{"id":"CVE-2024-46735","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"ublk_drv: fix NULL pointer dereference in ublk_ctrl_start_recovery()","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nublk_drv: fix NULL pointer dereference in ublk_ctrl_start_recovery()\n\nWhen two UBLK_CMD_START_USER_RECOVERY commands are submitted, the\nfirst one sets 'ubq->ubq_daemon' to NULL, and the second one triggers\nWARN in ublk_queue_reinit() and subsequently a NULL pointer dereference\nissue.\n\nFix it by adding the check in ublk_ctrl_start_recovery() and return\nimmediately in case of zero 'ub->nr_queues_ready'.\n\n  BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000028\n  RIP: 0010:ublk_ctrl_start_recovery.constprop.0+0x82/0x180\n  Call Trace:\n   <TASK>\n   ? __die+0x20/0x70\n   ? page_fault_oops+0x75/0x170\n   ? exc_page_fault+0x64/0x140\n   ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30\n   ? ublk_ctrl_start_recovery.constprop.0+0x82/0x180\n   ublk_ctrl_uring_cmd+0x4f7/0x6c0\n   ? pick_next_task_idle+0x26/0x40\n   io_uring_cmd+0x9a/0x1b0\n   io_issue_sqe+0x193/0x3f0\n   io_wq_submit_work+0x9b/0x390\n   io_worker_handle_work+0x165/0x360\n   io_wq_worker+0xcb/0x2f0\n   ? 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