From: Xiyu Yang <xiyuyang19@xxxxxxxxxxxx> [ Upstream commit 7217e6e694da3aae6d17db8a7f7460c8d4817ebf ] In order to create or activate a new node, lpfc_els_unsol_buffer() invokes lpfc_nlp_init() or lpfc_enable_node() or lpfc_nlp_get(), all of them will return a reference of the specified lpfc_nodelist object to "ndlp" with increased refcnt. When lpfc_els_unsol_buffer() returns, local variable "ndlp" becomes invalid, so the refcount should be decreased to keep refcount balanced. The reference counting issue happens in one exception handling path of lpfc_els_unsol_buffer(). When "ndlp" in DEV_LOSS, the function forgets to decrease the refcnt increased by lpfc_nlp_init() or lpfc_enable_node() or lpfc_nlp_get(), causing a refcnt leak. Fix this issue by calling lpfc_nlp_put() when "ndlp" in DEV_LOSS. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/1590416184-52592-1-git-send-email-xiyuyang19@xxxxxxxxxxxx Reviewed-by: Daniel Wagner <dwagner@xxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: James Smart <james.smart@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Xiyu Yang <xiyuyang19@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Xin Tan <tanxin.ctf@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_els.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_els.c b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_els.c index 80d1e661b0d4e..35fbcb4d52eb5 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_els.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_els.c @@ -8514,6 +8514,8 @@ lpfc_els_unsol_buffer(struct lpfc_hba *phba, struct lpfc_sli_ring *pring, spin_lock_irq(shost->host_lock); if (ndlp->nlp_flag & NLP_IN_DEV_LOSS) { spin_unlock_irq(shost->host_lock); + if (newnode) + lpfc_nlp_put(ndlp); goto dropit; } spin_unlock_irq(shost->host_lock); -- 2.25.1