[PATCH] nvmet: reject namespace enable without device path
From: Seokgyu Choi
Date: Thu Aug 27 2026 - 04:00:13 EST
A newly allocated namespace has a NULL device_path until userspace
configures the device_path attribute.
If buffered_io is enabled before device_path is configured,
nvmet_bdev_ns_enable() returns -ENOTBLK and nvmet_ns_enable() falls
back to nvmet_file_ns_enable(). The latter passes the NULL
device_path to filp_open(), causing a NULL pointer dereference in
getname_kernel().
Reject namespace enable when device_path has not been configured.
Reported-by: syzbot+f613f9f010ec98eb9d86@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=f613f9f010ec98eb9d86
Signed-off-by: Seokgyu Choi <tjrrb0313@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/nvme/target/core.c | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/target/core.c b/drivers/nvme/target/core.c
index d74c01c98f19..336013139ef6 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/target/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/target/core.c
@@ -591,6 +591,11 @@ int nvmet_ns_enable(struct nvmet_ns *ns)
if (ns->enabled)
goto out_unlock;
+ if (!ns->device_path) {
+ ret = -EINVAL;
+ goto out_unlock;
+ }
+
ret = nvmet_bdev_ns_enable(ns);
if (ret == -ENOTBLK)
ret = nvmet_file_ns_enable(ns);
--
2.53.0