[PATCH v2 11/20] scsi: ibmvfc: fix UAF and hang in ibmvfc_cancel_all_mq() on send failure

From: Tyrel Datwyler

Date: Fri Sep 18 2026 - 21:37:42 EST


ibmvfc_cancel_all_mq() discards the return value of ibmvfc_send_event().
When ibmvfc_send_event() fails due to H_CLOSED it internally frees the
event before returning SCSI_MLQUEUE_HOST_BUSY. The caller then performs
list_add_tail() on the freed event — a use-after-free — and subsequently
blocks indefinitely on wait_for_completion(&evt->comp) for a completion
that will never arrive.

Fix by capturing the return value. On failure, drop the locks, log the
error (consistent with ibmvfc_cancel_all_sq()), drain and free any
cancel events already queued from earlier loop iterations, then return 0.
Returning 0 on send failure is correct: when the adapter closes the CRQ
the firmware delivers a transport event through ibmvfc_handle_crq() which
completes all outstanding commands, so the error recovery caller will
naturally see them return.

Fixes: 9c2aa65000f6 ("ibmvfc: don't call locked done variant for MADs on send failure")
Signed-off-by: Tyrel Datwyler <tyreld@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc-core.c | 14 +++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc-core.c b/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc-core.c
index 623fff503040..080312ff0a93 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc-core.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc-core.c
@@ -2696,6 +2696,7 @@ static int ibmvfc_cancel_all_mq(struct scsi_device *sdev, int type)
unsigned long flags;
int num_hwq, i;
int fail = 0;
+ int rc;
LIST_HEAD(cancelq);
u16 status;

@@ -2722,7 +2723,18 @@ static int ibmvfc_cancel_all_mq(struct scsi_device *sdev, int type)
return -ENOMEM;
}
evt->sync_iu = &queues[i].cancel_rsp;
- ibmvfc_send_event(evt, vhost, default_timeout);
+ rc = ibmvfc_send_event(evt, vhost, default_timeout);
+ if (rc) {
+ spin_unlock(queues[i].q_lock);
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&vhost->host->host_lock, flags);
+ sdev_printk(KERN_ERR, sdev, "Failed to send cancel event. rc=%d\n", rc);
+ list_for_each_entry_safe(evt, temp, &cancelq, cancel) {
+ wait_for_completion(&evt->comp);
+ list_del(&evt->cancel);
+ ibmvfc_free_event(evt);
+ }
+ return 0;
+ }
list_add_tail(&evt->cancel, &cancelq);
}

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2.55.0