linux-kernel - [PATCH] firewire: fw-sbp2: fix NULL pointer deref in slave

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Date:	Sun, 17 Feb 2008 14:56:19 +0100 (CET)
From:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
To:	linux1394-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net
cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] firewire: fw-sbp2: fix NULL pointer deref in slave_alloc

Fix a kernel bug when running rescan-scsi-bus while a FireWire disk is
connected:  http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10008

Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
---
 drivers/firewire/fw-sbp2.c |    4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

Index: linux/drivers/firewire/fw-sbp2.c
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/drivers/firewire/fw-sbp2.c
+++ linux/drivers/firewire/fw-sbp2.c
@@ -1473,6 +1473,10 @@ static int sbp2_scsi_slave_alloc(struct 
 {
 	struct sbp2_logical_unit *lu = sdev->hostdata;
 
+	/* (Re-)Adding logical units via the SCSI stack is not supported. */
+	if (!lu)
+		return -ENOSYS;
+
 	sdev->allow_restart = 1;
 
 	/*

-- 
Stefan Richter
-=====-==--- --=- =---=
http://arcgraph.de/sr/

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