FAILED: patch "[PATCH] nvmet-tcp: check INIT_FAILED before nvmet_req_uninit in" failed to apply to 5.15-stable tree

[<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

The patch below does not apply to the 5.15-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.

To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:

git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-5.15.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x 4606467a75cfc16721937272ed29462a750b60c8
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2026071923-dehydrate-bubble-9f0f@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 5.15.y' 'HEAD^..'

Possible dependencies:



thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From 4606467a75cfc16721937272ed29462a750b60c8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shivam Kumar <kumar.shivam43666@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2026 18:56:58 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] nvmet-tcp: check INIT_FAILED before nvmet_req_uninit in
 digest error path

In nvmet_tcp_try_recv_ddgst(), when a data digest mismatch is detected,
nvmet_req_uninit() is called unconditionally. However, if the command
arrived via the nvmet_tcp_handle_req_failure() path, nvmet_req_init()
had returned false and percpu_ref_tryget_live() was never executed. The
unconditional percpu_ref_put() inside nvmet_req_uninit() then causes a
refcount underflow, leading to a WARNING in
percpu_ref_switch_to_atomic_rcu, a use-after-free diagnostic, and
eventually a permanent workqueue deadlock.

Check cmd->flags & NVMET_TCP_F_INIT_FAILED before calling
nvmet_req_uninit(), matching the existing pattern in
nvmet_tcp_execute_request().

Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Signed-off-by: Shivam Kumar <kumar.shivam43666@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Keith Busch <kbusch@kernel.org>

diff --git a/drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c b/drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c
index 4b8b02341ddc..69e971b179ae 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c
@@ -1310,7 +1310,8 @@ static int nvmet_tcp_try_recv_ddgst(struct nvmet_tcp_queue *queue)
 			queue->idx, cmd->req.cmd->common.command_id,
 			queue->pdu.cmd.hdr.type, le32_to_cpu(cmd->recv_ddgst),
 			le32_to_cpu(cmd->exp_ddgst));
-		nvmet_req_uninit(&cmd->req);
+		if (!(cmd->flags & NVMET_TCP_F_INIT_FAILED))
+			nvmet_req_uninit(&cmd->req);
 		nvmet_tcp_free_cmd_buffers(cmd);
 		nvmet_tcp_fatal_error(queue);
 		ret = -EPROTO;