[PATCH] nvmet: prevent double-free after metadata SGL allocation failure

From: Avi Weiss

Date: Thu Oct 22 2026 - 02:29:44 EST


If metadata SGL allocation fails, nvmet_req_alloc_sgls() frees
req->sg without clearing it. The RDMA error completion path later
frees the same scatterlist again.

Use nvmet_req_free_sgls() instead so that the scatterlist pointers
and counts are cleared before response cleanup.

Fixes: c6e3f13398123 ("nvmet: add metadata support for block devices")
Signed-off-by: Avi Weiss <thnkslprpt@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/nvme/target/core.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/nvme/target/core.c b/drivers/nvme/target/core.c
index 07a74c2e1f58..8032924e657f 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/target/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/target/core.c
@@ -1359,7 +1359,7 @@ int nvmet_req_alloc_sgls(struct nvmet_req *req)

return 0;
out_free:
- sgl_free(req->sg);
+ nvmet_req_free_sgls(req);
out:
return -ENOMEM;
}

base-commit: a804c5742bff224d4cb4d25dd383554d598be32b
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2.43.0