From b35a13036755c5803168a7cb93bc66035c3e65b8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Chia-Lin Kao (AceLan)" Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:11:16 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] nvme-pci: fix use-after-free in nvme_free_host_mem() nvme_free_host_mem() frees dev->hmb_sgt via dma_free_noncontiguous() but never clears the pointer afterward. This leads to a use-after-free if nvme_free_host_mem() is called twice in the same error path. This can happen during nvme_probe() when nvme_setup_host_mem() succeeds in allocating the HMB (setting dev->hmb_sgt) but nvme_set_host_mem() fails with an I/O error: nvme_setup_host_mem() nvme_alloc_host_mem_single() -> sets dev->hmb_sgt nvme_set_host_mem() -> fails with -EIO nvme_free_host_mem() -> frees hmb_sgt, but does NOT NULL it return error nvme_probe() error path: nvme_free_host_mem() -> dev->hmb_sgt is stale, use-after-free The second call dereferences the freed sgt, causing a NULL pointer dereference in iommu_dma_free_noncontiguous() when it accesses sgt->sgl->dma_address (the backing memory has been freed and zeroed). This is reproducible on Thunderbolt-attached NVMe devices (e.g., OWC Envoy Express behind a Dell WD22TB4 dock) where the device intermittently returns I/O errors during HMB setup due to PCIe link instability. BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000010 RIP: 0010:iommu_dma_free_noncontiguous+0x22/0x80 Call Trace: dma_free_noncontiguous+0x3b/0x130 nvme_free_host_mem+0x30/0xf0 [nvme] nvme_probe.cold+0xcc/0x275 [nvme] local_pci_probe+0x43/0xa0 pci_device_probe+0xeea/0x290 really_probe+0xf9/0x3b0 __driver_probe_device+0x8b/0x170 driver_probe_device+0x24/0xd0 __driver_attach_async_helper+0x6b/0x110 async_run_entry_fn+0x37/0x170 process_one_work+0x1ac/0x3d0 worker_thread+0x1b8/0x360 kthread+0xf7/0x130 ret_from_fork+0x2d8/0x3a0 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 Fix this by setting dev->hmb_sgt to NULL after freeing it, so the second call takes the multi-descriptor path which safely handles the already-cleaned-up state. Fixes: 63a5c7a4b4c4 ("nvme-pci: use dma_alloc_noncontigous if possible") Signed-off-by: Chia-Lin Kao (AceLan) Signed-off-by: Keith Busch --- drivers/nvme/host/pci.c | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c b/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c index 9fd04cd7c5cb..94c423bed947 100644 --- a/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c +++ b/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c @@ -2533,11 +2533,13 @@ static void nvme_free_host_mem_multi(struct nvme_dev *dev) static void nvme_free_host_mem(struct nvme_dev *dev) { - if (dev->hmb_sgt) + if (dev->hmb_sgt) { dma_free_noncontiguous(dev->dev, dev->host_mem_size, dev->hmb_sgt, DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL); - else + dev->hmb_sgt = NULL; + } else { nvme_free_host_mem_multi(dev); + } dma_free_coherent(dev->dev, dev->host_mem_descs_size, dev->host_mem_descs, dev->host_mem_descs_dma);