The target_remove_from_state_list() call uses the cmd->dev pointer. Make sure that that pointer is valid as long as TMF processing is in progress. This patch fixes the following KASAN complaint: BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in target_remove_from_state_list+0x22/0x130 [target_core_mod] Read of size 8 at addr ffff8880b110cf80 by task kworker/0:1/12 CPU: 0 PID: 12 Comm: kworker/0:1 Not tainted 5.4.0-rc1-dbg+ #6 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.12.0-1 04/01/2014 Workqueue: events target_tmr_work [target_core_mod] Call Trace: dump_stack+0x8a/0xd6 print_address_description.constprop.0+0x40/0x60 __kasan_report.cold+0x1b/0x33 kasan_report+0x16/0x20 __asan_load8+0x58/0x90 target_remove_from_state_list+0x22/0x130 [target_core_mod] transport_cmd_check_stop_to_fabric+0x17/0xe0 [target_core_mod] target_tmr_work+0xe2/0x1a0 [target_core_mod] process_one_work+0x549/0xa40 worker_thread+0x7a/0x5d0 kthread+0x1bc/0x210 ret_from_fork+0x24/0x30 The buggy address belongs to the page: page:ffffea0002c44300 refcount:0 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 flags: 0x1fff000000000000() raw: 1fff000000000000 0000000000000000 ffffea0002c44308 0000000000000000 raw: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 00000000ffffffff 0000000000000000 page dumped because: kasan: bad access detected Memory state around the buggy address: ffff8880b110ce80: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ffff8880b110cf00: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff >ffff8880b110cf80: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ^ ffff8880b110d000: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ffff8880b110d080: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff Cc: Mike Christie <mchristi@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Roman Bolshakov <r.bolshakov@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/target/target_core_transport.c | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c b/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c index 09f833c1de8a..944777f4356f 100644 --- a/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c +++ b/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c @@ -3256,6 +3256,8 @@ static void target_tmr_work(struct work_struct *work) struct se_tmr_req *tmr = cmd->se_tmr_req; int ret; + config_item_get(&dev->dev_group.cg_item); + if (cmd->transport_state & CMD_T_ABORTED) goto aborted; @@ -3297,10 +3299,14 @@ static void target_tmr_work(struct work_struct *work) cmd->se_tfo->queue_tm_rsp(cmd); transport_cmd_check_stop_to_fabric(cmd); + +out: + config_item_put(&dev->dev_group.cg_item); return; aborted: target_handle_abort(cmd); + goto out; } int transport_generic_handle_tmr(