kernel/linux.git/drivers/block/nbd.c, branch v6.12.80

nbd: defer config unlock in nbd_genl_connect

2025-12-18T12:54:57+00:00

[ Upstream commit 1649714b930f9ea6233ce0810ba885999da3b5d4 ] There is one use-after-free warning when running NBD_CMD_CONNECT and NBD_CLEAR_SOCK: nbd_genl_connect nbd_alloc_and_init_config // config_refs=1 nbd_start_device // config_refs=2 set NBD_RT_HAS_CONFIG_REF open nbd // config_refs=3 recv_work done // config_refs=2 NBD_CLEAR_SOCK // config_refs=1 close nbd // config_refs=0 refcount_inc -> uaf ------------[ cut here ]------------ refcount_t: addition on 0; use-after-free. WARNING: CPU: 24 PID: 1014 at lib/refcount.c:25 refcount_warn_saturate+0x12e/0x290 nbd_genl_connect+0x16d0/0x1ab0 genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0x1f3/0x310 genl_rcv_msg+0x44a/0x790 The issue can be easily reproduced by adding a small delay before refcount_inc(&nbd->config_refs) in nbd_genl_connect(): mutex_unlock(&nbd->config_lock); if (!ret) { set_bit(NBD_RT_HAS_CONFIG_REF, &config->runtime_flags); + printk("before sleep\n"); + mdelay(5 * 1000); + printk("after sleep\n"); refcount_inc(&nbd->config_refs); nbd_connect_reply(info, nbd->index); } Fixes: e46c7287b1c2 ("nbd: add a basic netlink interface") Signed-off-by: Zheng Qixing Reviewed-by: Yu Kuai Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

nbd: defer config put in recv_work

2025-12-18T12:54:55+00:00

[ Upstream commit 9517b82d8d422d426a988b213fdd45c6b417b86d ] There is one uaf issue in recv_work when running NBD_CLEAR_SOCK and NBD_CMD_RECONFIGURE: nbd_genl_connect // conf_ref=2 (connect and recv_work A) nbd_open // conf_ref=3 recv_work A done // conf_ref=2 NBD_CLEAR_SOCK // conf_ref=1 nbd_genl_reconfigure // conf_ref=2 (trigger recv_work B) close nbd // conf_ref=1 recv_work B config_put // conf_ref=0 atomic_dec(&config->recv_threads); -> UAF Or only running NBD_CLEAR_SOCK: nbd_genl_connect // conf_ref=2 nbd_open // conf_ref=3 NBD_CLEAR_SOCK // conf_ref=2 close nbd nbd_release config_put // conf_ref=1 recv_work config_put // conf_ref=0 atomic_dec(&config->recv_threads); -> UAF Commit 87aac3a80af5 ("nbd: call nbd_config_put() before notifying the waiter") moved nbd_config_put() to run before waking up the waiter in recv_work, in order to ensure that nbd_start_device_ioctl() would not be woken up while nbd->task_recv was still uncleared. However, in nbd_start_device_ioctl(), after being woken up it explicitly calls flush_workqueue() to make sure all current works are finished. Therefore, there is no need to move the config put ahead of the wakeup. Move nbd_config_put() to the end of recv_work, so that the reference is held for the whole lifetime of the worker thread. This makes sure the config cannot be freed while recv_work is still running, even if clear + reconfigure interleave. In addition, we don't need to worry about recv_work dropping the last nbd_put (which causes deadlock): path A (netlink with NBD_CFLAG_DESTROY_ON_DISCONNECT): connect // nbd_refs=1 (trigger recv_work) open nbd // nbd_refs=2 NBD_CLEAR_SOCK close nbd nbd_release nbd_disconnect_and_put flush_workqueue // recv_work done nbd_config_put nbd_put // nbd_refs=1 nbd_put // nbd_refs=0 queue_work path B (netlink without NBD_CFLAG_DESTROY_ON_DISCONNECT): connect // nbd_refs=2 (trigger recv_work) open nbd // nbd_refs=3 NBD_CLEAR_SOCK // conf_refs=2 close nbd nbd_release nbd_config_put // conf_refs=1 nbd_put // nbd_refs=2 recv_work done // conf_refs=0, nbd_refs=1 rmmod // nbd_refs=0 Reported-by: syzbot+56fbf4c7ddf65e95c7cc@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/6907edce.a70a0220.37351b.0014.GAE@google.com/T/ Fixes: 87aac3a80af5 ("nbd: make the config put is called before the notifying the waiter") Depends-on: e2daec488c57 ("nbd: Fix hungtask when nbd_config_put") Signed-off-by: Zheng Qixing Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

nbd: override creds to kernel when calling sock_{send,recv}msg()

