[PATCH 1/2] nvmet-tcp: validate the TLS handshake timeout

Yingjie Wang 1075151112 at qq.com
Tue Oct 27 02:35:51 PDT 2026


tls_handshake_timeout is writable but stored as a signed int. Multiplying
the value by MSEC_PER_SEC and HZ therefore uses signed arithmetic.

With HZ=1000, setting it to 2147484 overflows both multiplications. If
the handshake request is accepted and remains pending, the timer wheel
treats the jiffies delay as already expired and queues the timeout work
on its next advance, while the handshake agent was given about 24.9 days.
Negative values such as -1 cause the same immediate kernel-side timeout.

Store the parameter as an unsigned int and reject values that cannot be
represented both by tls_handshake_args::ta_timeout_ms and by a safe
jiffies delay. Take one snapshot so a concurrent parameter update cannot
give the handshake agent and delayed work different timeouts.

Negative and oversized values now fail with -EINVAL. Keep zero valid,
preserving the existing immediate-timeout behavior.

Fixes: 675b453e0241 ("nvmet-tcp: enable TLS handshake upcall")
Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Yingjie Wang <1075151112 at qq.com>
---
 drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c b/drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c
index e598101752620..7937377436d3b 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/jiffies.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/crc32c.h>
 #include <linux/err.h>
@@ -76,8 +77,24 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(idle_poll_period_usecs,
 /*
  * TLS handshake timeout
  */
-static int tls_handshake_timeout = 10;
-module_param(tls_handshake_timeout, int, 0644);
+static unsigned int tls_handshake_timeout = 10;
+
+static int tls_handshake_timeout_set(const char *val,
+				     const struct kernel_param *kp)
+{
+	return param_set_uint_minmax(val, kp, 0,
+		min_t(unsigned long, UINT_MAX / MSEC_PER_SEC,
+		      MAX_JIFFY_OFFSET / HZ));
+}
+
+static const struct kernel_param_ops tls_handshake_timeout_ops = {
+	.set = tls_handshake_timeout_set,
+	.get = param_get_uint,
+};
+
+module_param_cb(tls_handshake_timeout, &tls_handshake_timeout_ops,
+		&tls_handshake_timeout, 0644);
+__MODULE_PARM_TYPE(tls_handshake_timeout, "uint");
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(tls_handshake_timeout,
 		 "nvme TLS handshake timeout in seconds (default 10)");
 #endif
@@ -1904,6 +1921,7 @@ static int nvmet_tcp_tls_handshake(struct nvmet_tcp_queue *queue)
 {
 	int ret = -EOPNOTSUPP;
 	struct tls_handshake_args args;
+	unsigned int timeout = READ_ONCE(tls_handshake_timeout);
 
 	if (queue->state != NVMET_TCP_Q_TLS_HANDSHAKE) {
 		pr_warn("cannot start TLS in state %d\n", queue->state);
@@ -1917,7 +1935,7 @@ static int nvmet_tcp_tls_handshake(struct nvmet_tcp_queue *queue)
 	args.ta_done = nvmet_tcp_tls_handshake_done;
 	args.ta_data = queue;
 	args.ta_keyring = key_serial(queue->port->nport->keyring);
-	args.ta_timeout_ms = tls_handshake_timeout * 1000;
+	args.ta_timeout_ms = timeout * MSEC_PER_SEC;
 
 	ret = tls_server_hello_psk(&args, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (ret) {
@@ -1925,7 +1943,7 @@ static int nvmet_tcp_tls_handshake(struct nvmet_tcp_queue *queue)
 		pr_err("failed to start TLS, err=%d\n", ret);
 	} else {
 		queue_delayed_work(nvmet_wq, &queue->tls_handshake_tmo_work,
-				   tls_handshake_timeout * HZ);
+				   (unsigned long)timeout * HZ);
 	}
 	return ret;
 }
-- 
2.43.0




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