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From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Yu Zhang <yuz08559@gmail.com>,
	Maurizio Lombardi <mlombard@redhat.com>,
	Keith Busch <kbusch@kernel.org>, Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 6.1.y 2/2] nvmet: take subsys->lock while force-reconnecting in nvmet_subsys_attr_qid_max_store()
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2026 12:26:08 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261111172541.3562889-2-sashal@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261111172541.3562889-1-sashal@kernel.org>

From: Yu Zhang <yuz08559@gmail.com>

[ Upstream commit 9f426f14051181e251590783e68ce589a63e2b1c ]

nvmet_subsys_attr_qid_max_store() sets subsys->max_qid and then walks
subsys->ctrls to force every controller to reconnect, but it holds only
nvmet_config_sem (for write).  subsys->ctrls is protected by subsys->lock:
nvmet_alloc_ctrl() adds an entry under subsys->lock, and nvmet_ctrl_free()
removes it under subsys->lock with list_del() + kfree() (not kfree_rcu).
The free path takes no nvmet_config_sem, so the two locks are independent.

A controller teardown (host disconnect, keep-alive timeout or fatal error
-> nvmet_sq_destroy() -> nvmet_ctrl_put() -> nvmet_ctrl_free()) can
therefore list_del() an entry while qid_max_store() is iterating the list,
corrupting the walk.

KASAN, concurrent "echo 128 > .../subsystems/<nqn>/attr_qid_max" racing
nvme-loop controllers connecting and disconnecting, panics in seconds:

  BUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in nvmet_subsys_attr_qid_max_store+0x10d/0x1b0
  Read of size 8 at addr 0000000000000090
  Call Trace:
   nvmet_subsys_attr_qid_max_store+0x10d/0x1b0
   configfs_write_iter+0x1a7/0x250
   vfs_write+0x5df/0x940
   ksys_write+0xfd/0x1e0

(also seen as a general-protection fault dereferencing a LIST_POISON
pointer at the same instruction.)

Take subsys->lock around the list_for_each_entry() loop, matching every
other subsys->ctrls accessor.  ->delete_ctrl() only queues asynchronous
controller teardown, so it does not re-enter subsys->lock under the loop.

Fixes: 3e980f5995e0 ("nvmet: expose max queues to configfs")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reviewed-by: Maurizio Lombardi <mlombard@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Yu Zhang <yuz08559@gmail.com>
Tested-by: Yu Zhang <yuz08559@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Keith Busch <kbusch@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
 drivers/nvme/target/configfs.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/nvme/target/configfs.c b/drivers/nvme/target/configfs.c
index 8c12de188e992..cbc3693d5fc0a 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/target/configfs.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/target/configfs.c
@@ -1332,8 +1332,10 @@ static ssize_t nvmet_subsys_attr_qid_max_store(struct config_item *item,
 	subsys->max_qid = qid_max;
 
 	/* Force reconnect */
+	mutex_lock(&subsys->lock);
 	list_for_each_entry(ctrl, &subsys->ctrls, subsys_entry)
 		ctrl->ops->delete_ctrl(ctrl);
+	mutex_unlock(&subsys->lock);
 	up_write(&nvmet_config_sem);
 
 	return cnt;
-- 
2.53.0


      reply	other threads:[~2026-11-11 17:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-11-07 10:53 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] nvmet: take subsys->lock while force-reconnecting in nvmet_subsys_attr_qid_max_store()" failed to apply to 6.1-stable tree Sasha Levin
2026-11-11 17:26 ` [PATCH 6.1.y 1/2] nvmet: force reconnect when number of queue changes Sasha Levin
2026-11-11 17:26   ` Sasha Levin [this message]

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