6.18-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Nilesh Javali commit 793cedee296fd819bfadc2a7ec4d52faf9c09a0a upstream. In the format 1 path, the virtual port is located on ha->vp_list while holding vport_slock, but the lock is dropped before vp is used: qla_update_host_map() is called and VP_IDX_ACQUIRED/REGISTER_FC4_NEEDED/ REGISTER_FDMI_NEEDED are set on vp. No reference is taken across that window, so a concurrent qla24xx_deallocate_vp_id() can tear the vport down and free it, leading to a use-after-free. Take a vport reference (vref_count) under vport_slock when the matching vp is found, and drop it after the last use of vp. qla24xx_deallocate_vp_id() waits for vref_count to reach zero before unlinking and freeing the vport, so the pointer stays valid. This matches the reference idiom already used by the other ha->vp_list traversals. Fixes: 2c3dfe3f6ad8 ("[SCSI] qla2xxx: add support for NPIV") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Nilesh Javali Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260723050413.3897522-51-njavali@marvell.com Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen (Oracle) Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_mbx.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) --- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_mbx.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_mbx.c @@ -4146,6 +4146,7 @@ qla24xx_report_id_acquisition(scsi_qla_h list_for_each_entry(vp, &ha->vp_list, list) { if (rptid_entry->vp_idx == vp->vp_idx) { found = 1; + atomic_inc(&vp->vref_count); break; } } @@ -4163,6 +4164,8 @@ qla24xx_report_id_acquisition(scsi_qla_h set_bit(VP_IDX_ACQUIRED, &vp->vp_flags); set_bit(REGISTER_FC4_NEEDED, &vp->dpc_flags); set_bit(REGISTER_FDMI_NEEDED, &vp->dpc_flags); + + atomic_dec(&vp->vref_count); } set_bit(VP_DPC_NEEDED, &vha->dpc_flags); qla2xxx_wake_dpc(vha);