Re: [PATCH v3 1/4] scsi: sd: reject invalid pr_read_keys() num_keys values

From: Hannes Reinecke
Date: Tue Dec 02 2025 - 10:40:33 EST


On 12/1/25 22:43, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote:
The pr_read_keys() interface has a u32 num_keys parameter. The SCSI
PERSISTENT RESERVE IN command has a maximum READ KEYS service action
size of 65536 bytes. Reject num_keys values that are too large to fit
into the SCSI command.

This will become important when pr_read_keys() is exposed to untrusted
userspace via an <linux/pr.h> ioctl.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@xxxxxxxxxx>
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drivers/scsi/sd.c | 12 +++++++++++-
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@xxxxxxx>

Cheers,

Hannes
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