linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 03/14] nvmet: Implement CCR nvme command

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Message-ID: <a2b46f72-857d-4145-ba87-c36c88710f18@grimberg.me>
Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2026 15:58:49 +0200
From: Sagi Grimberg <sagi@...mberg.me>
To: Mohamed Khalfella <mkhalfella@...estorage.com>,
 Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de>
Cc: Justin Tee <justin.tee@...adcom.com>,
 Naresh Gottumukkala <nareshgottumukkala83@...il.com>,
 Paul Ely <paul.ely@...adcom.com>, Chaitanya Kulkarni <kch@...dia.com>,
 Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>, Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
 Keith Busch <kbusch@...nel.org>, Aaron Dailey <adailey@...estorage.com>,
 Randy Jennings <randyj@...estorage.com>,
 Dhaval Giani <dgiani@...estorage.com>, linux-nvme@...ts.infradead.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 03/14] nvmet: Implement CCR nvme command



On 04/02/2026 19:52, Mohamed Khalfella wrote:
> On Wed 2026-02-04 01:55:18 +0100, Hannes Reinecke wrote:
>> On 2/4/26 01:44, Mohamed Khalfella wrote:
>>> On Wed 2026-02-04 01:38:44 +0100, Hannes Reinecke wrote:
>>>> On 2/3/26 19:40, Mohamed Khalfella wrote:
>>>>> On Tue 2026-02-03 04:19:50 +0100, Hannes Reinecke wrote:
>>>>>> On 1/30/26 23:34, Mohamed Khalfella wrote:
>>>>>>> @@ -1501,6 +1516,38 @@ struct nvmet_ctrl *nvmet_ctrl_find_get(const char *subsysnqn,
>>>>>>>      	return ctrl;
>>>>>>>      }
>>>>>>>      
>>>>>>> +struct nvmet_ctrl *nvmet_ctrl_find_get_ccr(struct nvmet_subsys *subsys,
>>>>>>> +					   const char *hostnqn, u8 ciu,
>>>>>>> +					   u16 cntlid, u64 cirn)
>>>>>>> +{
>>>>>>> +	struct nvmet_ctrl *ctrl;
>>>>>>> +	bool found = false;
>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>> +	mutex_lock(&subsys->lock);
>>>>>>> +	list_for_each_entry(ctrl, &subsys->ctrls, subsys_entry) {
>>>>>>> +		if (ctrl->cntlid != cntlid)
>>>>>>> +			continue;
>>>>>>> +		if (strncmp(ctrl->hostnqn, hostnqn, NVMF_NQN_SIZE))
>>>>>>> +			continue;
>>>>>>> +
>>>>>> Why do we compare the hostnqn here, too? To my understanding the host
>>>>>> NQN is tied to the controller, so the controller ID should be sufficient
>>>>>> here.
>>>>> We got cntlid from CCR nvme command and we do not trust the value sent by
>>>>> the host. We check hostnqn to confirm that host is actually connected to
>>>>> the impacted controller. A host should not be allowed to reset a
>>>>> controller connected to another host.
>>>>>
>>>> Errm. So we're starting to not trust values in NVMe commands?
>>>> That is a very slippery road.
>>>> Ultimately it would require us to validate the cntlid on each
>>>> admin command. Which we don't.
>>>> And really there is no difference between CCR and any other
>>>> admin command; you get even worse effects if you would assume
>>>> a misdirected 'FORMAT' command.
>>>>
>>>> Please don't. Security is _not_ a concern here.
>>> I do not think the check hurts. If you say it is wrong I will delete it.
>>>
>> It's not 'wrong', It's inconsistent. The argument that the contents of
>> an admin command may be wrong applies to _every_ admin command.
>> Yet we never check on any of those commands.
>> So I fail to see why this command requires special treatment.
> Okay, I will delete this check.

It is a very different command than other commands that nvmet serves. Format
is different because it is an attached namespace, hence the host should 
be able
to format it. If it would have been possible to access a namespace that 
is not mapped
to a controller, then this check would have been warranted I think.

There have been some issues lately opened on nvme-tcp that expose 
attacks that can
crash the kernel with some hand-crafted commands, I'd say that this is a 
potential attack vector.