[PATCH] scsi: ibmvfc: fix OOB access in ibmvfc_discover_targets_done()
From: Tyllis Xu
Date: Sat Mar 14 2026 - 13:03:09 EST
A malicious or compromised VIO server can return a num_written value in
the discover targets MAD response that exceeds max_targets. This value
is stored directly in vhost->num_targets without validation, and is then
used as the loop bound in ibmvfc_alloc_targets() to index into disc_buf[],
which is only allocated for max_targets entries. Indices at or beyond
max_targets access kernel memory outside the DMA-coherent allocation.
The out-of-bounds data is subsequently embedded in Implicit Logout and
PLOGI MADs that are sent back to the VIO server, leaking kernel memory.
Fix by clamping num_written to max_targets before storing it.
Fixes: 072b91f9c651 ("[SCSI] ibmvfc: IBM Power Virtual Fibre Channel Adapter Client Driver")
Reported-by: Yuhao Jiang <danisjiang@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Tyllis Xu <LivelyCarpet87@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc.c b/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc.c
index a20fce04fe79..3dd2adda195e 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc.c
@@ -4966,7 +4966,8 @@ static void ibmvfc_discover_targets_done(struct ibmvfc_event *evt)
switch (mad_status) {
case IBMVFC_MAD_SUCCESS:
ibmvfc_dbg(vhost, "Discover Targets succeeded\n");
- vhost->num_targets = be32_to_cpu(rsp->num_written);
+ vhost->num_targets = min_t(u32, be32_to_cpu(rsp->num_written),
+ max_targets);
ibmvfc_set_host_action(vhost, IBMVFC_HOST_ACTION_ALLOC_TGTS);
break;
case IBMVFC_MAD_FAILED:
--
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