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ublk: fix NULL pointer dereference in ublk_ctrl_set_size()
authorMehul Rao <mehulrao@gmail.com>
Thu, 5 Mar 2026 19:31:46 +0000 (14:31 -0500)
committerJens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Fri, 6 Mar 2026 11:25:44 +0000 (04:25 -0700)
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>
Reviewed-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
drivers/block/ublk_drv.c

index c13cda58a7c6b146f040387c5531f38ca50ee02b..03edabdf89776334aa81a379f6ddc7c072ae9b80 100644 (file)
@@ -5003,15 +5003,22 @@ 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 {
@@ -5331,8 +5338,7 @@ 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);