2025-10-29T13:08:59+00:00

[ Upstream commit 81ccca31214e11ea2b537fd35d4f66d7cf46268e ] sock_{send,recv}msg() internally calls security_socket_{send,recv}msg(), which does security checks (e.g. SELinux) for socket access against the current task. However, _sock_xmit() in drivers/block/nbd.c may be called indirectly from a userspace syscall, where the NBD socket access would be incorrectly checked against the calling userspace task (which simply tries to read/write a file that happens to reside on an NBD device). To fix this, temporarily override creds to kernel ones before calling the sock_*() functions. This allows the security modules to recognize this as internal access by the kernel, which will normally be allowed. A way to trigger the issue is to do the following (on a system with SELinux set to enforcing): ### Create nbd device: truncate -s 256M /tmp/testfile nbd-server localhost:10809 /tmp/testfile ### Connect to the nbd server: nbd-client localhost ### Create mdraid array mdadm --create -l 1 -n 2 /dev/md/testarray /dev/nbd0 missing After these steps, assuming the SELinux policy doesn't allow the unexpected access pattern, errors will be visible on the kernel console: [ 142.204243] nbd0: detected capacity change from 0 to 524288 [ 165.189967] md: async del_gendisk mode will be removed in future, please upgrade to mdadm-4.5+ [ 165.252299] md/raid1:md127: active with 1 out of 2 mirrors [ 165.252725] md127: detected capacity change from 0 to 522240 [ 165.255434] block nbd0: Send control failed (result -13) [ 165.255718] block nbd0: Request send failed, requeueing [ 165.256006] block nbd0: Dead connection, failed to find a fallback [ 165.256041] block nbd0: Receive control failed (result -32) [ 165.256423] block nbd0: shutting down sockets [ 165.257196] I/O error, dev nbd0, sector 2048 op 0x0:(READ) flags 0x0 phys_seg 1 prio class 2 [ 165.257736] Buffer I/O error on dev md127, logical block 0, async page read [ 165.258263] I/O error, dev nbd0, sector 2048 op 0x0:(READ) flags 0x0 phys_seg 1 prio class 2 [ 165.259376] Buffer I/O error on dev md127, logical block 0, async page read [ 165.259920] I/O error, dev nbd0, sector 2048 op 0x0:(READ) flags 0x0 phys_seg 1 prio class 2 [ 165.260628] Buffer I/O error on dev md127, logical block 0, async page read [ 165.261661] ldm_validate_partition_table(): Disk read failed. [ 165.262108] I/O error, dev nbd0, sector 2048 op 0x0:(READ) flags 0x0 phys_seg 1 prio class 2 [ 165.262769] Buffer I/O error on dev md127, logical block 0, async page read [ 165.263697] I/O error, dev nbd0, sector 2048 op 0x0:(READ) flags 0x0 phys_seg 1 prio class 2 [ 165.264412] Buffer I/O error on dev md127, logical block 0, async page read [ 165.265412] I/O error, dev nbd0, sector 2048 op 0x0:(READ) flags 0x0 phys_seg 1 prio class 2 [ 165.265872] Buffer I/O error on dev md127, logical block 0, async page read [ 165.266378] I/O error, dev nbd0, sector 2048 op 0x0:(READ) flags 0x0 phys_seg 1 prio class 2 [ 165.267168] Buffer I/O error on dev md127, logical block 0, async page read [ 165.267564] md127: unable to read partition table [ 165.269581] I/O error, dev nbd0, sector 0 op 0x0:(READ) flags 0x0 phys_seg 1 prio class 2 [ 165.269960] Buffer I/O error on dev nbd0, logical block 0, async page read [ 165.270316] I/O error, dev nbd0, sector 0 op 0x0:(READ) flags 0x0 phys_seg 1 prio class 2 [ 165.270913] Buffer I/O error on dev nbd0, logical block 0, async page read [ 165.271253] I/O error, dev nbd0, sector 0 op 0x0:(READ) flags 0x0 phys_seg 1 prio class 2 [ 165.271809] Buffer I/O error on dev nbd0, logical block 0, async page read [ 165.272074] ldm_validate_partition_table(): Disk read failed. [ 165.272360] nbd0: unable to read partition table [ 165.289004] ldm_validate_partition_table(): Disk read failed. [ 165.289614] nbd0: unable to read partition table The corresponding SELinux denial on Fedora/RHEL will look like this (assuming it's not silenced): type=AVC msg=audit(1758104872.510:116): avc: denied { write } for pid=1908 comm="mdadm" laddr=::1 lport=32772 faddr=::1 fport=10809 scontext=system_u:system_r:mdadm_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tcontext=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tclass=tcp_socket permissive=0 The respective backtrace looks like this: @security[mdadm, -13, handshake_exit+221615650 handshake_exit+221615650 handshake_exit+221616465 security_socket_sendmsg+5 sock_sendmsg+106 handshake_exit+221616150 sock_sendmsg+5 __sock_xmit+162 nbd_send_cmd+597 nbd_handle_cmd+377 nbd_queue_rq+63 blk_mq_dispatch_rq_list+653 __blk_mq_do_dispatch_sched+184 __blk_mq_sched_dispatch_requests+333 blk_mq_sched_dispatch_requests+38 blk_mq_run_hw_queue+239 blk_mq_dispatch_plug_list+382 blk_mq_flush_plug_list.part.0+55 __blk_flush_plug+241 __submit_bio+353 submit_bio_noacct_nocheck+364 submit_bio_wait+84 __blkdev_direct_IO_simple+232 blkdev_read_iter+162 vfs_read+591 ksys_read+95 do_syscall_64+92 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+120 ]: 1 The issue has started to appear since commit 060406c61c7c ("block: add plug while submitting IO"). Cc: Ming Lei Link: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2348878 Fixes: 060406c61c7c ("block: add plug while submitting IO") Signed-off-by: Ondrej Mosnacek Acked-by: Paul Moore Acked-by: Stephen Smalley Reviewed-by: Ming Lei Tested-by: Ming Lei Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

