In pcie_device_make_active, it will drop the last reference of pcie_device and release it by pcie_device_put(). It is obviously that pcie_device_get() should be called before release the pcie_device. Otherwise, it will cause a use after free. Fixes: d88e1eaba6eee ("scsi: mpt3sas: Add nvme device support in slave alloc, target alloc a…") Signed-off-by: Lv Yunlong <lyl2019@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_scsih.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_scsih.c b/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_scsih.c index ffca03064797..d39b5a1f496b 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_scsih.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_scsih.c @@ -11433,11 +11433,11 @@ static void pcie_device_make_active(struct MPT3SAS_ADAPTER *ioc, spin_lock_irqsave(&ioc->pcie_device_lock, flags); + pcie_device_get(pcie_device); if (!list_empty(&pcie_device->list)) { list_del_init(&pcie_device->list); pcie_device_put(pcie_device); } - pcie_device_get(pcie_device); list_add_tail(&pcie_device->list, &ioc->pcie_device_list); spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ioc->pcie_device_lock, flags); -- 2.25.1