[PATCH] scsi: qla2xxx: Fix improper freeing of purex item

From: Zilin Guan

Date: Thu Nov 13 2025 - 10:12:53 EST


In qla2xxx_process_purls_iocb(), an item is allocated via
qla27xx_copy_multiple_pkt(), which internally calls
qla24xx_alloc_purex_item().

The qla24xx_alloc_purex_item() function may return a pre-allocated item
from a per-adapter pool for small allocations, instead of dynamically
allocating memory with kzalloc().

An error handling path in qla2xxx_process_purls_iocb() incorrectly uses
kfree() to release the item. If the item was from the pre-allocated pool,
calling kfree() on it is a bug that can lead to memory corruption.

Fix this by using the correct deallocation function,
qla24xx_free_purex_item(), which properly handles both dynamically
allocated and pre-allocated items.

Fixes: 875386b988578 ("scsi: qla2xxx: Add Unsolicited LS Request and Response Support for NVMe")
Signed-off-by: Zilin Guan <zilin@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_nvme.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_nvme.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_nvme.c
index 316594aa40cc..42eb65a62f1f 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_nvme.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_nvme.c
@@ -1292,7 +1292,7 @@ void qla2xxx_process_purls_iocb(void **pkt, struct rsp_que **rsp)
a.reason = FCNVME_RJT_RC_LOGIC;
a.explanation = FCNVME_RJT_EXP_NONE;
xmt_reject = true;
- kfree(item);
+ qla24xx_free_purex_item(item);
goto out;
}

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