From: Tom Ryan <ryan36005@gmail.com>
To: io-uring@vger.kernel.org
Cc: axboe@kernel.dk, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, kbusch@kernel.org,
csander@purestorage.com, Tom Ryan <ryan36005@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2] io_uring: fix physical SQE bounds check for SQE_MIXED 128-byte ops
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2026 22:20:02 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260310052003.72871-1-ryan36005@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <aa9Bjbplx3b_Uvmj@kbusch-mbp>
When IORING_SETUP_SQE_MIXED is used without IORING_SETUP_NO_SQARRAY,
the boundary check for 128-byte SQE operations in io_init_req()
validated the logical SQ head position rather than the physical SQE
index.
The existing check:
!(ctx->cached_sq_head & (ctx->sq_entries - 1))
ensures the logical position isn't at the end of the ring, which is
correct for NO_SQARRAY rings where physical == logical. However, when
sq_array is present, an unprivileged user can remap any logical
position to an arbitrary physical index via sq_array. Setting
sq_array[N] = sq_entries - 1 places a 128-byte operation at the last
physical SQE slot, causing the 128-byte memcpy in
io_uring_cmd_sqe_copy() to read 64 bytes past the end of the SQE
array.
Replace the cached_sq_head alignment check with a direct validation
of the physical SQE index, which correctly handles both sq_array and
NO_SQARRAY cases.
Fixes: 1cba30bf9fdd ("io_uring: add support for IORING_SETUP_SQE_MIXED")
Signed-off-by: Tom Ryan <ryan36005@gmail.com>
---
v1 -> v2:
- Replace the cached_sq_head alignment check rather than adding a
separate check, per Caleb Sander Mateos' observation that the new
physical index validation subsumes the old logical check for both
sq_array and NO_SQARRAY cases
- Fold into existing conditional per Keith Busch
- liburing test sent separately
io_uring/io_uring.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/io_uring/io_uring.c b/io_uring/io_uring.c
index aa9570316..d9a307384 100644
--- a/io_uring/io_uring.c
+++ b/io_uring/io_uring.c
@@ -1745,7 +1745,7 @@ static int io_init_req(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, struct io_kiocb *req,
* well as 2 contiguous entries.
*/
if (!(ctx->flags & IORING_SETUP_SQE_MIXED) || *left < 2 ||
- !(ctx->cached_sq_head & (ctx->sq_entries - 1)))
+ (unsigned)(sqe - ctx->sq_sqes) >= ctx->sq_entries - 1)
return io_init_fail_req(req, -EINVAL);
/*
* A 128b operation on a mixed SQ uses two entries, so we have
--
2.50.1 (Apple Git-155)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-10 5:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-09 21:20 io_uring: OOB read in SQE_MIXED mode via sq_array physical index bypass Tom Ryan
2026-03-09 21:29 ` Keith Busch
2026-03-09 21:45 ` Caleb Sander Mateos
2026-03-09 21:54 ` Keith Busch
2026-03-10 5:20 ` Tom Ryan [this message]
2026-03-10 5:20 ` [PATCH liburing] test/sqe-mixed-boundary: validate physical SQE index for 128-byte ops Tom Ryan
2026-03-10 13:01 ` Jens Axboe
2026-03-10 14:44 ` [PATCH v2] io_uring: fix physical SQE bounds check for SQE_MIXED " Jens Axboe
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