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CVE-2024-42152: nvmet: fix a possible leak when destroy a ctrl during qp establishment

First published: Tue Jul 30 2024(Updated: )

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvmet: fix a possible leak when destroy a ctrl during qp establishment In nvmet_sq_destroy we capture sq->ctrl early and if it is non-NULL we know that a ctrl was allocated (in the admin connect request handler) and we need to release pending AERs, clear ctrl->sqs and sq->ctrl (for nvme-loop primarily), and drop the final reference on the ctrl. However, a small window is possible where nvmet_sq_destroy starts (as a result of the client giving up and disconnecting) concurrently with the nvme admin connect cmd (which may be in an early stage). But *before* kill_and_confirm of sq->ref (i.e. the admin connect managed to get an sq live reference). In this case, sq->ctrl was allocated however after it was captured in a local variable in nvmet_sq_destroy. This prevented the final reference drop on the ctrl. Solve this by re-capturing the sq->ctrl after all inflight request has completed, where for sure sq->ctrl reference is final, and move forward based on that. This issue was observed in an environment with many hosts connecting multiple ctrls simoutanuosly, creating a delay in allocating a ctrl leading up to this race window.

Credit: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
Linux Linux kernel>=4.8<5.10.222
Linux Linux kernel>=5.11<5.15.163
Linux Linux kernel>=5.16<6.1.98
Linux Linux kernel>=6.2<6.6.39
Linux Linux kernel>=6.7<6.9.9
Linux Linux kernel=6.10-rc1
redhat/kernel<5.10.222
5.10.222
redhat/kernel<5.15.163
5.15.163
redhat/kernel<6.1.98
6.1.98
redhat/kernel<6.6.39
6.6.39
redhat/kernel<6.9.9
6.9.9
redhat/kernel<6.10
6.10
debian/linux
5.10.223-1
5.10.226-1
6.1.115-1
6.1.112-1
6.11.9-1
6.11.10-1

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