[PATCH v2 0/5] nvme: fabrics and target fixes
Guixin Liu
kanie at linux.alibaba.com
Sun Nov 8 18:26:41 PST 2026
Five fixes found by code inspection of the nvme host and target
drivers:
- a reconnect_delay of 0 is accepted through sysfs and makes the
ctrl_loss_tmo store divide by zero; reproduced on an unfixed
kernel, rejected on the patched one
- a use-after-free in nvme_fc_match_disconn_ls(): no iterator is
sound across the rport lock drop inside the loop, so the loop is
reworked to run entirely under the rport lock and to take a
reference only for the match; reproduced under KASAN through fcloop
- a data race on ctrl->transaction between concurrent per-queue
DH-HMAC-CHAP exchanges
- nvmet_subsys_attr_tbkas_store() walks subsys->ctrls without
subsys->lock, the same bug fixed for qid_max_store() in patch 4
of this series
- needless GFP_ATOMIC allocations in the nvmet persistent reservation
code
The reconnect_delay, tbkas, nvme-auth and persistent reservation fixes
are verified on an initiator/target VM pair running the patched
kernel: connect/IO/disconnect cycles, tbkas toggles racing connection
churn, persistent reservation operations across all six reservation
types, and a full DH-HMAC-CHAP authenticated session with I/O. The
reworked nvme-fc loop is compile tested and exercised under KASAN
through fcloop with six controllers on one remote port across tbkas
force-reconnect cycles and concurrent disconnects, with no reports.
Changes since v1:
- rework the nvme-fc fix: neither the _safe iterator nor a plain one
is sound across the lock drop, as the loop's own put can be the
final reference; the loop now runs entirely under the rport lock
and takes a reference only for the match (Hannes Reinecke, sashiko)
- drop the nvmet_install_queue() patch: the callers already release
their reference on failure (Hannes Reinecke)
- use atomic_inc_return() in the nvme-auth patch (Hannes Reinecke)
- correct the Fixes tag of the reconnect_delay patch to the commit
that introduced the sysfs store (sashiko, confirmed by Christoph
Hellwig)
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20261106015842.3534898-1-kanie@linux.alibaba.com/
Guixin Liu (5):
nvme: reject a reconnect_delay of 0 through sysfs
nvme-fc: fix use-after-free in nvme_fc_match_disconn_ls()
nvme-auth: fix data race on ctrl->transaction
nvmet: take subsys->lock in nvmet_subsys_attr_tbkas_store()
nvmet: use GFP_KERNEL for PR allocations
drivers/nvme/host/auth.c | 2 +-
drivers/nvme/host/fc.c | 22 ++++++++++++----------
drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h | 2 +-
drivers/nvme/host/sysfs.c | 3 +++
drivers/nvme/target/configfs.c | 2 ++
drivers/nvme/target/pr.c | 4 ++--
6 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
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