[PATCH] ublk: clear server ownership before aborting in-flight requests
From: ZhengYuan Huang
Date: Tue May 12 2026 - 05:16:27 EST
[BUG]
A stale UBLK_IO_COMMIT_AND_FETCH_REQ can reach the normal completion path
after ublk has already aborted the in-flight request, leading to a
use-after-free in map/unmap mode:
BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in ublk_copy_io_pages drivers/block/ublk_drv.c:946 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in ublk_copy_user_pages+0x83c/0xcc0 drivers/block/ublk_drv.c:1013
Write of size 4096 at addr ffff88800ce2a000 by task ublk.fsfuzz/275
Call Trace:
...
ublk_copy_io_pages drivers/block/ublk_drv.c:946 [inline]
ublk_copy_user_pages+0x83c/0xcc0 drivers/block/ublk_drv.c:1013
ublk_unmap_io+0x2bb/0x350 drivers/block/ublk_drv.c:1076
__ublk_complete_rq drivers/block/ublk_drv.c:1188 [inline]
ublk_ch_uring_cmd_local+0x157c/0x2180 drivers/block/ublk_drv.c:2477
ublk_ch_uring_cmd+0x42/0x640 drivers/block/ublk_drv.c:2561
io_uring_cmd+0x26f/0x570 io_uring/uring_cmd.c:263
__io_issue_sqe+0xc2/0x760 io_uring/io_uring.c:1826
io_issue_sqe+0xdd/0x11e0 io_uring/io_uring.c:1849
io_queue_sqe io_uring/io_uring.c:2076 [inline]
io_submit_sqe io_uring/io_uring.c:2336 [inline]
io_submit_sqes+0x806/0x2390 io_uring/io_uring.c:2449
__do_sys_io_uring_enter+0x5c0/0x13a0 io_uring/io_uring.c:3516
__se_sys_io_uring_enter io_uring/io_uring.c:3455 [inline]
__x64_sys_io_uring_enter+0xe5/0x1c0 io_uring/io_uring.c:3455
x64_sys_call+0x2419/0x26a0 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:427
...
[CAUSE]
commit e63d2228ef83 ("ublk: simplify aborting ublk request") removed the
abort-only completion state and now __ublk_fail_req() fails or requeues
the request without first revoking UBLK_IO_FLAG_OWNED_BY_SRV. That leaves
the tag looking as if it is still owned by the ublk server, so a stale
COMMIT_AND_FETCH_REQ can pass the ownership check, reuse io->req, and
call __ublk_complete_rq() after the request has already been ended. In map
mode that drives ublk_unmap_io() into freed request pages.
[FIX]
Clear UBLK_IO_FLAG_OWNED_BY_SRV as soon as abort starts in
__ublk_fail_req(). Once ownership is revoked, any stale
COMMIT_AND_FETCH_REQ fails before touching io->req, so the completion path
can no longer copy into freed bio pages.
Fixes: e63d2228ef83 ("ublk: simplify aborting ublk request")
Signed-off-by: ZhengYuan Huang <gality369@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/block/ublk_drv.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/block/ublk_drv.c b/drivers/block/ublk_drv.c
index 57ec900f0ce0..4f16a1ce7d2a 100644
--- a/drivers/block/ublk_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/block/ublk_drv.c
@@ -2673,6 +2673,9 @@ static void __ublk_fail_req(struct ublk_device *ub, struct ublk_io *io,
WARN_ON_ONCE(!ublk_dev_support_batch_io(ub) &&
io->flags & UBLK_IO_FLAG_ACTIVE);
+ /* The ublk server no longer owns this request once abort starts. */
+ io->flags &= ~UBLK_IO_FLAG_OWNED_BY_SRV;
+
if (ublk_nosrv_should_reissue_outstanding(ub))
blk_mq_requeue_request(req, false);
else {
--
2.43.0