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Commit 4e57e0b9 authored by James Smart's avatar James Smart Committed by Christoph Hellwig
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lpfc: fix axchg pointer reference after free and double frees


The axchg structure is a structure allocated early in the
lpfc_nvme_unsol_ls_handler() to represent the newly received exchange.
Upon error, the out_fail path in the routine unconditionally frees the
pointer, yet subsequently passes the pointer to the abort routine.
Additionally, the abort routine, lpfc_nvme_unsol_ls_issue_abort(), also
has a failure path that will attempt to delete the pointer on error.

Fix these errors by:
- Removing the unconditional free so that it stays valid if passed
  to the abort routine.
- Revise the abort routine to not free the pointer. Instead, return
  a success/failure status. Note: if success, the later completion of
  the abort frees the structure.
- Back in the unsol_ls_handler() error path, if the abort routine was
  skipped (thus no possible reference) or the abort routine returned
  error, free the pointer.

Fixes: 3a8070c5 ("lpfc: Refactor NVME LS receive handling")
Reported-by: default avatarDan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarDick Kennedy <dick.kennedy@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarJames Smart <jsmart2021@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: default avatarDan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarChristoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
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