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Linux Linux — scsi: target: Fix NULL dereference on XCOPY completion
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
L L L N U N N H 5.5 .0046 38.2 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
Linux 39ae3edda325e9cf9e978c9788affe88231f3b34 – —
Linux 5.13 – 5.13.6
TIMELINE
May 21 Reserved by Linux
May 21 Published (CNA: Linux)
Aug 4 RESCORED — CVE-2021-47290 (Linux). CVSS 7.5 → 5.5 (NVD).
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
scsi: target: Fix NULL dereference on XCOPY completion
CPU affinity control added with commit 39ae3edda325 ("scsi: target: core:
Make completion affinity configurable") makes target_complete_cmd() queue
work on a CPU based on se_tpg->se_tpg_wwn->cmd_compl_affinity state.
LIO's EXTENDED COPY worker is a special case in that read/write cmds are
dispatched using the global xcopy_pt_tpg, which carries a NULL se_tpg_wwn
pointer following initialization in target_xcopy_setup_pt().
The NULL xcopy_pt_tpg->se_tpg_wwn pointer is dereferenced on completion of
any EXTENDED COPY initiated read/write cmds. E.g using the libiscsi
SCSI.ExtendedCopy.Simple test:
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 00000000000001a8
RIP: 0010:target_complete_cmd+0x9d/0x130 [target_core_mod]
Call Trace:
fd_execute_rw+0x148/0x42a [target_core_file]
? __dynamic_pr_debug+0xa7/0xe0
? target_check_reservation+0x5b/0x940 [target_core_mod]
__target_execute_cmd+0x1e/0x90 [target_core_mod]
transport_generic_new_cmd+0x17c/0x330 [target_core_mod]
target_xcopy_issue_pt_cmd+0x9/0x60 [target_core_mod]
target_xcopy_read_source.isra.7+0x10b/0x1b0 [target_core_mod]
? target_check_fua+0x40/0x40 [target_core_mod]
? transport_complete_task_attr+0x130/0x130 [target_core_mod]
target_xcopy_do_work+0x61f/0xc00 [target_core_mod]
This fix makes target_complete_cmd() queue work on se_cmd->cpuid if
se_tpg_wwn is NULL.
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
| May 21, 2024 | Reserved | Reserved by Linux |
| May 21, 2024 | Published | Published (CNA: Linux) |
| August 4, 2026 | RESCORED | RESCORED — CVE-2021-47290 (Linux). CVSS 7.5 → 5.5 (NVD). |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 2 rows
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
| Linux | Linux | — | 39ae3edda325e9cf9e978c9788affe88231f3b34 | — |
| Linux | Linux | — | 5.13 | 5.13.6 |
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