[PATCH v2] nvme-tcp: Validate the queue state under the queue lock in the address attribute

Guixin Liu kanie at linux.alibaba.com
Tue Oct 27 00:37:25 PDT 2026


Reading the "address" sysfs attribute calls kernel_getsockname() on the
admin queue socket, which can race with the queue teardown during
connection error recovery: a reader can observe NVME_TCP_Q_LIVE set,
then block on the queue lock while nvme_tcp_free_queue() releases the
socket and clears queue->sock without holding the lock.  Once the
reader acquires the lock it dereferences the NULL socket pointer.

Commit 76d54bf20cdc ("nvme-tcp: don't access released socket during
error recovery") had the queue liveness check inside the lock.
Commit 782373ba2766 ("nvme: tcp: avoid race between queue_lock lock
and destroy") moved it back out because the lock itself is destroyed
in nvme_tcp_free_queue(), so a reader arriving late trips
mutex_destroy().

Check the queue liveness inside the queue lock, and clear queue->sock
under the same lock.  The teardown clears NVME_TCP_Q_LIVE under the
lock well before the socket is released, so a reader either sees the
bit cleared or a socket that cannot be released while it holds the
lock.  To also close the lock lifetime race, the queue locks are now
owned by the controller: they are initialized with the queue array and
only destroyed when the controller is freed, which cannot happen while
a sysfs attribute read is still in progress.  The opts-derived queue
count is used for both initialization and destruction, as reconnects
may shrink ctrl->queue_count.

Fixes: 782373ba2766 ("nvme: tcp: avoid race between queue_lock lock and destroy")
Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Guixin Liu <kanie at linux.alibaba.com>
---
 drivers/nvme/host/tcp.c | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/tcp.c b/drivers/nvme/host/tcp.c
index a15ed49871ea..6c8a569d5c48 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/tcp.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/tcp.c
@@ -1514,14 +1514,21 @@ static void nvme_tcp_free_queue(struct nvme_ctrl *nctrl, int qid)
 	 * nvme_reset_ctrl_work(), queue teardown is immediately followed by
 	 * re-allocation. fput() defers socket cleanup to delayed_fput_work
 	 * in workqueue context, which can race with new queue setup.
+	 *
+	 * Clear queue->sock under the queue lock so that a sysfs reader in
+	 * nvme_tcp_get_address() either observes the NVME_TCP_Q_LIVE bit
+	 * cleared or a still valid socket.  The queue lock itself is owned
+	 * by the controller and only destroyed when the controller is
+	 * freed, so readers blocked on it cannot race its teardown.
 	 */
+	mutex_lock(&queue->queue_lock);
 	__fput_sync(queue->sock->file);
 	queue->sock = NULL;
+	mutex_unlock(&queue->queue_lock);
 	memalloc_noio_restore(noio_flag);
 
 	kfree(queue->pdu);
 	mutex_destroy(&queue->send_mutex);
-	mutex_destroy(&queue->queue_lock);
 	mutex_destroy(&queue->pf_cache_lock);
 }
 
@@ -1839,7 +1846,6 @@ static int nvme_tcp_alloc_queue(struct nvme_ctrl *nctrl, int qid,
 	int ret, rcv_pdu_size;
 	struct file *sock_file;
 
-	mutex_init(&queue->queue_lock);
 	queue->ctrl = ctrl;
 	init_llist_head(&queue->req_list);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&queue->send_list);
@@ -1977,7 +1983,6 @@ static int nvme_tcp_alloc_queue(struct nvme_ctrl *nctrl, int qid,
 	queue->sock = NULL;
 err_destroy_mutex:
 	mutex_destroy(&queue->send_mutex);
-	mutex_destroy(&queue->queue_lock);
 	mutex_destroy(&queue->pf_cache_lock);
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -2627,6 +2632,10 @@ static void nvme_tcp_stop_ctrl(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl)
 static void nvme_tcp_free_ctrl(struct nvme_ctrl *nctrl)
 {
 	struct nvme_tcp_ctrl *ctrl = to_tcp_ctrl(nctrl);
+	/* the same count used to size and initialize the queue array */
+	unsigned int nr_queues = nctrl->opts->nr_io_queues +
+		nctrl->opts->nr_write_queues + nctrl->opts->nr_poll_queues + 1;
+	unsigned int i;
 
 	if (list_empty_careful(&ctrl->list))
 		goto free_ctrl;
@@ -2637,6 +2646,8 @@ static void nvme_tcp_free_ctrl(struct nvme_ctrl *nctrl)
 
 	nvmf_free_options(nctrl->opts);
 free_ctrl:
+	for (i = 0; i < nr_queues; i++)
+		mutex_destroy(&ctrl->queues[i].queue_lock);
 	kfree(ctrl->queues);
 	kfree(ctrl);
 }
@@ -2889,17 +2900,18 @@ static int nvme_tcp_get_address(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, char *buf, int size)
 
 	len = nvmf_get_address(ctrl, buf, size);
 
-	if (!test_bit(NVME_TCP_Q_LIVE, &queue->flags))
-		return len;
-
 	mutex_lock(&queue->queue_lock);
 
-	ret = kernel_getsockname(queue->sock, (struct sockaddr *)&src_addr);
-	if (ret > 0) {
-		if (len > 0)
-			len--; /* strip trailing newline */
-		len += scnprintf(buf + len, size - len, "%ssrc_addr=%pISc\n",
-				(len) ? "," : "", &src_addr);
+	if (test_bit(NVME_TCP_Q_LIVE, &queue->flags)) {
+		ret = kernel_getsockname(queue->sock,
+				(struct sockaddr *)&src_addr);
+		if (ret > 0) {
+			if (len > 0)
+				len--; /* strip trailing newline */
+			len += scnprintf(buf + len, size - len,
+					"%ssrc_addr=%pISc\n",
+					(len) ? "," : "", &src_addr);
+		}
 	}
 
 	mutex_unlock(&queue->queue_lock);
@@ -2965,7 +2977,7 @@ static struct nvme_tcp_ctrl *nvme_tcp_alloc_ctrl(struct device *dev,
 		struct nvmf_ctrl_options *opts)
 {
 	struct nvme_tcp_ctrl *ctrl;
-	int ret;
+	int ret, i;
 
 	ctrl = kzalloc_obj(*ctrl);
 	if (!ctrl)
@@ -3035,6 +3047,14 @@ static struct nvme_tcp_ctrl *nvme_tcp_alloc_ctrl(struct device *dev,
 		goto out_free_ctrl;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * The queue locks are owned by the controller, not the queues:
+	 * they outlive the per-queue connect/disconnect cycles so that
+	 * sysfs readers can never race their destruction.
+	 */
+	for (i = 0; i < ctrl->ctrl.queue_count; i++)
+		mutex_init(&ctrl->queues[i].queue_lock);
+
 	ret = nvme_init_ctrl(&ctrl->ctrl, dev, &nvme_tcp_ctrl_ops, 0);
 	if (ret)
 		goto out_kfree_queues;
-- 
2.43.7




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