[PATCH 2/3] nvmet-tcp: Don't free SQ on authentication success

alistair23 at gmail.com alistair23 at gmail.com
Wed Oct 29 20:51:13 PDT 2025


From: Alistair Francis <alistair.francis at wdc.com>

Curently after the host sends a REPLACETLSPSK we free the TLS keys as
part of calling nvmet_auth_sq_free() on success. This means when the
host sends a follow up REPLACETLSPSK we return CONCAT_MISMATCH as the
check for !nvmet_queue_tls_keyid(req->sq) fails.

This patch ensures we don't free the TLS key on success as we might need
it again in the future.

Signed-off-by: Alistair Francis <alistair.francis at wdc.com>
---
 drivers/nvme/target/fabrics-cmd-auth.c | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/nvme/target/fabrics-cmd-auth.c b/drivers/nvme/target/fabrics-cmd-auth.c
index f71456a94b66..5cb857d21dfd 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/target/fabrics-cmd-auth.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/target/fabrics-cmd-auth.c
@@ -574,9 +574,7 @@ void nvmet_execute_auth_receive(struct nvmet_req *req)
 	status = nvmet_copy_to_sgl(req, 0, d, al);
 	kfree(d);
 done:
-	if (req->sq->dhchap_step == NVME_AUTH_DHCHAP_MESSAGE_SUCCESS2)
-		nvmet_auth_sq_free(req->sq);
-	else if (req->sq->dhchap_step == NVME_AUTH_DHCHAP_MESSAGE_FAILURE1) {
+	if (req->sq->dhchap_step == NVME_AUTH_DHCHAP_MESSAGE_FAILURE1) {
 		nvmet_auth_sq_free(req->sq);
 		nvmet_ctrl_fatal_error(ctrl);
 	}
-- 
2.51.0




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