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From: Mehul Rao <mehulrao@gmail.com>
To: ming.lei@redhat.com, axboe@kernel.dk
Cc: linux-block@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	stable@vger.kernel.org, Mehul Rao <mehulrao@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH] ublk: fix NULL pointer dereference in ublk_ctrl_set_size()
Date: Thu,  5 Mar 2026 14:31:46 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260305193146.304526-1-mehulrao@gmail.com> (raw)

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>
---
 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 004f36724..41ed30a18 100644
--- a/drivers/block/ublk_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/block/ublk_drv.c
@@ -5006,15 +5006,22 @@ 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 {
@@ -5335,8 +5342,7 @@ 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);
-- 
2.53.0


             reply	other threads:[~2026-03-05 19:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-03-05 19:31 Mehul Rao [this message]
2026-03-06  3:17 ` Ming Lei
2026-03-06 11:26 ` Jens Axboe

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