[PATCH] nvmet-rdma: reject inline data with a nonzero offset

Bryam Vargas hexlabsecurity at proton.me
Thu Jun 4 01:46:33 PDT 2026


nvmet_rdma_map_sgl_inline() takes a host-controlled offset and length
from the inline SGL descriptor and bounds-checks them against the
per-port inline_data_size:

	u64 off = le64_to_cpu(sgl->addr);
	u32 len = le32_to_cpu(sgl->length);
	...
	if (off + len > rsp->queue->dev->inline_data_size)
		return NVME_SC_SGL_INVALID_OFFSET | NVME_STATUS_DNR;

This is unsound whenever the offset is nonzero:

 - "off + len" is evaluated in u64 and wraps modulo 2^64.  A descriptor
   with addr = 0xfffffffffffffe00 and length = 0x1000 wraps the sum to
   0xe00 and passes the check.  nvmet_rdma_use_inline_sg() then stores
   the offset into scatterlist::offset (unsigned int) and the block
   layer reads out of bounds of the inline page; a large len also makes
   num_pages(len) exceed NVMET_RDMA_MAX_INLINE_SGE and overruns the
   fixed-size inline_sg[] array.

 - Even computed without wrapping, inline_data_size is configurable up
   to max(SZ_16K, PAGE_SIZE).  An offset in (PAGE_SIZE, inline_data_size]
   passes the bound and then "PAGE_SIZE - off" in
   nvmet_rdma_use_inline_sg() underflows, leaving scatterlist::length at
   ~4 GiB and the offset pointing past the first inline page.

A nonzero inline offset is never legitimate here.  nvmet advertises
icdoff = 0, nvme_rdma_setup_ctrl() refuses to use a controller that
reports a nonzero icdoff ("icdoff is not supported!"), and
nvme_rdma_map_sg_inline() sets the inline descriptor addr to icdoff, so
a compliant initiator always sends offset 0.  nvmet_rdma_use_inline_sg()
likewise assumes the inline data begins at the start of the first inline
page (the RNIC DMAs it to page offset 0); any nonzero offset also
mis-describes the scatterlist even when it is in bounds.

Reject a nonzero offset directly.  This closes the u64 overflow, the
inline_sg[] overrun and the PAGE_SIZE - off underflow together, and is
simpler than bounding the offset.

Fixes: 0d5ee2b2ab4f ("nvmet-rdma: support max(16KB, PAGE_SIZE) inline data")
Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org
Reported-by: Bryam Vargas <hexlabsecurity at proton.me>
Signed-off-by: Bryam Vargas <hexlabsecurity at proton.me>
---
Keith, thanks for the suggested form

	if (off > rsp->queue->dev->inline_data_size ||
	    len > rsp->queue->dev->inline_data_size - off)

It does stop the u64 overflow, but while testing it I found it is still
incomplete when a port is configured with inline_data_size > PAGE_SIZE
(it is settable up to max(SZ_16K, PAGE_SIZE)): an offset in
(PAGE_SIZE, inline_data_size] passes that bound and then "PAGE_SIZE - off"
in nvmet_rdma_use_inline_sg() underflows, leaving scatterlist::length at
~4 GiB pointing past the first inline page. The block backend then
executes the out-of-bounds read (KASAN trace below). Since a compliant
initiator never sends a nonzero inline offset (nvmet advertises
icdoff = 0 and nvme_rdma_setup_ctrl() refuses a nonzero icdoff),
rejecting off != 0 closes that case too and is even simpler, so this
formal patch uses that instead of bounding the offset.

Verified on a KASAN build (inline_data_size = 16384) over an rdma_rxe
soft-RoCE loopback nvmet-rdma target with a block backend:
  - offset 0, 4 KiB inline write: succeeds, clean (control).
  - offset 8192, len 4096: without this patch the bounds check passes
    and the block backend executes the out-of-bounds read
      BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in copy_folio_from_iter_atomic
      Read of size 4096 ...
    with this patch it is rejected ("invalid inline data offset!").
  - offset 4095 (< PAGE_SIZE): without this patch it is in bounds but
    mis-describes the SGL (NVME_SC_SGL_INVALID_DATA, no OOB); with this
    patch it is rejected up front.
  - offset 0 keeps working (no regression for compliant initiators).

 drivers/nvme/target/rdma.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/nvme/target/rdma.c b/drivers/nvme/target/rdma.c
--- a/drivers/nvme/target/rdma.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/target/rdma.c
@@ -854,7 +854,7 @@ static u16 nvmet_rdma_map_sgl_inline(struct nvmet_rdma_rsp *rsp)
 		return NVME_SC_INVALID_FIELD | NVME_STATUS_DNR;
 	}

-	if (off + len > rsp->queue->dev->inline_data_size) {
+	if (off || len > rsp->queue->dev->inline_data_size) {
 		pr_err("invalid inline data offset!\n");
 		return NVME_SC_SGL_INVALID_OFFSET | NVME_STATUS_DNR;
 	}
--
2.43.0




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