linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [libata] scsi: fix Null pointer dereference on disk error

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Message-ID: <50CB3A7A.9040400@pobox.com>
Date:	Fri, 14 Dec 2012 09:40:58 -0500
From:	Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@...ox.com>
To:	Xiaotian Feng <xtfeng@...il.com>
CC:	Xiaotian Feng <dannyfeng@...cent.com>,
	Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@...hat.com>,
	James Bottomley <JBottomley@...allels.com>, stable@...nel.org,
	linux-ide@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [libata] scsi: fix Null pointer dereference on disk error

On 12/13/2012 03:12 AM, Xiaotian Feng wrote:
> Following oops were observed when disk error happened:
>
> [ 4272.896937] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Unhandled error code
> [ 4272.896939] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Result: hostbyte=DID_BAD_TARGET driverbyte=DRIVER_OK
> [ 4272.896942] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] CDB: Read(10): 28 00 00 5a de a7 00 00 08 00
> [ 4272.896951] end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 5955239
> [ 4291.574947] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at (null)
> [ 4291.658305] IP: [] ahci_activity_show+0x1/0x40
> [ 4291.730090] PGD 76dbbc067 PUD 6c4fba067 PMD 0
> [ 4291.783408] Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP
> [ 4291.822100] last sysfs file: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host0/target0:0:0/0:0:0:0/sw_activity
> [ 4291.934235] CPU 9
> [ 4291.958301] Pid: 27942, comm: hwinfo ......
>
> ata_scsi_find_dev could return NULL, so ata_scsi_activity_{show,store} should check if atadev is NULL.
>
> Signed-off-by: Xiaotian Feng <dannyfeng@...cent.com>
> Cc: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@...hat.com>
> Cc: James Bottomley <JBottomley@...allels.com>
> Cc: stable@...nel.org
> Cc: linux-ide@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> ---
>   drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c |    6 ++++--
>   1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

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