[PATCH] scsi: libfc: Fix rport kref leak in fc_rport_enter_ready()
From: Weidong Wang via B4 Relay
Date: Sun Nov 08 2026 - 04:01:42 EST
From: Weidong Wang <weidongw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
fc_rport_enter_ready() takes a reference on the rport unconditionally,
but only queues event_work, whose handler drops that reference, when no
event is pending. If rdata->event is already set, the && short-circuits
past both queue_work() and the compensating kref_put(), so the reference
is leaked and the fc_rport_priv is never freed.
This is reachable from the wire: a PLOGI from a well-known address goes
straight to fc_rport_enter_ready(), and a second PLOGI for the same
S_ID while RPORT_EV_READY is still pending enters it again. After the
rport is logged out, kmemleak reports:
unreferenced object 0xffff888... (size 512):
backtrace:
__kmalloc_noprof
fc_rport_create
fc_rport_recv_req
fc_lport_recv_els_req
fc_lport_recv
fcoe_receive_work
Commit 823a65409c89 ("scsi: libfc: Skip additional kref updating work
event") fixed the same pattern in fc_rport_enter_delete(). Do the same
here: only take the reference when no event is pending, i.e. when the
work is actually going to be queued.
The issue was found with an LLM-based bug-finding tool; the reproducer,
fix and changelog were drafted with AI assistance (Claude), then
reviewed and tested by the submitter.
Fixes: 4d2095cc42a2 ("scsi: libfc: Revisit kref handling")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Weidong Wang <weidongw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Tested on v7.4-rc1 (05441d697f7f), x86_64, KASAN + kmemleak, QEMU/KVM.
Reproducer: software FCoE instance on lo; raw FCoE ELS frames injected
with AF_PACKET (PLOGI from well-known S_IDs 0xfffc01.., a second PLOGI
for the same S_ID while RPORT_EV_READY is pending, then LOGO), 120 rports.
2nd enter_ready with kmemleak unreferenced
event pending fc_rport_priv (512 B)
unpatched 116 99
patched 104 0
READY/delete work events are processed the same with and without the
patch; no KASAN/UBSAN/WARN splats. checkpatch clean, no new W=1 warnings.
The reproducer can be shared on request.
---
drivers/scsi/libfc/fc_rport.c | 9 +++++----
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/libfc/fc_rport.c b/drivers/scsi/libfc/fc_rport.c
index c25979d96..7b0938544 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/libfc/fc_rport.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/libfc/fc_rport.c
@@ -550,10 +550,11 @@ static void fc_rport_enter_ready(struct fc_rport_priv *rdata)
FC_RPORT_DBG(rdata, "Port is Ready\n");
- kref_get(&rdata->kref);
- if (rdata->event == RPORT_EV_NONE &&
- !queue_work(rport_event_queue, &rdata->event_work))
- kref_put(&rdata->kref, fc_rport_destroy);
+ if (rdata->event == RPORT_EV_NONE) {
+ kref_get(&rdata->kref);
+ if (!queue_work(rport_event_queue, &rdata->event_work))
+ kref_put(&rdata->kref, fc_rport_destroy);
+ }
rdata->event = RPORT_EV_READY;
}
---
base-commit: 05441d697f7f9a927264f4058cbbc6a03dfcac9d
change-id: 20261108-h123-send-723aeb555069
Best regards,
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Weidong Wang <weidongw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>