Bug 2516484 (CVE-2026-72082) - CVE-2026-72082 kernel: scsi: elx: efct: Fix refcount leak in efct_hw_io_abort()
Summary: CVE-2026-72082 kernel: scsi: elx: efct: Fix refcount leak in efct_hw_io_abort()
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-72082
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Reported: 2026-08-15 06:14 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-08-17 20:26 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-15 06:14:58 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

scsi: elx: efct: Fix refcount leak in efct_hw_io_abort()

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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