FAILED: patch "[PATCH] scsi: qla2xxx: Null out freed pointers in qla2x00_mem_alloc()" failed to apply to 5.15-stable tree

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2026-09-09 11:26 UTC #0 lore raw

The patch below does not apply to the 5.15-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to <[email protected]>.

To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:

git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-5.15.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x 6d90f0feb929f6c0f3010f9af4747c7230b75993
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<[email protected]>' --in-reply-to '2026090900-plot-uninvited-75a9@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 5.15.y' 'HEAD^..'

Possible dependencies:

thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From 6d90f0feb929f6c0f3010f9af4747c7230b75993 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nilesh Javali <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2026 21:28:17 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] scsi: qla2xxx: Null out freed pointers in qla2x00_mem_alloc()
error path

When qla2x00_mem_alloc() fails, qla2x00_probe_one() jumps to probe_hw_failed and calls qla2x00_mem_free(). Several error labels in qla2x00_mem_alloc() freed adapter members (elsrej.c, purex_dma_pool, flt, sfp_data, loop_id_map, async_pd, sf_init_cb, ex_init_cb, npiv_info) but left the pointers dangling. qla2x00_mem_free() then freed them a second time. Worse, for the dma_pool members it issued dma_pool_free(ha->s_dma_pool, ...) after s_dma_pool had already been destroyed and set to NULL at fail_s_dma_pool, dereferencing a NULL pool.

Clear each freed pointer (and its DMA handle) in the error labels so the subsequent qla2x00_mem_free() skips them.

Cc [email protected]

Reported-by Sashiko <[email protected]>

Signed-off-by Nilesh Javali <[email protected]>

Link https://patch.msgid.link/[email protected] open here

Signed-off-by Martin K. Petersen (Oracle) <[email protected]>

drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c +15 -0

index 4f485e4acf4a..918b00aed8b8 100644
@@ -4619,28 +4619,43 @@ qla2x00_mem_alloc(struct qla_hw_data *ha, uint16_t req_len, uint16_t rsp_len,
 fail_lsrjt:
 	dma_free_coherent(&ha->pdev->dev, ha->elsrej.size,
 			  ha->elsrej.c, ha->elsrej.cdma);
+	ha->elsrej.c = NULL;
+	ha->elsrej.cdma = 0;
 fail_elsrej:
 	dma_pool_destroy(ha->purex_dma_pool);
+	ha->purex_dma_pool = NULL;
 fail_flt_data:
 	vfree(ha->flt_data);
 	ha->flt_data = NULL;
 fail_flt:
 	dma_free_coherent(&ha->pdev->dev, sizeof(struct qla_flt_header) + FLT_REGIONS_SIZE,
 	    ha->flt, ha->flt_dma);
+	ha->flt = NULL;
+	ha->flt_dma = 0;
 
 fail_flt_buffer:
 	dma_free_coherent(&ha->pdev->dev, SFP_DEV_SIZE,
 	    ha->sfp_data, ha->sfp_data_dma);
+	ha->sfp_data = NULL;
+	ha->sfp_data_dma = 0;
 fail_sfp_data:
 	kfree(ha->loop_id_map);
+	ha->loop_id_map = NULL;
 fail_loop_id_map:
 	dma_pool_free(ha->s_dma_pool, ha->async_pd, ha->async_pd_dma);
+	ha->async_pd = NULL;
+	ha->async_pd_dma = 0;
 fail_async_pd:
 	dma_pool_free(ha->s_dma_pool, ha->sf_init_cb, ha->sf_init_cb_dma);
+	ha->sf_init_cb = NULL;
+	ha->sf_init_cb_dma = 0;
 fail_sf_init_cb:
 	dma_pool_free(ha->s_dma_pool, ha->ex_init_cb, ha->ex_init_cb_dma);
+	ha->ex_init_cb = NULL;
+	ha->ex_init_cb_dma = 0;
 fail_ex_init_cb:
 	kfree(ha->npiv_info);
+	ha->npiv_info = NULL;
 fail_npiv_info:
 	dma_free_coherent(&ha->pdev->dev,
 		((*rsp)->length + 1) * rsp_entry_size,

Sasha Levin

maintainer

2026-09-11 17:19 UTC #1 lore raw

PATCH 1/1 scsi: qla2xxx: Null out freed pointers in qla2x00_mem_alloc() error path

From: Nilesh Javali <[email protected]>

[ Upstream commit 6d90f0feb929f6c0f3010f9af4747c7230b75993 ]

Clear each freed pointer (and its DMA handle) in the error labels so the subsequent qla2x00_mem_free() skips them.

Cc [email protected]

Reported-by Sashiko <[email protected]>

Signed-off-by Nilesh Javali <[email protected]>

Link https://patch.msgid.link/[email protected] open here

Signed-off-by Martin K. Petersen (Oracle) <[email protected]>

[ adapted cleanup changes for missing fail_lsrjt and fail_flt_data blocks. ]

Signed-off-by Sasha Levin <[email protected]>

---
 drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c +13 -0

index fe53cb84c97ea..aca0ba5f4a5c5 100644
@@ -4431,23 +4431,36 @@ qla2x00_mem_alloc(struct qla_hw_data *ha, uint16_t req_len, uint16_t rsp_len,
 
 fail_elsrej:
 	dma_pool_destroy(ha->purex_dma_pool);
+	ha->purex_dma_pool = NULL;
 fail_flt:
 	dma_free_coherent(&ha->pdev->dev, sizeof(struct qla_flt_header) + FLT_REGIONS_SIZE,
 	    ha->flt, ha->flt_dma);
+	ha->flt = NULL;
+	ha->flt_dma = 0;
 
 fail_flt_buffer:
 	dma_free_coherent(&ha->pdev->dev, SFP_DEV_SIZE,
 	    ha->sfp_data, ha->sfp_data_dma);
+	ha->sfp_data = NULL;
+	ha->sfp_data_dma = 0;
 fail_sfp_data:
 	kfree(ha->loop_id_map);
+	ha->loop_id_map = NULL;
 fail_loop_id_map:
 	dma_pool_free(ha->s_dma_pool, ha->async_pd, ha->async_pd_dma);
+	ha->async_pd = NULL;
+	ha->async_pd_dma = 0;
 fail_async_pd:
 	dma_pool_free(ha->s_dma_pool, ha->sf_init_cb, ha->sf_init_cb_dma);
+	ha->sf_init_cb = NULL;
+	ha->sf_init_cb_dma = 0;
 fail_sf_init_cb:
 	dma_pool_free(ha->s_dma_pool, ha->ex_init_cb, ha->ex_init_cb_dma);
+	ha->ex_init_cb = NULL;
+	ha->ex_init_cb_dma = 0;
 fail_ex_init_cb:
 	kfree(ha->npiv_info);
+	ha->npiv_info = NULL;
 fail_npiv_info:
 	dma_free_coherent(&ha->pdev->dev, ((*rsp)->length + 1) *
 		sizeof(response_t), (*rsp)->ring, (*rsp)->dma);

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