[PATCH 1/3] nvmet: Fix use-after-free when a port is removed

[Israel Rukshin]

When a port is removed through configfs, any connected controllers
are starting teardown flow asynchronously and can still send commands.
This causes a use-after-free bug for any command that dereferences
req->port (like in nvmet_parse_io_cmd).

To fix this, wait for all the teardown scheduled works to complete
(like release_work at rdma/tcp drivers). This ensures there are no
active controllers when the port is eventually removed.

Signed-off-by: Israel Rukshin <israelr at nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Max Gurtovoy <mgurtovoy at nvidia.com>
---
 drivers/nvme/target/configfs.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/nvme/target/configfs.c b/drivers/nvme/target/configfs.c
index d784f3c200b4..d6cfeb3b3eca 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/target/configfs.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/target/configfs.c
@@ -1553,6 +1553,8 @@ static void nvmet_port_release(struct config_item *item)
 {
 	struct nvmet_port *port = to_nvmet_port(item);
 
+	/* Let inflight controllers teardown complete */
+	flush_scheduled_work();
 	list_del(&port->global_entry);
 
 	kfree(port->ana_state);
-- 
2.16.3