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From: <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: njavali@marvell.com,mkp@kernel.org,sashiko-dev@google.com
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: FAILED: patch "[PATCH] scsi: qla2xxx: Null out freed pointers in qla2x00_mem_alloc()" failed to apply to 5.15-stable tree
Date: Wed, 09 Sep 2026 13:18:00 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <2026090900-plot-uninvited-75a9@gregkh> (raw)


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 6d90f0feb929f6c0f3010f9af4747c7230b75993
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2026090900-plot-uninvited-75a9@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 5.15.y' 'HEAD^..'

Possible dependencies:



thanks,

greg k-h

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

From 6d90f0feb929f6c0f3010f9af4747c7230b75993 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nilesh Javali <njavali@marvell.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2026 21:28:17 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] scsi: qla2xxx: Null out freed pointers in qla2x00_mem_alloc()
 error path

When qla2x00_mem_alloc() fails, qla2x00_probe_one() jumps to
probe_hw_failed and calls qla2x00_mem_free(). Several error labels in
qla2x00_mem_alloc() freed adapter members (elsrej.c, purex_dma_pool,
flt, sfp_data, loop_id_map, async_pd, sf_init_cb, ex_init_cb, npiv_info)
but left the pointers dangling. qla2x00_mem_free() then freed them a
second time. Worse, for the dma_pool members it issued
dma_pool_free(ha->s_dma_pool, ...) after s_dma_pool had already been
destroyed and set to NULL at fail_s_dma_pool, dereferencing a NULL pool.

Clear each freed pointer (and its DMA handle) in the error labels so the
subsequent qla2x00_mem_free() skips them.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reported-by: Sashiko <sashiko-dev@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Nilesh Javali <njavali@marvell.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260730155838.2119230-13-njavali@marvell.com
Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen (Oracle) <mkp@kernel.org>

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c
index 4f485e4acf4a..918b00aed8b8 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c
@@ -4619,28 +4619,43 @@ qla2x00_mem_alloc(struct qla_hw_data *ha, uint16_t req_len, uint16_t rsp_len,
 fail_lsrjt:
 	dma_free_coherent(&ha->pdev->dev, ha->elsrej.size,
 			  ha->elsrej.c, ha->elsrej.cdma);
+	ha->elsrej.c = NULL;
+	ha->elsrej.cdma = 0;
 fail_elsrej:
 	dma_pool_destroy(ha->purex_dma_pool);
+	ha->purex_dma_pool = NULL;
 fail_flt_data:
 	vfree(ha->flt_data);
 	ha->flt_data = NULL;
 fail_flt:
 	dma_free_coherent(&ha->pdev->dev, sizeof(struct qla_flt_header) + FLT_REGIONS_SIZE,
 	    ha->flt, ha->flt_dma);
+	ha->flt = NULL;
+	ha->flt_dma = 0;
 
 fail_flt_buffer:
 	dma_free_coherent(&ha->pdev->dev, SFP_DEV_SIZE,
 	    ha->sfp_data, ha->sfp_data_dma);
+	ha->sfp_data = NULL;
+	ha->sfp_data_dma = 0;
 fail_sfp_data:
 	kfree(ha->loop_id_map);
+	ha->loop_id_map = NULL;
 fail_loop_id_map:
 	dma_pool_free(ha->s_dma_pool, ha->async_pd, ha->async_pd_dma);
+	ha->async_pd = NULL;
+	ha->async_pd_dma = 0;
 fail_async_pd:
 	dma_pool_free(ha->s_dma_pool, ha->sf_init_cb, ha->sf_init_cb_dma);
+	ha->sf_init_cb = NULL;
+	ha->sf_init_cb_dma = 0;
 fail_sf_init_cb:
 	dma_pool_free(ha->s_dma_pool, ha->ex_init_cb, ha->ex_init_cb_dma);
+	ha->ex_init_cb = NULL;
+	ha->ex_init_cb_dma = 0;
 fail_ex_init_cb:
 	kfree(ha->npiv_info);
+	ha->npiv_info = NULL;
 fail_npiv_info:
 	dma_free_coherent(&ha->pdev->dev,
 		((*rsp)->length + 1) * rsp_entry_size,


             reply	other threads:[~2026-09-09 11:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-09-09 11:18 gregkh [this message]
2026-09-11 17:19 ` [PATCH 5.15.y] scsi: qla2xxx: Null out freed pointers in qla2x00_mem_alloc() error path Sasha Levin

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