nbd: restrict sockets to TCP and UDP

2025-10-15T09:59:59+00:00

[ Upstream commit 9f7c02e031570e8291a63162c6c046dc15ff85b0 ] Recently, syzbot started to abuse NBD with all kinds of sockets. Commit cf1b2326b734 ("nbd: verify socket is supported during setup") made sure the socket supported a shutdown() method. Explicitely accept TCP and UNIX stream sockets. Fixes: cf1b2326b734 ("nbd: verify socket is supported during setup") Reported-by: syzbot+e1cd6bd8493060bd701d@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/CANn89iJ+76eE3A_8S_zTpSyW5hvPRn6V57458hCZGY5hbH_bFA@mail.gmail.com/T/#m081036e8747cd7e2626c1da5d78c8b9d1e55b154 Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet Cc: Mike Christie Cc: Richard W.M. Jones Cc: Jens Axboe Cc: Yu Kuai Cc: linux-block@vger.kernel.org Cc: nbd@other.debian.org Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

nbd: fix uaf in nbd_genl_connect() error path

2025-07-17T16:37:17+00:00

[ Upstream commit aa9552438ebf015fc5f9f890dbfe39f0c53cf37e ] There is a use-after-free issue in nbd: block nbd6: Receive control failed (result -104) block nbd6: shutting down sockets ================================================================== BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in recv_work+0x694/0xa80 drivers/block/nbd.c:1022 Write of size 4 at addr ffff8880295de478 by task kworker/u33:0/67 CPU: 2 UID: 0 PID: 67 Comm: kworker/u33:0 Not tainted 6.15.0-rc5-syzkaller-00123-g2c89c1b655c0 #0 PREEMPT(full) Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2~bpo12+1 04/01/2014 Workqueue: nbd6-recv recv_work Call Trace: __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0x116/0x1f0 lib/dump_stack.c:120 print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:408 [inline] print_report+0xc3/0x670 mm/kasan/report.c:521 kasan_report+0xe0/0x110 mm/kasan/report.c:634 check_region_inline mm/kasan/generic.c:183 [inline] kasan_check_range+0xef/0x1a0 mm/kasan/generic.c:189 instrument_atomic_read_write include/linux/instrumented.h:96 [inline] atomic_dec include/linux/atomic/atomic-instrumented.h:592 [inline] recv_work+0x694/0xa80 drivers/block/nbd.c:1022 process_one_work+0x9cc/0x1b70 kernel/workqueue.c:3238 process_scheduled_works kernel/workqueue.c:3319 [inline] worker_thread+0x6c8/0xf10 kernel/workqueue.c:3400 kthread+0x3c2/0x780 kernel/kthread.c:464 ret_from_fork+0x45/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:153 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245 nbd_genl_connect() does not properly stop the device on certain error paths after nbd_start_device() has been called. This causes the error path to put nbd->config while recv_work continue to use the config after putting it, leading to use-after-free in recv_work. This patch moves nbd_start_device() after the backend file creation. Reported-by: syzbot+48240bab47e705c53126@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/68227a04.050a0220.f2294.00b5.GAE@google.com/T/ Fixes: 6497ef8df568 ("nbd: provide a way for userspace processes to identify device backends") Signed-off-by: Zheng Qixing Reviewed-by: Yu Kuai Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250612132405.364904-1-zhengqixing@huaweicloud.com Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

