linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] io_uring/rsrc: fix slab-out-of-bounds in io_buffer_register

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Message-ID: <aUNRS1Qiaiqo1scX@kbusch-mbp>
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2025 08:56:43 +0800
From: Keith Busch <kbusch@...nel.org>
To: veygax <veyga@...gax.dev>
Cc: Ming Lei <ming.lei@...hat.com>, Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
	"io-uring@...r.kernel.org" <io-uring@...r.kernel.org>,
	Caleb Sander Mateos <csander@...estorage.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] io_uring/rsrc: fix slab-out-of-bounds in
 io_buffer_register_bvec

On Thu, Dec 18, 2025 at 12:37:47AM +0000, veygax wrote:
> 	/*
> 	 * Add pages to bio manually.
> 	 * We use physically contiguous pages to trick blk_rq_nr_phys_segments
> 	 * into returning 1 segment.
> 	 * We use multiple bvec entries to trick the loop in io_buffer_register_bvec
> 	 * into writing out of bounds.
> 	 */
> 	for (i = 0; i < num_bvecs; i++) {
> 		struct bio_vec *bv = &bio->bi_io_vec[i];
> 		bv->bv_page = page + i;
> 		bv->bv_len = PAGE_SIZE;
> 		bv->bv_offset = 0;
> 		bio->bi_vcnt++;
> 		bio->bi_iter.bi_size += PAGE_SIZE;
> 	}

I believe you're supposed to use the bio_add_page() API rather than open
code the bvec setup.