Re: [PATCH] io_uring: fix out-of-bounds bvec access in io_vec_fill_kern_bvec

From: Gabriel Krisman Bertazi

Date: Thu Oct 01 2026 - 12:06:04 EST


Ömer Mete Kaya <omermetekaya0@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> for_each_mp_bvec() dereferences src_bvec[bi_idx] in the loop condition
> before the body is entered, with no guard against bi_idx reaching
> imu->nr_bvecs. iov_kern_bvec_size() stops iterating when i reaches
> imu->nr_bvecs even if bi_size is still non-zero, so the fill loop can
> walk past the end of the bvec array and overrun res_bvec[].
>
> Open-code the loop with an explicit bi_idx < imu->nr_bvecs check before
> the dereference, matching the termination condition in
> iov_kern_bvec_size().

Do you have a reproducer? This should be checked in iov_kern_bvec_size.
We make sure it doesn't go through imu->len which should match bv_len,
IIUC.

>
> Fixes: 1045afae4b88 ("io_uring: support vectored kernel fixed buffer")
> Signed-off-by: Ömer Mete Kaya <omermetekaya0@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> io_uring/rsrc.c | 7 ++++++-
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/io_uring/rsrc.c b/io_uring/rsrc.c
> index 51b46e624..3d29a0c7b 100644
> --- a/io_uring/rsrc.c
> +++ b/io_uring/rsrc.c
> @@ -1614,8 +1614,13 @@ static int io_vec_fill_kern_bvec(int ddir, struct iov_iter *iter,
> struct bio_vec bv;
>
> bvec_iter_advance(src_bvec, &bi, offset);
> - for_each_mp_bvec(bv, src_bvec, bi, bi)
> + while (bi.bi_size) {

bi.bi_size is the first condition of for_each_mp_bvec. Do you really
need an open coded loop? If there is an issue, can we just add the
check below?

> + if (bi.bi_idx >= imu->nr_bvecs)
> + return -EFAULT;

> + bv = mp_bvec_iter_bvec(src_bvec, bi);
> res_bvec[res_idx++] = bv;
> + bvec_iter_advance_single(src_bvec, &bi, bv.bv_len);
> + }
> total_len += iov_len;
> }
> iov_iter_bvec(iter, ddir, res_bvec, res_idx, total_len);
> --
> 2.55.0
>

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Gabriel Krisman Bertazi