In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: mpi3mr: Fix target device refcount leak in mpi3mr_sas_port_add() mpi3mr_get_tgtdev_by_addr() increments the target device kref when it returns a device. If a subsequent error triggers a goto out_fail after the tgtdev reference is acquired, the reference is never released because the out_fail path does not call mpi3mr_tgtdev_put(). This prevents the target device structure from ever being freed. Add a tgtdev put in the out_fail path, guarded by a NULL check since tgtdev is only acquired for SAS_END_DEVICE types and the same cleanup path is shared by earlier error cases where tgtdev is still NULL.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/040146f81d099006a354b0caacc7f01ca00f257e Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/06a7073b33b8f5cb0ee71e07dc669efffb1c7d58 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1ccbe8c42009706af79e6629c70d42fc929aef2b Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/419d129f970aaa6567dbac366b0c93784bf9ec97 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/58e3d2fbc8c914ed3dce2f7d915b3c4f4a3c76fb Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/60a9aaac07f6470b252c4de40e7d8a6e25004093 Patch
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 6
- CwesCWE-401NVD modified 2026-10-22 15:18
- Cpes+2 CPE criteria (now 2)NVD modified 2026-10-22 15:18
- StatusPublished → AnalyzedNVD modified 2026-10-22 15:18
- CVSS5.5 (v3.1, CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)NVD modified 2026-10-22 15:18
- StatusUndergoing Analysis → PublishedNVD modified 2026-10-19 09:14
- First seenunscoredNVD modified 2026-10-19 10:18
Affected (CPE criteria) 2
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.3:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/040146f81d099006a354b0caacc7f01ca00f257e Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/06a7073b33b8f5cb0ee71e07dc669efffb1c7d58 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1ccbe8c42009706af79e6629c70d42fc929aef2b Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/419d129f970aaa6567dbac366b0c93784bf9ec97 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/58e3d2fbc8c914ed3dce2f7d915b3c4f4a3c76fb Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/60a9aaac07f6470b252c4de40e7d8a6e25004093 Patch