linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] SCSI: mvsas: Fix NULL pointer dereference in mvs_slot_task

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Date:	Wed, 21 Oct 2015 09:33:46 +0200
From:	Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@...e.de>
To:	Dāvis Mosāns <davispuh@...il.com>,
	"James E.J. Bottomley" <JBottomley@...n.com>,
	linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] SCSI: mvsas: Fix NULL pointer dereference in
 mvs_slot_task_free

On Tue, 2015-10-20 at 20:41 +0300, Dāvis Mosāns wrote:
> 2015-08-21 7:29 GMT+03:00 Dāvis Mosāns <davispuh@...il.com>:
> > When pci_pool_alloc fails in mvs_task_prep then task->lldd_task
> > stays
> > NULL but it's later used in mvs_abort_task as slot which is passed
> > to mvs_slot_task_free causing NULL pointer dereference.
> > 
> > Just return from mvs_slot_task_free when passed with NULL slot.
> > 
> > Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=101891
> > Signed-off-by: Dāvis Mosāns <davispuh@...il.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/scsi/mvsas/mv_sas.c | 2 ++
> >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/scsi/mvsas/mv_sas.c
> > b/drivers/scsi/mvsas/mv_sas.c
> > index 454536c..9c78074 100644
> > --- a/drivers/scsi/mvsas/mv_sas.c
> > +++ b/drivers/scsi/mvsas/mv_sas.c
> > @@ -887,6 +887,8 @@ static void mvs_slot_free(struct mvs_info *mvi,
> > u32 rx_desc)
> >  static void mvs_slot_task_free(struct mvs_info *mvi, struct
> > sas_task *task,
> >                           struct mvs_slot_info *slot, u32 slot_idx)
> >  {
> > +       if (!slot)
> > +               return;
> >         if (!slot->task)
> >                 return;
> >         if (!sas_protocol_ata(task->task_proto))
> > --
> > 2.5.0
> > 
> 
> Can this get merged?
> So far since august it have saved me from several kernel crashes.

If it saved you from several crashes, it probably should be tagged for
stable, shouldn't it?

Reviewed-by: Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@...e.de>


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