[PATCH] nvmet-auth: fix error handling on CHALLENGE failure
From: shao.mingyin
Date: Mon Oct 26 2026 - 04:46:36 EST
From: Shao Mingyin <shao.mingyin@xxxxxxxxxx>
In nvmet_execute_auth_receive(), when nvmet_auth_challenge() fails (for
example when the initiator-supplied allocation length is shorter than the
DH-HMAC-CHAP challenge response, or the challenge nonce allocation fails),
the error path sets status = NVME_SC_INTERNAL and breaks out of the
switch. The unconditional
status = nvmet_copy_to_sgl(req, 0, d, al);
after the switch then overwrites the error status (nvmet_copy_to_sgl()
returns 0 on success), so the AUTH_RECEIVE command incorrectly completes
with SUCCESS and the initiator proceeds with a truncated/empty challenge.
Fix this by freeing the buffer and jumping to the common done: label on
CHALLENGE failure, skipping the copy_to_sgl() entirely and preserving the
NVME_SC_INTERNAL status.
Fixes: db1312dd9548 ("nvmet: implement basic In-Band Authentication")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Shao Mingyin <shao.mingyin@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/target/fabrics-cmd-auth.c b/drivers/nvme/target/fabrics-cmd-auth.c
index 1fe21f2672f1..bd1185f13ab2 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/target/fabrics-cmd-auth.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/target/fabrics-cmd-auth.c
@@ -605,10 +605,11 @@ void nvmet_execute_auth_receive(struct nvmet_req *req)
switch (req->sq->dhchap_step) {
case NVME_AUTH_DHCHAP_MESSAGE_CHALLENGE:
if (nvmet_auth_challenge(req, d, al) < 0) {
- pr_warn("ctrl %d qid %d: challenge error (%d)\n",
- ctrl->cntlid, req->sq->qid, status);
+ pr_warn("ctrl %d qid %d: challenge error\n",
+ ctrl->cntlid, req->sq->qid);
status = NVME_SC_INTERNAL;
- break;
+ kfree(d);
+ goto done;
}
req->sq->dhchap_step = NVME_AUTH_DHCHAP_MESSAGE_REPLY;
break;