[PATCH] drbd: fix null-pointer dereference on local read error

From: Christoph Böhmwalder

Date: Fri Feb 20 2026 - 06:40:10 EST


In drbd_request_endio(), READ_COMPLETED_WITH_ERROR is passed to
__req_mod() with a NULL peer_device:

__req_mod(req, what, NULL, &m);

The READ_COMPLETED_WITH_ERROR handler then unconditionally passes this
NULL peer_device to drbd_set_out_of_sync(), which dereferences it,
causing a null-pointer dereference.

Fix this by obtaining the peer_device via first_peer_device(device),
matching how drbd_req_destroy() handles the same situation.

Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Reported-by: Tuo Li <islituo@xxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-block/20260104165355.151864-1-islituo@xxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Christoph Böhmwalder <christoph.boehmwalder@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/block/drbd/drbd_req.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_req.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_req.c
index d15826f6ee81..70f75ef07945 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_req.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_req.c
@@ -621,7 +621,8 @@ int __req_mod(struct drbd_request *req, enum drbd_req_event what,
break;

case READ_COMPLETED_WITH_ERROR:
- drbd_set_out_of_sync(peer_device, req->i.sector, req->i.size);
+ drbd_set_out_of_sync(first_peer_device(device),
+ req->i.sector, req->i.size);
drbd_report_io_error(device, req);
__drbd_chk_io_error(device, DRBD_READ_ERROR);
fallthrough;

base-commit: 72f4d6fca699a1e35b39c5e5dacac2926d254135
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2.53.0