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

Yingjie Wang 1075151112 at qq.com
Tue Oct 27 02:35:52 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 its completion remains pending,
schedule_timeout() reports a wrong timeout value with a stack dump and
returns zero. The handshake then fails immediately with -ETIMEDOUT, while
the handshake agent was given about 24.9 days. Negative values such as -1
have the same kernel-side effect.

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 completion wait different timeouts.

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

Fixes: be8e82caa685 ("nvme-tcp: enable TLS handshake upcall")
Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Yingjie Wang <1075151112 at qq.com>
---
 drivers/nvme/host/tcp.c | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/tcp.c b/drivers/nvme/host/tcp.c
index f876375dffd21..ac76d333ddceb 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/tcp.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/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/async.h>
 #include <linux/err.h>
@@ -48,9 +49,24 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(wq_unbound, "Use unbound workqueue for nvme-tcp IO context (def
 /*
  * TLS handshake timeout
  */
-static int tls_handshake_timeout = 10;
+static unsigned int tls_handshake_timeout = 10;
 #ifdef CONFIG_NVME_TCP_TLS
-module_param(tls_handshake_timeout, int, 0644);
+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
@@ -1800,7 +1816,8 @@ static int nvme_tcp_start_tls(struct nvme_ctrl *nctrl,
 	int qid = nvme_tcp_queue_id(queue);
 	int ret;
 	struct tls_handshake_args args;
-	unsigned long tmo = tls_handshake_timeout * HZ;
+	unsigned int timeout = READ_ONCE(tls_handshake_timeout);
+	unsigned long tmo = (unsigned long)timeout * HZ;
 	key_serial_t keyring = nvme_keyring_id();
 
 	dev_dbg(nctrl->device, "queue %d: start TLS with key %x\n",
@@ -1814,7 +1831,7 @@ static int nvme_tcp_start_tls(struct nvme_ctrl *nctrl,
 	if (nctrl->opts->keyring)
 		keyring = key_serial(nctrl->opts->keyring);
 	args.ta_keyring = keyring;
-	args.ta_timeout_ms = tls_handshake_timeout * 1000;
+	args.ta_timeout_ms = timeout * MSEC_PER_SEC;
 	queue->tls_err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
 	init_completion(&queue->tls_complete);
 	ret = tls_client_hello_psk(&args, GFP_KERNEL);
-- 
2.43.0




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