linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] scsi: Fix more error handling in SCSI_IOCTL_SEND

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <54613FA4.8040802@kernel.dk>
Date:	Mon, 10 Nov 2014 15:43:48 -0700
From:	Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
To:	Tony Battersby <tonyb@...ernetics.com>, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
	"James E.J. Bottomley" <JBottomley@...allels.com>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scsi: Fix more error handling in SCSI_IOCTL_SEND_COMMAND

On 2014-11-10 15:40, Tony Battersby wrote:
> Fix an error path in SCSI_IOCTL_SEND_COMMAND that calls
> blk_put_request(rq) on an invalid IS_ERR(rq) pointer.
>
> Fixes: a492f075450f ("block,scsi: fixup blk_get_request dead queue scenarios")
> Signed-off-by: Tony Battersby <tonyb@...ernetics.com>

Thanks, good catch. Might be an idea to have blk_put_request() do 
warn-and-return check on error pointers being passed in, just in case.

-- 
Jens Axboe

--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/