From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Tianchu Chen <flynnnchen@tencent.com>,
Hannes Reinecke <hare@kernel.org>,
Keith Busch <kbusch@kernel.org>, Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 6.6.y 3/3] nvmet-auth: validate reply message payload bounds against transfer length
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:10:33 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260720141033.1500263-3-sashal@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260720141033.1500263-1-sashal@kernel.org>
From: Tianchu Chen <flynnnchen@tencent.com>
[ Upstream commit 3a413ece2504c70aa34a20be4dafec04e8c741f9 ]
nvmet_auth_reply() accesses the variable-length rval[] array using
attacker-controlled hl (hash length) and dhvlen (DH value length) fields
without verifying they fit within the allocated buffer of tl bytes.
A malicious NVMe-oF initiator can craft a DHCHAP_REPLY message with a
small transfer length but large hl/dhvlen values, causing out-of-bounds
heap reads when the target processes the DH public key (rval + 2*hl) or
performs the host response memcmp.
With DH authentication configured, the OOB pointer is passed directly to
sg_init_one() and read by crypto_kpp_compute_shared_secret(), reaching
up to 526 bytes past the buffer. This is exploitable pre-authentication.
Add bounds validation ensuring sizeof(*data) + 2*hl + dhvlen <= tl before
any access to the variable-length fields.
Discovered by Atuin - Automated Vulnerability Discovery Engine.
Fixes: db1312dd9548 ("nvmet: implement basic In-Band Authentication")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Tianchu Chen <flynnnchen@tencent.com>
Signed-off-by: Keith Busch <kbusch@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
drivers/nvme/target/fabrics-cmd-auth.c | 15 ++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/target/fabrics-cmd-auth.c b/drivers/nvme/target/fabrics-cmd-auth.c
index a78f2d5c7d5c85..ccd5dd3dac85f9 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/target/fabrics-cmd-auth.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/target/fabrics-cmd-auth.c
@@ -109,13 +109,22 @@ static u8 nvmet_auth_negotiate(struct nvmet_req *req, void *d)
return 0;
}
-static u8 nvmet_auth_reply(struct nvmet_req *req, void *d)
+static u8 nvmet_auth_reply(struct nvmet_req *req, void *d, u32 tl)
{
struct nvmet_ctrl *ctrl = req->sq->ctrl;
struct nvmf_auth_dhchap_reply_data *data = d;
- u16 dhvlen = le16_to_cpu(data->dhvlen);
+ u16 dhvlen;
u8 *response;
+ if (tl < sizeof(*data))
+ return NVME_AUTH_DHCHAP_FAILURE_INCORRECT_PAYLOAD;
+
+ dhvlen = le16_to_cpu(data->dhvlen);
+
+ /* Validate that hl and dhvlen fit within the transfer length */
+ if (sizeof(*data) + 2 * (size_t)data->hl + dhvlen > tl)
+ return NVME_AUTH_DHCHAP_FAILURE_INCORRECT_PAYLOAD;
+
pr_debug("%s: ctrl %d qid %d: data hl %d cvalid %d dhvlen %u\n",
__func__, ctrl->cntlid, req->sq->qid,
data->hl, data->cvalid, dhvlen);
@@ -287,7 +296,7 @@ void nvmet_execute_auth_send(struct nvmet_req *req)
switch (data->auth_id) {
case NVME_AUTH_DHCHAP_MESSAGE_REPLY:
- dhchap_status = nvmet_auth_reply(req, d);
+ dhchap_status = nvmet_auth_reply(req, d, tl);
if (dhchap_status == 0)
req->sq->dhchap_step =
NVME_AUTH_DHCHAP_MESSAGE_SUCCESS1;
--
2.53.0
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-20 14:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-15 10:12 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] nvmet-auth: validate reply message payload bounds against" failed to apply to 6.6-stable tree gregkh
2026-07-20 14:10 ` [PATCH 6.6.y 1/3] nvmet: remove superfluous initialization Sasha Levin
2026-07-20 14:10 ` [PATCH 6.6.y 2/3] nvmet: return DHCHAP status codes from nvmet_setup_auth() Sasha Levin
2026-07-20 14:10 ` Sasha Levin [this message]
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