linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] scsi: fc: check for rport presence in fc_block_scsi

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Date:   Tue, 26 Sep 2017 09:26:47 +0200
From:   Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de>
To:     Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@...e.de>,
        "Martin K . Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
Cc:     Linux SCSI Mailinglist <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailinglist <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Bart Van Assche <Bart.VanAssche@...disk.com>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] scsi: fc: check for rport presence in
 fc_block_scsi_eh

On 09/26/2017 08:58 AM, Johannes Thumshirn wrote:
> Coverity-scan recently found a possible NULL pointer dereference in
> fc_block_scsi_eh() as starget_to_rport() either returns the rport for
> the startget or NULL.
> 
> While it is rather unlikely to have fc_block_scsi_eh() called without
> an rport associated it's a good idea to catch potential misuses of the
> API gracefully.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@...e.de>
> Reviewed-by: Bart Van Assche <bart.vanassche@....com>
> ---
> 
> Changes since v1:
> - s/WARN_ON/WARN_ON_ONCE/ (Bart)
> 
> ---
>  drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_fc.c | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_fc.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_fc.c
> index ba9d70f8a6a1..38abff7b5dbc 100644
> --- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_fc.c
> +++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_fc.c
> @@ -3328,6 +3328,9 @@ int fc_block_scsi_eh(struct scsi_cmnd *cmnd)
>  {
>  	struct fc_rport *rport = starget_to_rport(scsi_target(cmnd->device));
>  
> +	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!rport))
> +		return 0;
> +
>  	return fc_block_rport(rport);
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(fc_block_scsi_eh);
> 
Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.com>

Cheers,

Hannes
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