Bug 2468143 (CVE-2026-43364) - CVE-2026-43364 kernel: ublk: fix NULL pointer dereference in ublk_ctrl_set_size()
Summary: CVE-2026-43364 kernel: ublk: fix NULL pointer dereference in ublk_ctrl_set_si...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-43364
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-05-08 15:01 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-05-08 20:39 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-05-08 15:01:23 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ublk: fix NULL pointer dereference in ublk_ctrl_set_size()

ublk_ctrl_set_size() unconditionally dereferences ub->ub_disk via
set_capacity_and_notify() without checking if it is NULL.

ub->ub_disk is NULL before UBLK_CMD_START_DEV completes (it is only
assigned in ublk_ctrl_start_dev()) and after UBLK_CMD_STOP_DEV runs
(ublk_detach_disk() sets it to NULL). Since the UBLK_CMD_UPDATE_SIZE
handler performs no state validation, a user can trigger a NULL pointer
dereference by sending UPDATE_SIZE to a device that has been added but
not yet started, or one that has been stopped.

Fix this by checking ub->ub_disk under ub->mutex before dereferencing
it, and returning -ENODEV if the disk is not available.


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