scsi: elx: efct: Fix refcount leak in efct_hw_io_abort()
Published Aug 15, 2026
5.5
MEDIUMCVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.21%
Description
When efct_hw_reqtag_alloc() fails in efct_hw_io_abort(), the error path returns -ENOSPC without releasing the reference obtained via kref_get_unless_zero() earlier in the function. All other error paths correctly drop the reference. This causes a permanent reference leak on the io_to_abort object.
Additionally, the abort_in_progress flag is left set to true on this path, which means future abort attempts for the same I/O will immediately return -EINPROGRESS even though the abort was never submitted, effectively blocking recovery.
Fix this by adding the missing kref_put() call and reset abort_in_progress to false, matching the cleanup done in the efct_hw_wq_write() failure path below.
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- Version 5.14StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version 0StatusunaffectedConstraints<5.14
- Version 5.15.212StatusunaffectedConstraints<=5.15.*
- Version 6.1.178StatusunaffectedConstraints<=6.1.*
- Version 6.12.97StatusunaffectedConstraints<=6.12.*
- Version 6.18.40StatusunaffectedConstraints<=6.18.*
- Version 6.6.145StatusunaffectedConstraints<=6.6.*
- Version 7.1.5StatusunaffectedConstraints<=7.1.*
- Version 7.2StatusunaffectedConstraints<=*
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
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| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
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| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | kernel | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | kernel | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | kernel | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | kernel-rt | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | kernel | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | kernel-rt | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | kernel | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | kernel-rt | Not affected | n/a |
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Remediation
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References (13)
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-72082 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2516484 Issue Tracking
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-59040 Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1c6e186c722cfa9a58ebe841f91ab2ddf8570cc7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c007acf7b31c39c08ce4959451ad00b19be4c1f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/62cf39a9770a6f29df59fd0edb0a05234a8b07f2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/747eaead2db298abfda2aa505f6d03775b40fe5f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b871369cbb4532f6715e044d6b9c4ceb036e5b6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf97ea7b164a1881c7219f5222219c9d0fac4204
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/faa59add4808fbf92e7d15bfd8770d2682c2b953
- https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026081521-CVE-2026-72082-f0be@gregkh/T
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72082
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-72082
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