[PATCH] [SCSI] iscsi: fix error handling in iscsi_add_session()

From: Ma Ke
Date: Thu Mar 13 2025 - 04:15:42 EST


Once device_add() failed, we should call put_device() to decrement
reference count for cleanup. Or it could cause memory leak.

As comment of device_add() says, 'if device_add() succeeds, you should
call device_del() when you want to get rid of it. If device_add() has
not succeeded, use only put_device() to drop the reference count'.

Found by code review.

Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: 8434aa8b6fe5 ("[SCSI] iscsi: break up session creation into two stages")
Signed-off-by: Ma Ke <make24@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c
index 9c347c64c315..74333e182612 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c
@@ -2114,6 +2114,7 @@ int iscsi_add_session(struct iscsi_cls_session *session, unsigned int target_id)
release_dev:
device_del(&session->dev);
release_ida:
+ put_device(&session->dev);
if (session->ida_used)
ida_free(&iscsi_sess_ida, session->target_id);
destroy_wq:
--
2.25.1