RE: [EXTERNAL] [PATCH] scsi: qla2xxx: Completely fix fcport double free

[Nilesh Javali]

From: Vladimir Riabchun <ferr.lambarginio@xxxxxxxxx> 
Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2026 3:38 PM
To: Nilesh Javali <njavali@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: GR-QLogic-Storage-Upstream <GR-QLogic-Storage-Upstream@xxxxxxxxxxx>; James.Bottomley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; martin.petersen@xxxxxxxxxx; Saurav Kashyap <skashyap@xxxxxxxxxxx>; himanshu.madhani@xxxxxxxxxx; Quinn Tran <qutran@xxxxxxxxxxx>; linux-scsi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [EXTERNAL] [PATCH] scsi: qla2xxx: Completely fix fcport double free

In qla24xx_els_dcmd_iocb sp->free is set to qla2x00_els_dcmd_sp_free. When an error happens, this function is called by qla2x00_sp_release, when kref_put releases the first and the last reference. qla2x00_els_dcmd_sp_free frees fcport by
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In qla24xx_els_dcmd_iocb sp->free is set to qla2x00_els_dcmd_sp_free.
When an error happens, this function is called by qla2x00_sp_release,
when kref_put releases the first and the last reference.

qla2x00_els_dcmd_sp_free frees fcport by calling qla2x00_free_fcport.
Doing it one more time after kref_put is a bad idea.

Fixes: 82f522ae0d97 ("scsi: qla2xxx: Fix double free of fcport")
Fixes: 4895009c4bb7 ("scsi: qla2xxx: Prevent command send on chip reset")
Signed-off-by: Vladimir Riabchun <mailto:ferr.lambarginio@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Farhat Abbas <mailto:fabbas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_iocb.c | 2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_iocb.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_iocb.c
index 3224044f1775..0de015de7eb5 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_iocb.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_iocb.c
@@ -2751,7 +2751,6 @@ qla24xx_els_dcmd_iocb(scsi_qla_host_t *vha, int els_opcode,
 	if (!elsio->u.els_logo.els_logo_pyld) {
 		/* ref: INIT */
 		kref_put(&sp->cmd_kref, qla2x00_sp_release);
-		qla2x00_free_fcport(fcport);
 		return QLA_FUNCTION_FAILED;
 	}
 
@@ -2776,7 +2775,6 @@ qla24xx_els_dcmd_iocb(scsi_qla_host_t *vha, int els_opcode,
 	if (rval != QLA_SUCCESS) {
 		/* ref: INIT */
 		kref_put(&sp->cmd_kref, qla2x00_sp_release);
-		qla2x00_free_fcport(fcport);
 		return QLA_FUNCTION_FAILED;
 	}
 
-- 
2.43.0

Reviewed-by: Nilesh Javali <njavali@xxxxxxxxxxx>