FAILED: patch "[PATCH] scsi: qla2xxx: Unlink NVMe unsol ctx before freeing on LS" failed to apply to 6.18-stable tree

FAILED: patch "[PATCH] scsi: qla2xxx: Unlink NVMe unsol ctx before freeing on LS" failed to apply to 6.18-stable tree

[gregkh]

The patch below does not apply to the 6.18-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-6.18.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x e46160a5d4fa59bf4d5f3412b6b5cb79edb967dd
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2026090901-sturdy-anthill-cfa3@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 6.18.y' 'HEAD^..'

Possible dependencies:



thanks,

greg k-h

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

From e46160a5d4fa59bf4d5f3412b6b5cb79edb967dd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nilesh Javali <njavali@marvell.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2026 21:28:31 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] scsi: qla2xxx: Unlink NVMe unsol ctx before freeing on LS
 reject error

qla_nvme_xmt_ls_rsp() obtains uctx, which was linked into
fcport->unsol_ctx_head by qla2xxx_process_purls_iocb() and is still linked
when the NVMe transport calls back to transmit the LS response. On the
error (out:) path the function frees uctx with kfree() but never removes
it from the list. This leaves a freed node in fcport->unsol_ctx_head: the
next list_add_tail() for that fcport writes through the freed node, and a
subsequent list_del() can corrupt the list or panic.

Unlink uctx with list_del() before kfree() on the error path, matching the
other free sites in qla_nvme_release_lsrsp_cmd_kref() and
qla2xxx_process_purls_pkt(). qla2x00_rel_sp() in the failure path only
returns the SRB to its pool and does not invoke sp->put_fn, so the out:
path is the sole free and uctx is always still linked there.

Fixes: 875386b98857 ("scsi: qla2xxx: Add Unsolicited LS Request and Response Support for NVMe")
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/20260730155838.2119230-27-njavali@marvell.com
Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen (Oracle) <mkp@kernel.org>

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_nvme.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_nvme.c
index 28a04e0ff660..36b742f73abf 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_nvme.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_nvme.c
@@ -446,6 +446,7 @@ static int qla_nvme_xmt_ls_rsp(struct nvme_fc_local_port *lport,
 		qla_nvme_ls_reject_iocb(vha, ha->base_qpair, &a, true);
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(ha->base_qpair->qp_lock_ptr, flags);
 	}
+	list_del(&uctx->elem);
 	kfree(uctx);
 	return rval;
 }

[PATCH 6.18.y] scsi: qla2xxx: Unlink NVMe unsol ctx before freeing on LS reject error

[Sasha Levin]

From: Nilesh Javali <njavali@marvell.com>

[ Upstream commit e46160a5d4fa59bf4d5f3412b6b5cb79edb967dd ]

qla_nvme_xmt_ls_rsp() obtains uctx, which was linked into
fcport->unsol_ctx_head by qla2xxx_process_purls_iocb() and is still linked
when the NVMe transport calls back to transmit the LS response. On the
error (out:) path the function frees uctx with kfree() but never removes
it from the list. This leaves a freed node in fcport->unsol_ctx_head: the
next list_add_tail() for that fcport writes through the freed node, and a
subsequent list_del() can corrupt the list or panic.

Unlink uctx with list_del() before kfree() on the error path, matching the
other free sites in qla_nvme_release_lsrsp_cmd_kref() and
qla2xxx_process_purls_pkt(). qla2x00_rel_sp() in the failure path only
returns the SRB to its pool and does not invoke sp->put_fn, so the out:
path is the sole free and uctx is always still linked there.

Fixes: 875386b98857 ("scsi: qla2xxx: Add Unsolicited LS Request and Response Support for NVMe")
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/20260730155838.2119230-27-njavali@marvell.com
Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen (Oracle) <mkp@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
 drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_nvme.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_nvme.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_nvme.c
index 3160e212fab1f..e57c071eee323 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_nvme.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_nvme.c
@@ -446,6 +446,7 @@ static int qla_nvme_xmt_ls_rsp(struct nvme_fc_local_port *lport,
 		qla_nvme_ls_reject_iocb(vha, ha->base_qpair, &a, true);
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(ha->base_qpair->qp_lock_ptr, flags);
 	}
+	list_del(&uctx->elem);
 	kfree(uctx);
 	return rval;
 }
-- 
2.53.0