nbd: don't allow reconnect after disconnect

2025-02-08T08:56:51+00:00

[ Upstream commit 844b8cdc681612ff24df62cdefddeab5772fadf1 ] Following process can cause nbd_config UAF: 1) grab nbd_config temporarily; 2) nbd_genl_disconnect() flush all recv_work() and release the initial reference: nbd_genl_disconnect nbd_disconnect_and_put nbd_disconnect flush_workqueue(nbd->recv_workq) if (test_and_clear_bit(NBD_RT_HAS_CONFIG_REF, ...)) nbd_config_put -> due to step 1), reference is still not zero 3) nbd_genl_reconfigure() queue recv_work() again; nbd_genl_reconfigure config = nbd_get_config_unlocked(nbd) if (!config) -> succeed if (!test_bit(NBD_RT_BOUND, ...)) -> succeed nbd_reconnect_socket queue_work(nbd->recv_workq, &args->work) 4) step 1) release the reference; 5) Finially, recv_work() will trigger UAF: recv_work nbd_config_put(nbd) -> nbd_config is freed atomic_dec(&config->recv_threads) -> UAF Fix the problem by clearing NBD_RT_BOUND in nbd_genl_disconnect(), so that nbd_genl_reconfigure() will fail. Fixes: b7aa3d39385d ("nbd: add a reconfigure netlink command") Reported-by: syzbot+6b0df248918b92c33e6a@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/675bfb65.050a0220.1a2d0d.0006.GAE@google.com/ Signed-off-by: Yu Kuai Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250103092859.3574648-1-yukuai1@huaweicloud.com Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

nbd: correct the maximum value for discard sectors

2024-09-06T14:31:40+00:00

The version of the NBD protocol implemented by the kernel driver currently has a 32 bit field for length values. As the NBD protocol uses bytes as a unit of length, length values larger than 2^32 bytes cannot be expressed. Update the max_hw_discard_sectors field to match that. Signed-off-by: Wouter Verhelst Fixes: 268283244c0f ("nbd: use the atomic queue limits API in nbd_set_size") Reviewed-by: Damien Le Moal Cc: Eric Blake Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240812133032.115134-8-w@uter.be Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe

nbd: nbd_bg_flags_show: add NBD_FLAG_ROTATIONAL

2024-09-06T14:31:40+00:00

Also handle NBD_FLAG_ROTATIONAL in our debug helper function Signed-off-by: Wouter Verhelst Cc: Eric Blake Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240812133032.115134-6-w@uter.be Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe

nbd: implement the WRITE_ZEROES command

2024-09-06T14:31:40+00:00

The NBD protocol defines a message for zeroing out a region of an export Add support to the kernel driver for that message. Signed-off-by: Wouter Verhelst Cc: Eric Blake Reviewed-by: Damien Le Moal Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240812133032.115134-3-w@uter.be Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe

nbd: fix race between timeout and normal completion

2024-08-30T20:46:59+00:00

If request timetout is handled by nbd_requeue_cmd(), normal completion has to be stopped for avoiding to complete this requeued request, other use-after-free can be triggered. Fix the race by clearing NBD_CMD_INFLIGHT in nbd_requeue_cmd(), meantime make sure that cmd->lock is grabbed for clearing the flag and the requeue. Cc: Josef Bacik Cc: Yu Kuai Fixes: 2895f1831e91 ("nbd: don't clear 'NBD_CMD_INFLIGHT' flag if request is not completed") Signed-off-by: Ming Lei Reviewed-by: Yu Kuai Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240830034145.1827742-1-ming.lei@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe