Re: [PATCH] qed: iscsi: limit command queue array fill to the ramrod array size

From: Simon Horman

Date: Thu Mar 26 2026 - 13:58:37 EST


On Tue, Mar 24, 2026 at 06:56:29PM +0800, Pengpeng Hou wrote:
> qed_sp_iscsi_func_start() validates p_params->num_queues against the
> number of command queues exposed by the hardware resource table, but it
> then uses that count to fill q_params.cq_cmdq_sb_num_arr[] in the SCSI
> init ramrod. That array is fixed at SCSI_MAX_NUM_OF_CMDQS entries.
>
> The in-tree qedi caller derives num_queues from the device's reported
> num_cqs and the online CPU count, so current-tree callers can request
> more queues than fit in the fixed ramrod array on sufficiently large
> systems even though the existing hardware-resource check passes.
>
> Reject queue counts that exceed the command queue array capacity before
> filling the ramrod.
>
> Signed-off-by: Pengpeng Hou <pengpeng@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_iscsi.c | 9 +++++++++
> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_iscsi.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_iscsi.c
> index e16808291338..62cf85f9a042 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_iscsi.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_iscsi.c
> @@ -177,6 +177,15 @@ qed_sp_iscsi_func_start(struct qed_hwfn *p_hwfn,
> return -EINVAL;
> }

Hi,

As per my comment to your similar patch for fcoe.

The code immediately above checks fcoe_pf_params->num_cqs
against p_hwfn->hw_info.feat_num[QED_ISCSI_CQ], which I assume
is derived from hardware.

Is that sufficient to avoid the OOB access you describe?

>
> + if (p_params->num_queues > ARRAY_SIZE(p_queue->cq_cmdq_sb_num_arr)) {
> + DP_ERR(p_hwfn,
> + "Cannot fit %u queues in %zu command queue slots. Aborting function start\n",
> + p_params->num_queues,
> + ARRAY_SIZE(p_queue->cq_cmdq_sb_num_arr));
> + qed_sp_destroy_request(p_hwfn, p_ent);
> + return -EINVAL;
> + }
> +
> val = p_params->half_way_close_timeout;
> p_init->half_way_close_timeout = cpu_to_le16(val);
> p_init->num_sq_pages_in_ring = p_params->num_sq_pages_in_ring;
> --
> 2.50.1 (Apple Git-155)
>