* [PATCH] scsi: target: fix use-after-free on self-preempt in PROUT PREEMPT
2026-08-31 13:21 [PATCH] scsi: target: fix PRIN READ_FULL_STATUS buffer bounds check Tianchu Chen
@ 2026-08-31 15:00 ` Tianchu Chen
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From: Tianchu Chen @ 2026-08-31 15:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: mkp; +Cc: linux-scsi, target-devel
From: Tianchu Chen <flynnnchen@tencent.com>
In core_scsi3_emulate_pro_preempt(), the !all_reg first path removes
every registration whose key matches the SA RESERVATION KEY field -
including the caller's own. Unlike the two sibling loops, this one
does not skip the calling I_T nexus; instead it passes
dec_holders = calling_it_nexus, so __core_scsi3_free_registration()
drops the reference taken by core_scsi3_locate_pr_reg() and, for
plain PREEMPT, kmem_cache_free()s the registration right away.
The function tail then unconditionally calls
core_scsi3_put_pr_reg(pr_reg_n), decrementing pr_res_holders of the
already freed object.
A remote initiator can trigger this with two commands: REGISTER with
key K, then PREEMPT with SA RESERVATION KEY K while no reservation is
held (or it is held with a different key). The dangling decrement
silently corrupts the freed slot, or underflows pr_res_holders of
whatever registration reuses the t10_pr_reg_cache slot, which can
later turn into an early free / double free of a live registration.
Track that the free path consumed the locate reference and skip the
final put in that case.
Discovered by Atuin - Automated Vulnerability Discovery Engine.
Fixes: c66ac9db8d4ad ("[SCSI] target: Add LIO target core v4.0.0-rc6")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Tianchu Chen <flynnnchen@tencent.com>
---
drivers/target/target_core_pr.c | 11 ++++++++++-
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_pr.c b/drivers/target/target_core_pr.c
index 1d34887e9e845..80e112efd6ead 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_pr.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_pr.c
@@ -2823,6 +2823,7 @@ core_scsi3_emulate_pro_preempt(struct se_cmd *cmd, int type, int scope, u64 res_
u64 pr_res_mapped_lun = 0;
int all_reg = 0, calling_it_nexus = 0;
bool sa_res_key_unmatched = sa_res_key != 0;
+ bool reg_n_released = false;
int prh_type = 0, prh_scope = 0;
if (!se_sess)
@@ -2926,6 +2927,13 @@ core_scsi3_emulate_pro_preempt(struct se_cmd *cmd, int type, int scope, u64 res_
sa_res_key_unmatched = false;
calling_it_nexus = (pr_reg_n == pr_reg) ? 1 : 0;
+ /*
+ * dec_holders=1 makes the free path drop the
+ * reference core_scsi3_locate_pr_reg() took on
+ * pr_reg_n, so the tail must not put it again.
+ */
+ if (calling_it_nexus)
+ reg_n_released = true;
pr_reg_nacl = pr_reg->pr_reg_nacl;
pr_res_mapped_lun = pr_reg->pr_res_mapped_lun;
__core_scsi3_free_registration(dev, pr_reg,
@@ -3012,7 +3020,8 @@ core_scsi3_emulate_pro_preempt(struct se_cmd *cmd, int type, int scope, u64 res_
if (pr_tmpl->pr_aptpl_active)
core_scsi3_update_and_write_aptpl(cmd->se_dev, true);
- core_scsi3_put_pr_reg(pr_reg_n);
+ if (!reg_n_released)
+ core_scsi3_put_pr_reg(pr_reg_n);
core_scsi3_pr_generation(cmd->se_dev);
return 0;
}
--
2.51.0
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