[PATCH] nvmet: fix NULL pointer dereference in nvmet_execute_identify_ns_zns()

Guixin Liu <[email protected]> Tue, 4 Aug 2026 11:36:05 +0800
Newsgroups org.infradead.lists.linux-nvme
Message-ID <[email protected]>
When a host issues an Identify command with CNS 05h (I/O Command Set
specific Identify Namespace) and CSI 02h (ZNS) targeting a file-backed
namespace, nvmet_execute_identify_ns_zns() calls bdev_is_zoned() on
req->ns->bdev. A file-backed namespace has no block device, so
req->ns->bdev is NULL and bdev_is_zoned() dereferences it, oopsing.

The I/O command set is selected by the host-supplied CSI field and the
command is routed here whenever CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ZONED is enabled,
independent of the namespace backing type, so any file-backed namespace
is exposed.

Reject the command with Invalid Field when the namespace is not backed
by a block device.

Fixes: aaf2e048af27 ("nvmet: add ZBD over ZNS backend support")
Signed-off-by: Guixin Liu <[email protected]>
---
 drivers/nvme/target/zns.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/nvme/target/zns.c b/drivers/nvme/target/zns.c
index f00921931eb6..a13befd5f3ad 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/target/zns.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/target/zns.c
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ void nvmet_execute_identify_ns_zns(struct nvmet_req *req)
 		mutex_unlock(&req->ns->subsys->lock);
 	}
 
-	if (!bdev_is_zoned(req->ns->bdev)) {
+	if (!req->ns->bdev || !bdev_is_zoned(req->ns->bdev)) {
 		status = NVME_SC_INVALID_FIELD | NVME_STATUS_DNR;
 		req->error_loc = offsetof(struct nvme_identify, nsid);
 		goto out;
-- 
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