ctrl->dh_key might be used across multiple calls to nvmet_setup_dhgroup() for the same controller. So it's better to nullify it after release on error path in order to avoid double free later in nvmet_destroy_auth(). Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with Svace. Fixes: 7a277c37d352 ("nvmet-auth: Diffie-Hellman key exchange support") Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Vitaliy Shevtsov <v.shevtsov@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/nvme/target/auth.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/drivers/nvme/target/auth.c b/drivers/nvme/target/auth.c index e900525b7866..7bca64de4a2f 100644 --- a/drivers/nvme/target/auth.c +++ b/drivers/nvme/target/auth.c @@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ int nvmet_setup_dhgroup(struct nvmet_ctrl *ctrl, u8 dhgroup_id) pr_debug("%s: ctrl %d failed to generate private key, err %d\n", __func__, ctrl->cntlid, ret); kfree_sensitive(ctrl->dh_key); + ctrl->dh_key = NULL; return ret; } ctrl->dh_keysize = crypto_kpp_maxsize(ctrl->dh_tfm); -- 2.46.1