[PATCH 1/2] nvme: fix racy access to FDP placement ID array

From: Hari Mishal

Date: Sat Jul 25 2026 - 09:53:29 EST


nvme_query_fdp_info() populates head->nr_plids and head->plids the first
time a namespace's FDP configuration is registered, guarded only by a
check-then-act "if (head->nr_plids) return 0" with no locking. Since a
namespace's nvme_ns_head can be shared across multiple nvme_ns paths,
two controller paths scanning the same namespace at the same time can
race to populate this pair concurrently:

- Two unsynchronized writers can each set nr_plids/plids
independently, so the last writer of each field can differ,
producing a count that doesn't match the actual size of the
published array.
- A concurrent reader in nvme_setup_rw() or
nvme_update_ns_info_block() can observe a non-zero nr_plids
while plids is still NULL, or sized for a different count,
leading to a NULL dereference or an out-of-bounds read of
ns->head->plids[].

Add a spinlock to nvme_ns_head and take it around every access to
nr_plids/plids, both the writer in nvme_query_fdp_info() and the
readers, so the pair is always observed and updated as a single
consistent unit. Use scoped_guard() so the lock covers the entire
read-and-use in both readers rather than being released before the
values are actually used.

Signed-off-by: Hari Mishal <harimishal1@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/nvme/host/core.c | 63 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h | 1 +
2 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
index 453c1f0b2dd0..bdc5f07f5bf0 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
@@ -1018,15 +1018,19 @@ static inline blk_status_t nvme_setup_rw(struct nvme_ns *ns,
if (req->cmd_flags & REQ_RAHEAD)
dsmgmt |= NVME_RW_DSM_FREQ_PREFETCH;

- if (op == nvme_cmd_write && ns->head->nr_plids) {
- u16 write_stream = req->bio->bi_write_stream;
-
- if (WARN_ON_ONCE(write_stream > ns->head->nr_plids))
- return BLK_STS_INVAL;
-
- if (write_stream) {
- dsmgmt |= ns->head->plids[write_stream - 1] << 16;
- control |= NVME_RW_DTYPE_DPLCMT;
+ if (op == nvme_cmd_write) {
+ scoped_guard(spinlock, &ns->head->fdp_lock) {
+ u16 write_stream = req->bio->bi_write_stream;
+
+ if (ns->head->nr_plids) {
+ if (WARN_ON_ONCE(write_stream > ns->head->nr_plids))
+ return BLK_STS_INVAL;
+
+ if (write_stream) {
+ dsmgmt |= ns->head->plids[write_stream - 1] << 16;
+ control |= NVME_RW_DTYPE_DPLCMT;
+ }
+ }
}
}

@@ -2317,6 +2321,8 @@ static int nvme_query_fdp_info(struct nvme_ns *ns, struct nvme_ns_info *info)
struct nvme_fdp_ruh_status *ruhs;
struct nvme_fdp_config fdp;
struct nvme_command c = {};
+ u16 nr_plids;
+ u16 *plids;
size_t size;
int i, ret;

@@ -2325,8 +2331,10 @@ static int nvme_query_fdp_info(struct nvme_ns *ns, struct nvme_ns_info *info)
* so return immediately if we've already registered this namespace's
* streams.
*/
- if (head->nr_plids)
- return 0;
+ scoped_guard(spinlock, &head->fdp_lock) {
+ if (head->nr_plids)
+ return 0;
+ }

ret = nvme_get_features(ctrl, NVME_FEAT_FDP, info->endgid, NULL, 0,
&fdp);
@@ -2357,23 +2365,34 @@ static int nvme_query_fdp_info(struct nvme_ns *ns, struct nvme_ns_info *info)
goto free;
}

- head->nr_plids = le16_to_cpu(ruhs->nruhsd);
- if (!head->nr_plids)
+ nr_plids = le16_to_cpu(ruhs->nruhsd);
+ if (!nr_plids)
goto free;

- head->plids = kcalloc(head->nr_plids, sizeof(*head->plids),
- GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!head->plids) {
+ plids = kcalloc(nr_plids, sizeof(*plids), GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!plids) {
dev_warn(ctrl->device,
"failed to allocate %u FDP placement IDs\n",
- head->nr_plids);
- head->nr_plids = 0;
+ nr_plids);
ret = -ENOMEM;
goto free;
}

- for (i = 0; i < head->nr_plids; i++)
- head->plids[i] = le16_to_cpu(ruhs->ruhsd[i].pid);
+ for (i = 0; i < nr_plids; i++)
+ plids[i] = le16_to_cpu(ruhs->ruhsd[i].pid);
+
+ /*
+ * Publish the fully-populated array; if another path already won
+ * the race, drop our redundant copy.
+ */
+ scoped_guard(spinlock, &head->fdp_lock) {
+ if (head->nr_plids) {
+ kfree(plids);
+ goto free;
+ }
+ head->plids = plids;
+ head->nr_plids = nr_plids;
+ }
free:
kfree(ruhs);
return ret;
@@ -2468,7 +2487,8 @@ static int nvme_update_ns_info_block(struct nvme_ns *ns,
if (!nvme_init_integrity(ns->head, &lim, info))
capacity = 0;

- lim.max_write_streams = ns->head->nr_plids;
+ scoped_guard(spinlock, &ns->head->fdp_lock)
+ lim.max_write_streams = ns->head->nr_plids;
if (lim.max_write_streams)
lim.write_stream_granularity = min(info->runs, U32_MAX);
else
@@ -3991,6 +4011,7 @@ static struct nvme_ns_head *nvme_alloc_ns_head(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl,
head->ids = info->ids;
head->shared = info->is_shared;
head->rotational = info->is_rotational;
+ spin_lock_init(&head->fdp_lock);
ratelimit_state_init(&head->rs_nuse, 5 * HZ, 1);
ratelimit_set_flags(&head->rs_nuse, RATELIMIT_MSG_ON_RELEASE);
kref_init(&head->ref);
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h b/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
index 824651cc898d..22a68e09b065 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
@@ -560,6 +560,7 @@ struct nvme_ns_head {

u16 nr_plids;
u16 *plids;
+ spinlock_t fdp_lock; /* protects nr_plids and plids */
#ifdef CONFIG_NVME_MULTIPATH
struct bio_list requeue_list;
spinlock_t requeue_lock;
--
2.43.0