[PATCH] nvme-pci: fix out-of-bounds access in nvme_setup_descriptor_pools

Mateusz Nowicki mateusz.nowicki at posteo.net
Fri May 22 08:06:42 PDT 2026


nvme_setup_descriptor_pools() indexes dev->descriptor_pools[] using the
numa_node forwarded from hctx->numa_node by its single caller,
nvme_init_hctx_common().  On a non-NUMA kernel hctx->numa_node is
NUMA_NO_NODE (-1).  Because the parameter was declared 'unsigned', the
value becomes UINT_MAX and the index walks off the array (sized to
nr_node_ids), faulting during nvme_alloc_ns() and leaving the namespace
without a /dev node.

Reproduces on any NVMe controller probed by a CONFIG_NUMA=n kernel

  BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffff889101603d38
  RIP: 0010:nvme_init_hctx_common+0x5a/0x190 [nvme]
  Call Trace:
   nvme_init_hctx+0x10/0x20 [nvme]
   nvme_alloc_ns+0x9e/0xa10 [nvme_core]
   nvme_scan_ns+0x301/0x3b0 [nvme_core]
   nvme_scan_ns_async+0x23/0x30 [nvme_core]

Switch the parameter to int and fall back to node 0 for negative or
out-of-range values; node 0 is always present.

Signed-off-by: Mateusz Nowicki <mateusz.nowicki at posteo.net>
---
 drivers/nvme/host/pci.c | 10 ++++++++--
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c b/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
index 9fd04cd7c5cb..ecec0f9cff98 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
@@ -587,11 +587,17 @@ static bool nvme_dbbuf_update_and_check_event(u16 value, __le32 *dbbuf_db,
 }
 
 static struct nvme_descriptor_pools *
-nvme_setup_descriptor_pools(struct nvme_dev *dev, unsigned numa_node)
+nvme_setup_descriptor_pools(struct nvme_dev *dev, int numa_node)
 {
-	struct nvme_descriptor_pools *pools = &dev->descriptor_pools[numa_node];
+	struct nvme_descriptor_pools *pools;
 	size_t small_align = NVME_SMALL_POOL_SIZE;
 
+	/* hctx->numa_node may be NUMA_NO_NODE; fall back to node 0. */
+	if (numa_node < 0 || numa_node >= nr_node_ids)
+		numa_node = 0;
+
+	pools = &dev->descriptor_pools[numa_node];
+
 	if (pools->small)
 		return pools; /* already initialized */
 
-- 
2.53.0




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