[PATCH] ublk: fix NULL pointer dereference in ublk_ctrl_set_size()
From: Mehul Rao
Date: Thu Mar 05 2026 - 14:32:41 EST
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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Mehul Rao <mehulrao@xxxxxxxxx>
---
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