fc_exch_release(ep) will decrease the ep's reference count. When the
reference count reaches zero, it is freed. But ep is still used in the
following code, which will lead to a use after free.
We should return the function after the call of fc_exch_release() to
avoid use after free.
Signed-off-by: Jianglei Nie <niejianglei2021@xxxxxxx>
---
drivers/scsi/libfc/fc_exch.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/libfc/fc_exch.c b/drivers/scsi/libfc/fc_exch.c
index 841000445b9a..aa223db4cf53 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/libfc/fc_exch.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/libfc/fc_exch.c
@@ -1701,6 +1701,7 @@ static void fc_exch_abts_resp(struct fc_exch *ep, struct fc_frame *fp)
if (cancel_delayed_work_sync(&ep->timeout_work)) {
FC_EXCH_DBG(ep, "Exchange timer canceled due to ABTS response\n");
fc_exch_release(ep); /* release from pending timer hold */
+ return;
}
spin_lock_bh(&ep->ex_lock);
--
2.25.1
