[PATCH 3/4] afs: Fix incorrect free in candidate cleanup in afs_lookup_server()

From: David Howells

Date: Wed Sep 02 2026 - 08:29:35 EST


Fix afs_lookup_server() to not free an existing server's endpoint state
when cleaning up a candidate server. The candidate record doesn't have an
endpoint state yet at this point, so the free for that can just be removed.

Fixes: 4882ba78574e ("afs: Fix afs_server ref accounting")
Link: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260729160108.2031453-1-dhowells%40redhat.com
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
cc: Marc Dionne <marc.dionne@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
cc: linux-afs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
cc: linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
fs/afs/server.c | 1 -
1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/afs/server.c b/fs/afs/server.c
index 0fe162ea2a36..189138bd6d71 100644
--- a/fs/afs/server.c
+++ b/fs/afs/server.c
@@ -242,7 +242,6 @@ struct afs_server *afs_lookup_server(struct afs_cell *cell, struct key *key,
out:
afs_put_addrlist(alist, afs_alist_trace_put_server_create);
if (candidate) {
- kfree(rcu_access_pointer(server->endpoint_state));
kfree(candidate);
afs_dec_servers_outstanding(cell->net);
}