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From: Keith Busch <kbusch@kernel.org>
To: Seokgyu Choi <tjrrb0313@gmail.com>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>, Sagi Grimberg <sagi@grimberg.me>,
	Chaitanya Kulkarni <kch@nvidia.com>,
	linux-nvme@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	syzbot+f613f9f010ec98eb9d86@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] nvmet: reject namespace enable without device path
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2026 16:31:47 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <apij0z23z93gb3jX@kbusch-mbp> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260827075221.312935-1-tjrrb0313@gmail.com>

On Thu, Aug 27, 2026 at 07:52:21AM +0000, Seokgyu Choi wrote:
> A newly allocated namespace has a NULL device_path until userspace
> configures the device_path attribute.
> 
> If buffered_io is enabled before device_path is configured,
> nvmet_bdev_ns_enable() returns -ENOTBLK and nvmet_ns_enable() falls
> back to nvmet_file_ns_enable(). The latter passes the NULL
> device_path to filp_open(), causing a NULL pointer dereference in
> getname_kernel().
> 
> Reject namespace enable when device_path has not been configured.

Thanks, applied to nvme-7.3.

      parent reply	other threads:[~2026-09-02 22:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-08-27  7:52 Seokgyu Choi
2026-08-30 21:28 ` Sagi Grimberg
2026-09-02 14:03 ` Christoph Hellwig
2026-09-02 22:31 ` Keith Busch [this message]

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