[PATCH] nvmet: reject namespace enable without device path

Seokgyu Choi tjrrb0313 at gmail.com
Thu Aug 27 00:52:21 PDT 2026


A newly allocated namespace has a NULL device_path until userspace
configures the device_path attribute.

If buffered_io is enabled before device_path is configured,
nvmet_bdev_ns_enable() returns -ENOTBLK and nvmet_ns_enable() falls
back to nvmet_file_ns_enable(). The latter passes the NULL
device_path to filp_open(), causing a NULL pointer dereference in
getname_kernel().

Reject namespace enable when device_path has not been configured.

Reported-by: syzbot+f613f9f010ec98eb9d86 at syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=f613f9f010ec98eb9d86
Signed-off-by: Seokgyu Choi <tjrrb0313 at gmail.com>
---
 drivers/nvme/target/core.c | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/nvme/target/core.c b/drivers/nvme/target/core.c
index d74c01c98f19..336013139ef6 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/target/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/target/core.c
@@ -591,6 +591,11 @@ int nvmet_ns_enable(struct nvmet_ns *ns)
 	if (ns->enabled)
 		goto out_unlock;
 
+	if (!ns->device_path) {
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		goto out_unlock;
+	}
+
 	ret = nvmet_bdev_ns_enable(ns);
 	if (ret == -ENOTBLK)
 		ret = nvmet_file_ns_enable(ns);
-- 
2.53.0




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