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2026-03-18 1:35 [PATCH 6.18.y] ublk: fix NULL pointer dereference in ublk_ctrl_set_size() Ming Lei
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