A KASAN slab-out-of-bounds read can occur in blk_mq_free_rqs() when there is a mismatch between the number of hardware queues allocated for the IO scheduler (et->nr_hw_queues) and the number of hardware queues in the block tag set (set->nr_hw_queues). This mismatch can happen if blk_mq_update_nr_hw_queues() fails halfway through (e.g., due to memory pressure during blk_mq_prealloc_tag_set_tags()). In this error path, the elevator is restored with a larger number of hardware queues than the block tag set actually has. When the elevator is later freed, blk_mq_free_sched_tags() iterates up to the new et->nr_hw_queues and calls blk_mq_free_rqs(). In blk_mq_free_rqs(), it attempts to access set->tags[hctx_idx] to get the driver tags. Because set->nr_hw_queues was not updated due to the earlier failure, set->tags still has the old (smaller) size, leading to an out-of-bounds read. BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in blk_mq_free_rqs+0xde/0x680 Read of size 8 at addr ffff88818d67fc28 by task syz-executor117/5839 Call Trace: blk_mq_free_rqs+0xde/0x680 blk_mq_free_map_and_rqs+0x40/0xf0 blk_mq_free_sched_tags blk_mq_free_sched_res+0xeb/0x280 elevator_change_done+0x1d2/0x5c0 elevator_change+0x34f/0x480 elv_iosched_store+0x504/0x630 queue_attr_store+0x207/0x2b0 To fix this, explicitly check if hctx_idx < set->nr_hw_queues before accessing set->tags[hctx_idx]. If hctx_idx >= set->nr_hw_queues, the hardware queue doesn't exist in the tag set, meaning there are no driver tags to clear mappings from. In this case, safely set drv_tags to NULL. The subsequent call to blk_mq_clear_rq_mapping() already handles a NULL drv_tags pointer and will safely return. This fix also prevents a similar out-of-bounds read in the failure path of blk_mq_alloc_rqs(), where a failure during new driver tag allocation could lead to blk_mq_free_rqs() being called with an hctx_idx greater than or equal to set->nr_hw_queues. Fixes: 04225d13aef1 ("block: fix potential deadlock while running nr_hw_queue update") Assisted-by: Gemini:gemini-3.5-flash Gemini:gemini-3.1-pro-preview syzbot Reported-by: syzbot+e90526cab23b9efcd03c@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=e90526cab23b9efcd03c Link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/ai_job?id=827b5760-86a0-4f44-9c69-430b572eac12 To: "Jens Axboe" To: To: "Nilay Shroff" Cc: --- diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c index 2c850330a..8e6726b37 100644 --- a/block/blk-mq.c +++ b/block/blk-mq.c @@ -3473,8 +3473,10 @@ void blk_mq_free_rqs(struct blk_mq_tag_set *set, struct blk_mq_tags *tags, if (blk_mq_is_shared_tags(set->flags)) drv_tags = set->shared_tags; - else + else if (hctx_idx < set->nr_hw_queues) drv_tags = set->tags[hctx_idx]; + else + drv_tags = NULL; if (tags->static_rqs && set->ops->exit_request) { int i; base-commit: 075b74841bd0065a3bda3440873c747938e69b68 -- This is an AI-generated patch subject to moderation. Reply with '#syz upstream' to Sign-off the patch as a human author and send it to the upstream kernel mailing lists. Reply with '#syz reject' to reject it ('#syz unreject' to undo). See https://goo.gle/syzbot-ai-patches for information about AI-generated patches. The person who has signed off on the patch is responsible for addressing comments. syzbot engineers can be reached at syzkaller@googlegroups.com.